Director R&D EHS Program Lead

Role Responsibilities:
- Principal industrial-hygiene authority for GWE R&D; lead anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of chemical, physical, and biological exposure hazards.
- Serve on GWE R&D Leadership Team and Safety & Environmental Operations Leadership Team to reduce EH&S risk and improve performance.
- Design and govern exposure-assessment programs (air, surface, personal monitoring, sampling strategies) and interpret results against OELs/OEBs.
- Lead hazard/control banding for potent compounds, high-hazard biologics/ADCs, and novel molecules; define containment strategies, engineering controls, and PPE.
- Provide oversight of ventilation, fume hoods, isolators, and containment systems; performance verification and industrial-hygiene sign-off for labs/pilots.
- Implement consistent industrial-hygiene risk-assessment methodologies and documentation standards across R&D sites.
- Ensure consistent lab safety programs across different lab types (analytical, chemistry, biological, etc.).
- Lead and manage a global EH&S Community of Practice (10–12 experts); set priorities, deliverables, and best practices.
- Serve as enterprise EH&S liaison; shape industrial-hygiene standards and governance for R&D.
- Lead EH&S governance and risk registers; maintain forward-looking risk views and action plans.
- Partner with science leaders to enable risk-informed decisions.
- Establish and deliver portfolio EH&S/industrial-hygiene performance metrics.
- Explore and implement AI solutions for EHS processes, risk assessments, change control, and metrics.
- Lead escalation, root-cause investigations, and lessons learned for significant EH&S events.
- Support vendor programs and BD/M&A EH&S/IH due diligence; anticipate exposure gaps.
- Develop talent and strengthen industrial-hygiene/EH&S bench strength.

Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial/occupational hygiene, environmental/occupational health, chemistry, engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years industrial hygiene and EH&S experience in regulated life sciences/high-hazard environments.
- Deep industrial-hygiene expertise (exposure assessment/monitoring/sampling, OELs/OEBs, hazard/control banding, engineering control evaluation) in lab/R&D.
- Demonstrated Director-level EH&S leadership across multiple sites.
- Ability to lead/influence in a matrix environment without solid-line authority.
- Knowledge of applicable EH&S regulations/standards (OSHA, EPA, ACGIH, biosafety/containment, process safety) US and international.
- Technical breadth across EH&S disciplines.
- Excellent communication skills across locations/functions/cultures.
- Experience leading/supporting EH&S investigations and technical program development.

Preferred Qualifications:
- CIH (strongly preferred); CSP, CBSP/RBP or equivalent a plus.
- MS/MPH/PhD in relevant area.
- R&D/lab IH experience with high-potency compounds/ADCs, novel chemistries; BSL-3 and/or Select Agent programs.
- EH&S management systems/digital platforms; exposure/EH&S metrics reporting.
- BD/M&A EH&S due diligence and enterprise vendor/service program experience.
- Active CPD in a relevant professional body.

Work Location & Schedule:
- Hybrid. Travel up to ~30% domestically/internationally.

Application Instructions:
- Apply via Pfizer Careers; follow the platform’s application and interview process.