Senior Director, Global EH&S INB

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world.

And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of. We are looking for an EHS Business Partner Integrated Biologics (INB) to join us!

The EHS Business Partner Integrated Biologics (INB) is accountable for environment, health, and safety integration and oversight across the entire global site network within the business platform. This role ensures regulatory and legal compliance worldwide and drives continuous improvement in EHS standards and practices.

• Responsibility for global EHS strategy and initiatives, ensuring harmonized implementation across all sites
• Providing functional leadership in process safety for the platform globally
• Managing and inspiring EHS senior managers and the teams, fostering a culture of safety, innovation, and inclusivity
• Acting as a role model for proactive and forward-looking safety programs, anticipating future regulatory requirements and embedding best practices
• Driving compliance and risk management with an entrepreneurial and cost-efficient mindset, balancing safety excellence with operational effectiveness
• The EHS Business Partner Integrated Biologics ensures consistent reporting, progress tracking, and execution of defined measures and actions, positioning the platform as a leader in safety performance.
• Own global EHS governance for the INB platform, including definition, approval and enforcement of global policies, standards and performance frameworks
• Act as the primary contact for all EHS topics across the global INB site network
• Represent the INB platform on global EHS level and is accountable for EHS alignment with Group Operations and Corporate EHS strategy
• Develop and implement global EHS concepts, programs, and risk mitigation strategies in collaboration with key stakeholders
• Lead a global matrix team of EHS experts, ensuring legal requirements and standards are translated into clear guidance and embedded in daily practice across all sites
• Manage and inspire EHS managers globally to establish and maintain a harmonized EHS approach across all INB facilities
• Support and participate in customer audits, ensuring EHS excellence and compliance
• Steer incident investigations and corrective action plans in coordination with EHS managers and specialists, driving timely and effective resolution
• Act as the point of escalation for EHS teams and facilities, while leveraging expertise from core EHS functions at site and platform level
• Analyze global EHS performance metrics and trends, identifying improvement opportunities and driving continuous enhancement
• Serve as the interface between the business platform and core EHS functions, ensuring alignment and fostering strong EHS performance across the network
• Accountable for global EHS risk mitigation strategies with direct impact on Capex planning, insurance costs, and enterprise risk exposure
• Regularly engages with Senior Executive Leaders to influence strategic decisions relating to safety, regulatory requirements, and operational risk

• Site EHS departments
• Site Leadership Teams of INB
• INB Leadership Team
• Group Operations Team

• Deep process understanding of biological, chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing, including cGMP and advanced safety aspects
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to influence and engage at all organizational levels globally
• Strong business acumen and general management expertise, with proven ability to align EHS strategies to business objectives
• Executive-level presentation and stakeholder management skills, including experience interacting with senior leadership and external partners
• Advanced analytical and strategic thinking capabilities, able to translate complex data into actionable insights and decisions
• Inspirational…