Director, EHSS Standards – Management Systems

Johnson & Johnson

Director of EHS&S Standards & Management Systems overseeing environmental health and safety at DePuy Synthes. Managing enterprise-level governance systems while ensuring compliance with global regulations.

Posted 7/3/2026full-timeNew Brunswick • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,000 - $258,750 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establish and maintain enterprise policy, standards hierarchy, governance model, document architecture, and the management system operating cadence (forums, controls, accountabilities) across all regions and businesses.
Own the enterprise oversight model for EHS management platforms, incident management, audit/assurance tools, regulatory tracking, and performance reporting.
Develop, maintain, and approve global standards aligned to legal, regulatory, and internationally recognized management system requirements; ensure standards are risk-based, scalable, and auditable across operating models and supplier networks.
Provide final interpretation of EHS&S standards; approve/deny risk-based deviations and alternative controls; ensure decisions reflect enterprise risk exposure and governance expectations.
Establish and manage the enterprise assurance model aligned with management system expectations, including audit strategy, assurance protocols, independence principles, and escalation pathways for systemic issues and repeated nonconformance.
Provide direct management of global process owners for EHS&S Assurance/Strategy/Standards/Operational Effectiveness and Insights & Analytics.
Define management system effectiveness measures and maturity model indicators; lead governance forums that evaluate EHS&S performance and systemic effectiveness, consistency, and risk trends across businesses/regions.
Embed EHS&S management system requirements into quality systems, capital project governance, change management, and supplier oversight.
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in safety, environmental, engineering, or related discipline.
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.
Enterprise-level knowledge of global EHS&S legislation and internationally recognized management system expectations; ability to translate requirements into scalable enterprise standards and controls.
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.
Deep knowledge of global EHS & S legislation; ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

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Hard Skills & Tools

EHS&S ManagementRegulatory ComplianceStandards DevelopmentRisk ManagementAudit StrategyPerformance ReportingIncident ManagementDocument ArchitectureManagement System EffectivenessCross-Domain Integration

Soft Skills

Executive-Level InfluenceProblem SolvingCross-Functional LeadershipDecision-MakingCommunication