Job Summary

The Director of Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) provides strategic leadership, vision, and governance for all EHS&S programs across the Boulder and Louisville sites, while also contributing to global or enterprise-wide EHS&S initiatives. This role sets long-term strategy, ensures regulatory and corporate compliance, and drives a proactive, high-performing safety culture that supports laboratory, manufacturing and support operations.

The Director is accountable for EHS&S program effectiveness, risk mitigation, organizational readiness, and continuous improvement. This leader partners closely with Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing, Process Development, AFS, Supply Chain, and Quality to ensure robust risk controls, world-class safety behaviors, and seamless integration of EHS&S into business processes.

The Director serves as the primary liaison with regulatory agencies, senior leadership, and cross-functional governance bodies. This role oversees a team of EHS&S professionals and cross-functional representatives, develops site and corporate subject matter experts, and ensures consistent execution of EHS&S standards across systems and processes.

Job Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Develop and implement the long-term EHS&S strategy for the Boulder and Louisville sites, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and regulatory expectations.
• Lead site-level EHS&S governance, performance management, and strategic risk reviews.
• Provide enterprise-level leadership by contributing to, influencing, or directing EHS&S initiatives across multiple KBI locations

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local EHS&S laws and regulations, and anticipate emerging regulatory requirements.
• Serve as primary point of contact for EHS&S regulatory agencies and inspections.
• Oversee environmental permitting, waste management, wastewater sampling and reporting, and sustainability initiatives.
• Lead complex risk assessments, process hazard analyses, and enterprise risk reduction programs.

Program Ownership & Continuous Improvement

• Direct the implementation, integration, and continuous improvement of all site EHS&S programs (e.g., LOTO, confined space, industrial hygiene, hazard communication, PPE, workers' compensation, emergency management).
• Manage EHS budget including budget preparation, purchase order creation and cost center management.
• Oversee EHS&S assessments for new product introductions, new processes, and facility modifications.
• Sponsor initiatives to enhance environmental stewardship, energy efficiency, and sustainability performance.

Culture, Training & Organizational Development

• Champion a strong, positive safety culture and behaviors across laboratory, manufacturing, and support operations.
• Provide leadership development, coaching, and technical guidance to the EHS&S team and cross-functional representatives.
• Develop subject matter experts and build organizational EHS&S capability across sites.

Operational Support & Incident Management

• Oversee response to EHS&S incidents, near misses, and emergencies; ensure effective investigation, corrective actions, and learning dissemination.
• Ensure timely, accurate reporting of EHS&S metrics, compliance reviews, KPIs, and executive-level dashboards.
• Drive standardization and harmonization of EHS&S systems, procedures, and documents; review and approve key EHS&S documentation.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications

To perform this role successfully, the individual must demonstrate the ability to lead complex EHS&S programs, influence senior stakeholders, and drive strategic initiatives across multiple functions and sites. The requirements below represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities expected at the Director level. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational health & safety, environmental science, engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 12–18 years of progressive EHS&S experience, including substantial leadership responsibility in a regulated manufacturing, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or similar environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading EHS&S strategy, regulatory compliance programs, and cross-functional safety initiatives at the