EHS&S Systems Architect

CSL

About The Position

The EHS&S Solutions Architect translates environmental, health, safety and security business needs into scalable, integrated and supportable digital solutions across CSL. The role owns the EHS&S solution architecture and design framework, partners with EHS&S process owners and Global I&T to define requirements and target-state capabilities, and ensures solutions align with enterprise architecture, data, security, validation and governance expectations. The position guides EHS&S technology solutions through intake and evaluation, design, deployment, integration, adoption and continuous improvement. The role leads complex cross-functional technology initiatives and develops the strategic solution architecture and multi-year roadmap for the EHS&S digital ecosystem. It analyzes current- and future-state processes, gathers and documents requirements, designs end-to-end solutions across EHS&S platforms and connected enterprise systems, and establishes solution-intake and design guardrails. The architect evaluates technology options and vendors, partners with technical and compliance teams, and supports testing, deployment readiness and post-implementation validation. The position also owns EHS&S metrics, reporting requirements and reporting and analytics capabilities, including data validation, reporting controls, dashboards, documentation, ongoing enhancements and transition to sustainable ownership. It reports to the Global Head, EHS Systems & Compliance and has no direct reports.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in environmental health and safety, engineering, computer science, information systems, data science, business or a related field.
10+ years of experience in EHS&S, digital solutions, business systems, enterprise applications, solution architecture or a related field.
Demonstrated experience translating complex business processes into solution requirements and scalable designs across multiple functions, regions or sites.
Experience with enterprise EHS&S platforms and integration with adjacent systems, data platforms, analytics tools and identity/access services.
Experience supporting technology selection, implementation, validation, deployment and transition to sustainable operations.
Expertise in solution architecture, process design, requirements definition, systems integration, data flows and application lifecycle governance.
Working knowledge of EHS&S management systems and processes, including incident management, risk assessment, compliance obligations, audits, CAPA, occupational health, environmental management and sustainability reporting.
Ability to distinguish business requirements from proposed solutions and guide stakeholders toward simple, scalable and supportable designs.
Strong stakeholder facilitation and communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts, trade-offs and decisions to business and executive audiences.
Ability to work across global, cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
Strong analytical judgment, structured problem solving, documentation discipline and attention to data quality and controls.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree or relevant architecture/technology certification.
Experience in a global regulated industry.
Relevant certifications in solution or enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, business analysis, project delivery, data management or EHS (for example, TOGAF, Azure, CBAP, PMP or CSP).
Knowledge of regulated-industry expectations for data integrity, privacy, cybersecurity, validation and change control.

Responsibilities

Lead large, complex, cross-functional EHS&S technology initiatives, including the strategic solution architecture and multi-year technology roadmap aligned with the EHS&S strategy.
Analyze and document current- and future-state EHS&S processes, identifying gaps, control requirements, pain points, standardization opportunities and impacts to roles, data and technology.
Lead structured discovery with global and site stakeholders and translate business processes, regulatory requirements and user needs into business, functional, reporting, data, integration and non-functional requirements.
Develop and maintain process maps, business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, solution blueprints, interface specifications and requirements traceability through design, testing and deployment.
Design scalable end-to-end solutions across EHS&S platforms and adjacent enterprise systems, defining system boundaries, integration patterns, data flows, user roles, controls and authoritative systems of record.
Establish solution-intake and design guardrails; assess technology options through fit-gap analysis, technical due diligence and lifecycle considerations; lead vendor evaluation and manage provider relationships to influence product roadmaps and solution decisions.
Partner with Global IT, cybersecurity, privacy, quality, validation and enterprise architecture teams to ensure solutions meet applicable technical, security, data-integrity, compliance and lifecycle requirements.
Partner with the central admin community to develop test scenarios and coordinate user acceptance testing, requirements-based defect triage, business approval, deployment readiness and post-implementation validation.
Coach and mentor teams and individuals working on cross-functional global initiatives.
Own and govern EHS&S metrics and reporting requirements, including reporting calendars, source-data validation, data-quality issue resolution and recurring management outputs; maintain documented metric definitions, calculation logic and reporting controls with metric owners.
Own the reporting and analytics capability, including testing, documentation and ongoing enhancement of dashboards, reports and visualizations; manage the capability backlog, dependencies, technical debt, adoption and transition to sustainable ownership.
Perform other reporting and analytics requirements as assigned.