Job Function:
Environmental Health, Safety (EH&S) and Facilities Services (FS)
Job Sub Function:
Environmental Health & Safety
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Job Description:
DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a(n) Director, EHSS Standards & Management Systems, this Hybrid position will be in New Brunswick, NJ (USA). Alternate Hybrid locations may be considered at Raritan, NJ (USA), West Chester, PA (USA), Warsaw, IN (USA), OR Loughbeg, Ringaskiddy; OR St. Anthony's Road, Leeds, UK.
Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):
New Brunswick, NJ (USA) - Requisition Number: R-072502
Loughbeg, Ringaskiddy - Requisition Number: R-073905
St. Anthony's Road, Leeds, UK - Requisition Number: TBD
Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.
Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business to establish a standalone orthopedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
Position Summary:
The Director, EHS&S Standards & Management Systems is the enterprise-level ownerfor the EHS&S management system architecture, EHS&S standards hierarchy, and the governance mechanisms that ensure consistent, risk-based EHS&S performance across all DePuy Synthes businesses, regions, and external supply partners. This role defines “how EHS&S is governed and assured”—including policy/standards design, interpretation, approval of deviations and alternative controls, and management system assurance—independently of first-line program execution.
The roleestablishesthe enterprise framework by which global legislative, regulatory, and internationally recognized management system requirements (e.g., ISO-based expectations) are translated into scalable, auditable, and risk-based standards, and it sets the enterprise governance requiredto validateeffectiveness, maturity, and compliance. The role also owns enterprise governance of EHS&S digital platforms and SaaS, ensuring data integrity, analytics/insights strategy, and performance reporting that enables executive decision-making and enterprise risk visibility.
Reporting to the Global Head of EHS&S, this role partners closely withregionalEHS&S leaders andsenior leaders across the business toensure EHS&Sdevelopment and integration into decision-making, operations, and long-term planning. The role has directpeopleleadership responsibility, including global process owners for Assurance/Strategy/Standards/Operational Effectiveness andEHS&S Insights & Analytics.
Major Duties & Responsibilities:
20%– Enterprise ownership and governance of the EHS&S Management System.Establish and maintainenterprise policy, standardshierarchy, governance model, document architecture, and the management system operating cadence (forums, controls, accountabilities) across all regions and businesses.
20%– Enterprise governance of EHS&S digital systems and SaaS.Own the enterprise oversight model for EHS management platforms, incident management, audit/assurance tools, regulatory tracking, and performance reporting—ensuring standardization, data governance, cybersecurity/controls alignment (as applicable), and analytics strategy for executive and enterprise risk insights.
10%– Set, approve, and continuously evolve global EHS&S standards.Develop, maintain, and approve global standards aligned to current and emerging legal, regulatory, and internationally recognized management system requirements; ensure standards are risk-based, scalable, and auditable across operating models and supplier networks.
10%– Serve as the enterprise interpretive authority and deviation approver.Provide final interpretation of EHS&S standards; approve/deny risk-based deviations and alternative controls; ensure decisions reflect enterprise risk exposure and governance expectations.
10%– Define the enterprise assurance and audit framework (“second line”).Establish and managethe enterprise assurance model aligned with management system expectations, including audit strategy, assurance protocols, independence/segregation-of-duty principles, and escalation pathways for systemic issues and repeated nonconformance.
10% –Leadsand developsglobalEHS&SStandards and Management Systemsteam.Provide direct management of global process owners for EHS&S Assurance/Strategy/Standards/Operational Effectiveness and EHS&S Insights & Analytics; direct work of digital and assurance/systems management contractors.
10%– Establish enterprise KPIs, maturity indicators, and governance reviews.Define management system effectiveness measures and maturity model indicators; lead governance forums that evaluate EHS&Sperformance andsystemic effectiveness, consistency, and risk trends across businesses/regions; drive enterprise corrective actions for systemic weaknesses.
5% –Embed EHS&S governance into enterprise processes.Embed EHS&S management system requirements into quality systems, capital project governance, change management, and supplier oversight.
5% –Anticipate external trends and evolve standards proactively.Monitor regulatory, sustainability, and energy-related trends; translate emerging requirements into enterprise standards and management system updates before risk is realized in operations or the supply base.
100% – Total
Other Duties
Participate in enterprise risk reviews, support regulatoryinspectionreadiness/response as enterprise governance lead, and represent the enterprise in external benchmarking and standards forums as required.
Required Qualifications
Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree insafety, environmental, engineering, or related discipline.
Required Years of Related Experience: Typically, 10-12+ years progressive EHS&S and/or governance experience in global, multi-site, or regulated environments, with demonstrated enterprise-level governance/standards authority and cross-domain integration.
Required Knowledge,Skillsand Abilities:
Demonstrated capability to resolve ambiguous, systemic, enterprise-level problems and cross-domain tradeoffs(e.g., safety vs. environmental vs. operational risk) through governance mechanisms.
Executive-level influence skills to lead horizontally across functions and regions; ability to define governance, assurance, success criteria, and decision rights enterprise-wide
Travelon the Job
Travel Required: Yes
Percentage Traveled:Up to 20%
Type of Travel Required: Domestic and International
People Management Experience
People Management Experience Required:Yes – enterprise leadership and influence (limited direct reports expected), including leadership of leaders/process owners through direct and/or matrixed models to deliver enterprise governance outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Minimum Education: Advanced degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Sustainability, or related fieldor professional certi
