Director, Safety, Health, Environment (SHE), Facilities & Security
About The Position
At Roche, we foster a culture where individuals can express themselves and are embraced for their unique qualities. Our environment encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, ensuring everyone feels valued, accepted, and respected. This allows our employees to thrive both personally and professionally as we work towards preventing, stopping, and curing diseases and ensuring universal access to healthcare. We are seeking a technical Director of SHE, Facilities & Security to lead our site's resilience, regulatory compliance, and workplace safety culture. This role involves bridging site-level resilience with corporate strategy, guiding a small team, and collaborating directly with leadership, scientists, and facility staff to maintain a safe, resilient, and compliant research environment. The ideal candidate will have 12+ years of progressive operational leadership in life sciences and a proven track record of driving business-aligned safety and facilities programs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Physical/Life Sciences, Safety Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or a related field.
- 12+ years of progressive operational management experience within diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, or high-complexity industrial environments.
- 5+ years of direct people management experience leading cross-functional teams, managing matrixed stakeholders, and developing organizational capability.
- Deep expertise in regulatory analysis, Management of Change (MOC), hazard identification, property loss control, and building code/safety standards.
- Demonstrated capability to command critical incidents (chemical spills, major power outages) with the flexibility for executive escalation and after-hours response.
- Proven ability to translate complex technical risks into clear executive insights, balance regulatory requirements with business velocity, and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree strongly preferred.
- Professional certification highly preferred (e.g., Certified Safety Professional [CSP], Certified Industrial Hygienist [CIH], or Professional Engineer [PE]).
Responsibilities
- Translate global directives, quality standards, and national/international regulations (OSHA, EPA, DOT, REACH, NFPA) into seamless, business-enabling local site policies.
- Represent SHE on site leadership teams and committees to influence corporate policy, align cross-functional business units, and support site expansion and product development initiatives.
- Oversee end-to-end site maintenance, facilities engineering, and capital projects while ensuring 100% operational readiness of critical power systems, emergency generators, and monitoring solutions.
- Drive site-wide disaster recovery frameworks, serving as the primary Safety Officer and Incident Commander during facility disruptions, environmental events, and emergencies.
- Lead a high-complexity safety portfolio, including industrial hygiene, biosafety (BSL 1 & 2), chemical safety assessments, exposure monitoring, dangerous goods logistics, and hazardous waste management for a Large Quantity Generator.
- Direct all official interactions, reporting, and audits with municipal, federal, and international regulatory bodies to ensure the site maintains perpetual "inspection readiness."
- Direct, mentor, and develop a small high-performing team, fostering technical growth, and driving a proactive safety culture.
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
- Benefits detailed at the link provided below.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
