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Global Director of Product Safety
Job in
Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77246, USA
Listed on 2026-02-21
Listing for:
Huntsman
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-21
Job specializations:
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Management
Operations Manager, Business Management, Risk Manager/Analyst, Regulatory Compliance Specialist
Job Description & How to Apply Below
** Global Director of Product Safety
** Huntsman is seeking a
** Global Director of Product Safety
** supporting the Division Name Division located in Location. This position will report directly to Sr. Vice President for Environmental, Health & Safety.## Job Scope The Global Director of Product Safety will provide enterprise leadership for Product Safety by owning global governance, standards, and compliance-enabling systems. The role ensures consistent regulatory execution, proactive risk management, and effective product stewardship across all businesses and regions, while aligning corporate functions, operations, and R&D to support compliant growth and business continuity.
This role is a member of the Global EHS Leadership team.
Role Dimensions
* Geographic:
Global responsibility across all business units, sites, and regions.
* People Leadership:
Leads a global leadership organization of 6 direct reports; recruits, develops, and mentors senior Product Safety leaders. Global Product Safety organization includes approximately 60 associates.
* Financial:
Accountable for all global budgets related to Product Safety governance, systems, external platforms, and specialist consulting support.
* Systems & Data:
Enterprise ownership of product compliance systems, processes, and data frameworks.## In summary, as the Global Director of Product Safety, you will:
** Governance & Standards Leadership
*** Own and govern global Product Safety standards, policies, and procedures, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, and business strategy.
* Define enterprise decision rights, approval authorities, and governance mechanisms to ensure consistent application of standards across regions and business units.
* Maintain oversight of product stewardship and lifecycle risk management practices.
* Provide enterprise oversight of compliance assurance, including regulatory applicability, risk-based prioritization, performance monitoring, and early escalation to prevent business, audit, or board-level surprises, while enabling site and regional teams to retain execution ownership.
** Regulatory Compliance & Advocacy
*** Provide strategic leadership for global product safety regulatory compliance, including emerging and high-risk regulatory developments.
* Establish and oversee regulatory horizon-scanning and issue-management processes to proactively identify, assess, and mitigate enterprise regulatory risks.
** Systems, Processes & Digital Enablement
*** Own enterprise compliance-enabling systems and processes, including product safety, regulatory registration, and SDS/labeling.
* Define and govern global process guardrails to ensure scalable, auditable, and compliant execution of activities such as new product introduction and product changes.
* Lead external platform and vendor governance, including scope definition, performance management, and budget oversight.
** Leadership, Capability & Incident Oversight
*** Lead and chair Product Safety leadership forums, driving alignment, accountability, and execution across regions and functions.
* Build organizational capability through role clarity, competency frameworks, leadership development, and training in partnership with HR and functional leaders.
* Set enterprise expectations for product safety incident response, escalation, and learning to ensure consistent stewardship and continuous improvement.
** Key Interfaces
*** Executive leadership and enterprise functions (EHS, Operations, R&D, Manufacturing Excellence, IT, Finance).
* Regional and functional Product Safety leaders.
* Legal, Compliance, and Internal Audit.
* External regulatory bodies, industry associations, and trade groups.
* External vendors, consultants, and digital platform providers.## Qualifications You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
** The candidate must have an unrestricted right to work for Huntsman in the United States.**## ##
Minimum Qualifications
** Experience required
*** A minimum of at least 10 years’…
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