Senior Global EHS Director

Senior Global EHS Director

Lead the Future of Sustainability and Safety at Boston Scientific

Are you ready to shape the future of environmental stewardship, employee well-being, and operational excellence? Boston Scientific is seeking a bold, strategic leader to join our Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) teamsomeone who's not just passionate about compliance, but driven by purpose.

This is more than a role. It's a movement.

Your Mission, Should You Choose to Lead It:

Carbon Neutrality by 2030 Be the architect of our transformation as we drive our major manufacturing and distribution centers toward carbon neutralitysetting a new standard for sustainable innovation.

Zero Waste Strategy Design and execute a global zero waste roadmap by 2030, embedding circularity into every layer of our operations.

Net Zero by 2050 Champion our long-term climate strategy, aligning cross-functional teams to achieve net zero emissions and redefine what's possible in medtech.

Elevate Employee Health & Wellness Lead initiatives that support the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of our global workforcebecause thriving employees build thriving communities.

Ensure Safety Without Compromise Create a culture where safety is second nature, and every employee feels protected, empowered, and proud to be part of our mission.

Who You Are:

• A visionary EHS leader with a track record of driving change across complex global organizations.
• A collaborator, innovator, and strategist who sees challenges as opportunities.
• A purpose-driven professional ready to leave a legacy of impact.

Why Boston Scientific?

Because here, your work saves livesand your leadership shapes the future. You'll join a company that's committed to doing what's right for patients, employees, and the planet. And you'll be part of a team that's not just talking about changewe're making it happen.

Senior Global EHS Director

About the Role:

At Boston Scientific, the Senior Global EHS Director is a senior level position leading the development and implementation of strategies that ensure environmental protection, a safe working environment, facility safety, and employee health protection. Creating harmony and mutual benefit between the business objectives and the EHS strategy is a core element of the position. Ability to understand the broader Company operations, outside EHS, is essential.

The position requires strategic vision and hands-on implementation to build world-class EHS performance based on a strong global culture. They work closely with various functions, facilities and geographies to develop, implement and sustain EHS programs, policies and procedures that deliver the required high performance. Such strategies and programs are developed in harmony with the Companies business objectives and are aligned with its growth trajectory. The Snr. EHS Director is responsible for EHS performance at over 20 manufacturing sites and more than 120 commercial locations with a workforce of circa. 60,000. Working closely with a network of 200 EHS and Occupational Health professionals they deliver a vital two-way connection between senior leadership and site operations.

Your Responsibilities Include:

Strategic Leadership:

• Partners with key senior leadership within BSC to ensure EHS strategies are aligned with business needs and EHS challenges are communicated upwards.
• Delivers strong leadership within the EHS community across all geographical regions establishing common purpose and focus on key performance.
• Exhibits the leadership qualities of trust, integrity, courage, clear communication and loyalty in all personal actions and ensures they are fostered in the broader EHS community.
• Ensures visible and impactful EHS leadership to the broader business stakeholders.
• Understands the leadership challenges of others to facilitate the necessary partnerships for effective EHS management.
• Builds and develops an EHS staff that has the skills, competencies and abilities to meet the current and future needs of the Company at both a global and local level.

Strategy and AOP:

• Develops a Global EHS strategy that delivers the required EHS performance while supporting the company business needs.
• Ensure Global strategy is cascaded into all levels of the organization, is embedded in local strategies and monitored to ensure effective delivery.
• Create and maintain a process for local EHS issues and challenges to be communicated to Global EHS, enabling their inclusion in the global strategies where necessary.
• Achieve senior leadership agreement with the EHS strategy to drive successful outcomes.
• Envisions potential challenges 5 to 10 years out and builds protective strategies, processes and structures to protect the business and enable its continued unhindered development.

EHS Operational Excellence:

• Ensures compliance to the Global EHS policy and enhances implementation by providing core operational guidance for all the locations and regions.
• Ensures all manufacturing and Tier I Distribution locations are certified to ISO14001: Environmental Management Standard and the ISO45001: Health and Safety management standard.
• Identifies and ensures the development of Global Standards for key EHS programs, oversees their deployment and ensures verification of effectiveness.
• Delivers and maintains EHS digital platforms that enables global connectivity across all key programs, communicates real-time performance and enables early flagging of emerging challenges.
• Deliver impactful risk control and risk mitigation through structures risk analysis and problem-solving techniques.
• Ensures EHS risk-informed strategies are in place for key operational aspects, spanning Global Supply Chain, Commercial activities and Acquisitions & Integrations.

Compliance Assurance:

• Ensures the Company is aware of, and compliant to, all EHS regulatory requirements at local, regional and global level by maintaining an effective compliance assurance program.
• Delivers surveillance of pending EHS regulations, globally, regionally and locally, which enables early response. Maintains the company EHS compliant while ensuring the Company business needs are advocated for.
• Represents the Company within relevant trade associations, professional bodies and industry groupings on EHS topics relevant to the Company.

Occupational Health:

• Oversees a Global Occupational Health service that focuses on employee health, medical accommodations, return to work and employee wellness; supporting both the employee and the business.
• Ensures occupational health support services are available for all employees globally and emergency advice contacts are in place.
• Ensure the development and upskilling of the global Occupational Health Nurses is supported to maintain required competencies as new requirements emerge.

Performance:

• Establishes key EHS performance targets for Environment, Health and Safety across the entire organization that drive meaningful continuous improvement while aligned to the needs and abilities of the business, both globally and locally.
• Maintains a live tracking and reporting process for delivery of the agreed EHS performance targets with escalation and reaction mechanisms where needed.
• Ensures positive performances are recognized and celebrated.
• Establishes a positive EHS performance culture where delivery of EHS goals, both within the function and across other functions, is the norm.

Acquisitions and Integrations:

• Ensures availability and provision of EHS supports to Acquisition and Integration teams for Due Diligence, EHS Criticality assessments, gap assessments, integration plans and resourcing planning.
• Ensures acquisition Integrations are supported and actively facilitated as they adapt to the new BSC culture, programs and operational requirements.

What We're Looking For:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required preferably within Environmental Sciences or in an engineering discipline.
• 10+years of EH&S experience to include standard concepts, practices, and procedures within the EH&S field.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience, ability to guide, coach, direct, and develop direct reports, and drive those practices throughout their organization.
• Experience in controlling the activities and budget of one or more functional areas, divisions, product groups, projects/programs and/or operations.
• Proven ability to work through other functions and personnel to deliver on EHS goals while supporting the business locally and globally.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with global business partners, building inclusive partnerships and valuing diversity across cultures and regions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills required, with ability to influence and drive new ideas at the executive level.