Health & Safety Lead

Sandoz International GmbH; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading pharmaceutical company in Madrid seeks a Senior H&S Lead to provide strategic and technical leadership for their Health & Safety program. The role includes developing a consistent H&S framework, ensuring compliance, and influencing decision-making. Candidates should possess a degree in Occupational Health & Safety and over 8 years of experience in HSE leadership, alongside strong data-driven decision-making skills.

Servicios

Flexible-hybrid careers

Diversity encouraged

Career growth opportunities

Formación

• 8+ years of senior HSE leadership experience.
• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills.
• Proven competency in Lean practices.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the Health & Safety program, ensuring compliance.
• Develop and govern a consistent H&S framework.
• Influence decision-making using data-driven insights.

Conocimientos

Data-driven decision-making

Collaborative leadership

Risk management

Change management

Educación

Degree in Occupational Health & Safety or related discipline

Certified HSE professional (e.g., NEBOSH, CSP)

Herramientas

Digital HSE platforms (e.g., Enablon, SAP EHS)

Descripción del empleo

Overview

At Sandoz, Our goal is not just to increase access, but to do so in a sustainable and responsible way :

• finding the right balance between guaranteed quality, reliable supply and appropriate pricing. Our aim is to excel at all three, ensuring we never compromise on quality.
• to protect our environment (carbon footprint, natural resources), as well as to champion diversity, equity and inclusion across our company and beyond

Role

The H&S Lead provides strategic and technical leadership for the organization's Health & Safety program. The role focuses on implementing standard work that reduces risk, ensures compliance, and embeds a culture where health and safety is part of everyday operations. By aligning strategy with execution, the H&S Lead will help drive both cultural ownership and operational excellence.

This is a senior leadership role that demands deep technical expertise in H&S and proven competence in managing high-risk operations such as electrical safety, lifting, construction, and work at height. The successful candidate will combine strategic vision with practical execution, using data to inform decisions, shaping programs that reduce risk, and translating standards into measurable business results.

Your responsibilities will include

• Lead the Health & Safety program by serving as the technical domain expert for H&S, with deep understanding of H&S requirements, including high-risk operations.
• Develop, own, and govern a consistent H&S framework of standards, practices, and expectations that meet internal requirements and external obligations (e.g., ISO 45001).
• Collaborate on program design (including high-risk operations) with cross-functional teams developing and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Drive change in a systemic way leveraging e.g. Change management certification or experience (e.g., Prosci, Kotter).
• Drive accountability for execution of HSE programs, compliance, and continuous improvement. Leveraging expertise in incident investigation and root cause analysis (5 Whys, RCA).
• Able to influence decision-making with data-driven insights.
• Familiarity with digital HSE platforms (e.g., Enablon, Intelex, SAP EHS).
• Build organisational capability by coaching and mentoring site HSE professionals, fostering a culture of ownership and engagement.
• Manage multiple priorities while maintaining focus on delivery and impact.
• Champion the consistent application of the Sandoz Business System (or equivalent), integrating Lean practices into H&S programs.

What you need to bring to the role

• Degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Engineering, or related discipline (or technical equivalent).
• Certified HSE professional (e.g., NEBOSH, CSP, CMIOSH, or equivalent).
• 8+ years of senior HSE leadership, spanning both operational and strategic dimensions across manufacturing or complex operations, with proven success in H&S program development, compliance, risk reduction, and cultural transformation.
• Skilled in data-driven decision-making and performance management.
• Demonstrated competency in Integrated Work Systems and / or Lean practices.
• Fluent English with excellent written and verbal communications skills. Additional language skills desirable.
• Collaborative leader who thrives in a matrix environment and builds cross-functional alignment.
• Results-driven and execution-focused, able to balance strategic vision with practical delivery.
• Confident communicator, capable of engaging senior leaders, HSE professionals, and operational teams alike.
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, touched the lives of almost 500 million patients last year and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, state-of-the-art production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum and entrepreneurial spirit is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is encouraged!

The future is (y)ours to shape!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Sandoz is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to hear more about Sandoz and our career opportunities, visit Sandoz.com / careers

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