Director, Regional EHS (Suzhou/ASPAC) at Johnson & Johnson

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Job Function:

Environmental Health, Safety (EH&S) and Facilities Services (FS)

Job Sub Function:

Environmental Health & Safety:

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as De Puy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of De Puy Synthes and your employment would be governed by De Puy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by De Puy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Position Summary

The Regional EHS&S Lead – ASPAC is a senior leader accountable for setting regional EHS&S strategy, governance, and risk posture across the ASPAC. This role shapes how EHS&S enables business performance, protects enterprise value, and ensures sustainable operations across manufacturing, R&D, facilities, and commercial activities within the region.

Reporting to the Global Head of EHS&S, this role operates with a high degree of autonomy and regional decision authority, translating global enterprise priorities into region-specific EHS&S strategies, operating models, and governance mechanisms. The role is accountable for defining success criteria, risk tolerance, and strategic trade-offs for the ASPAC region.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

• 25% - Owns and sets the ASPAC EHS&S regional strategy aligned to enterprise direction/ EHS&S management system requirements and multi-year outcomes.

• 20% - Establishes regional governance, assurance mechanisms, decision-right framework and drives accountability through regular performance reviews with business leaders.

• 15% - Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state/provincial, local, and Company regulations, policies, and procedures.

• 15%- Leads and develops a lean regional EHS&S team; ensures succession and capability maturity.

• 10% - Partners with Supply Chain, R&D, Facilities, and Commercial leaders to deliver EHS&S services that support business objectives; conducts periodic performance and service satisfaction reviews with business leadership.

• 10% Defines and coordinates regional EHS&S resource needs and capability development while optimizing leverage of subject matter experts (e.g., safety, industrial hygiene, environmental, etc.) across Make, Source, Deliver, R&D, and commercial locations.

• 5% - Communicates business-related EHS&S risks, trends, and improvement opportunities to senior leadership and escalates significant issues in a timely manner.

100% – Total

Other Duties

Acts as senior advisor to business and functional leaders on EHS&S-related investment decisions, risk management, and crisis management for significant incidents.

Required Qualifications

Required Minimum Education: A university/bachelor’s degree or equivalent level of degree is required. Science, engineering or related EHS discipline/degree is preferred.

Required Years of Related Experience: 10-12+ years progressive EHS&S leadership experience with demonstrated enterprise or regional strategy responsibility.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated site/regional EHS leadership experience, including accountability for strategy deployment, governance, and performance across multiple sites/region.

• Strong people leaderships skills with the proven ability to lead multiple teams at regionally dispersed sites.

• Strong working knowledge of applicable EHS regulations and standards across the ASPAC (e.g., MEE, MEM, MOE; provincial/state/local requirements) and experience interfacing with regulators.

• Experience advising site/business leadership teams in order to meet EHS&S risks and opportunities.

• Ability to explain complex issues and requirements in an easily understood manner in order to negotiate with and influence key business leaders.

• Strong compliance orientation with a focus on end-to-end regional process management.

• Ability to work in a matrix, team-oriented environment is required.

Travel on the Job

Travel Required: Yes

Percentage Traveled: Approximately 30-40%

Type of Travel Required: Domestic and International

People Management Experience

People Management Experience Required: Previously demonstrated supervisory/ leadership experience is required

Required Years of People Management Experience: 5+ years direct management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Minimum Education: Advanced degree in relevant technical, scientific, or business discipline.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Professional EHS certification preferred (e.g., CSP, CIH, REP, CHMM, etc).

• Demonstrated ability to design and mature EHS management systems and governance (e.g., ISO 14001/45001 alignment), including assurance, auditing, and management review.

• Experience leading serious incident investigations.

• Strong business acumen and financial skills to develop budgets, business cases, and ROI for risk reduction and sustainability investments.

• Experience establishing and monitoring EHS performance metrics, dashboards, and corrective action systems; strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into decisions.

• Experience working in Med Tech, manufacturing, or other highly regulated environments.

Key Working Relationships

Internal: Site Leaders (GM/PM); Real Estate; Facilities; Risk Management; R&D; Supply Chain; Commercial; Quality; Regulatory; Finance; Legal; and HR.

External: Regulatory authorities, industry associations, and external service providers.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct Reports: Approximately 10 site EHS&S leads and sub-regional office/deliver/fleet specialists.

Indirect Reports: Site-level EHS&S teams across all ASPAC sites and site/regional SME champions.

Decision Making Authority

Makes hiring recommendations; trains employees; plans work of others; reviews work quality and quantity; conducts performance reviews; makes pay and promotional recommendations; recommends budget amounts.

Exercises broad autonomy over regional EHS&S strategy, governance, prioritization, and risk decisions with multi-site and multi-year implications.

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Required Skills: Preferred Skills:

Collaborating, Corporate Experience, Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Developing Others, EHS Compliance, Emergency Planning, Environmental Protection, Facility Management, Fact-Based Decision Making, Inclusive Leadership, Industry Analysis, Leadership, Quality Assurance (QA), Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management, Safety-Oriented