EHS & Sustainability Leader — Associate Director

Astellas Pharma; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Global collaboration

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Astellas is hiring an EHS & Sustainability Professional (associate director level) for our Global Capability Centre in Warsaw, Poland. This permanent, hybrid role focuses on shaping enterprise EHS&S frameworks, governance, and capability-building across international markets.

You will influence senior stakeholders, drive regulatory compliance, and advance safety culture while aligning with Astellas’ values and strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health & Safety, Sustainability, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Significant experience in EHS, sustainability, governance, compliance, risk management, assurance, or related corporate functions.
• Proven experience developing enterprise-wide frameworks, standards, or governance models in a global organisation.
• Strong understanding of EHS&S regulations, sustainability reporting, risk management, data governance, and assurance practices.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional initiatives in a matrix environment.
• Excellent communication skills in English, with the ability to present complex topics clearly to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of enterprise EHS&S frameworks, standards, governance and ways of working to drive consistent execution.
• Partner with the Head of EHS&S to translate strategic priorities, organisational goals and OKRs into enterprise standards, priorities and capability-building initiatives.
• Build organisational capability in environmental sustainability, health and safety, compliance, risk management, incident prevention and safety culture through guidance and training.
• Own and enhance the EHS&S data governance framework, ensuring data quality, controls, documentation and reporting integrity.
• Interpret EHS&S regulations and emerging requirements, translating them into enterprise standards, guidance and assurance processes.
• Define and maintain the enterprise approach to EHS&S risk identification, assessment, prioritisation and escalation.
• Drive a proactive safety culture by promoting safe behaviours, incident learning and employee engagement.
• Establish expectations for incident investigation, root-cause analysis, corrective actions and recurrence prevention.
• Influence senior stakeholders and collaborate cross-functionally to embed EHS&S standards, accountability and consistent business practices.
• Identify industry trends, best practices and innovation opportunities to strengthen EHS&S maturity and organisational resilience.
• Champion Astellas Values & Behaviours, including Outcome Focus, Accountability, Courage, Sense of Urgency and One Astellas.

Skills

EHS & Sustainability leadership

Governance & compliance

Risk management

Regulatory understanding

Stakeholder influence

English communication

Training & capability-building

Data governance

Education

Environmental Science / OHS / Sustainability / Engineering / Business (related field)

Advanced degree and/or professional certifications in EHS / sustainability / risk management

Job description

Astellas is hiring an EHS & Sustainability Professional (associate director level) for our Global Capability Centre in Warsaw, Poland. This permanent, hybrid role focuses on shaping enterprise EHS&S frameworks, governance, and capability-building across international markets.

You will influence senior stakeholders, drive regulatory compliance, and advance safety culture while aligning with Astellas’ values and strategic priorities.