Position Purpose:
The EHS&S Solutions Architect translates environmental, health, safety and security business needs into scalable, integrated and supportable digital solutions across CSL. The role owns the EHS&S solution architecture and design framework, partners with EHS&S process owners and Global I&T to define requirements and target-state capabilities, and ensures solutions align with enterprise architecture, data, security, validation and governance expectations. The position guides the lifecycle of EHS&S technology solutions from intake and evaluation through design, deployment, integration, adoption and continuous improvement.
Reporting Relationships:
- Reports to the Global Head, EHS Systems & Compliance
- No direct reports
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- 1. Lead large, complex, cross-functional EHS&S technology initiatives, including the strategic solution architecture and multi-year technology roadmap project for the EHS&S digital ecosystem; which is aligned with the multi-year EHS&S strategy.
- 2. Analyze and document current-state and future-state EHS&S processes, identifying process gaps, control requirements, pain points, standardization opportunities and impacts to roles, data and technology.
- 3. Lead structured discovery with global and site stakeholders to translate business processes, regulatory requirements and user needs into clear business, functional, reporting, data, integration and non-functional requirements.
- 4. Develop and maintain process maps, business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, solution blueprints, interface specifications and requirements traceability through design, testing and deployment.
- 5. Design scalable end-to-end solutions across EHS&S platforms and adjacent enterprise systems, defining system boundaries, integration patterns, data flows, user roles, controls and authoritative systems of record.
- 6. Establish solution-intake and design guardrails; assess technology options through fit-gap analysis, technical due diligence and lifecycle considerations, distinguishing configuration or short-term in-house solutions from needs requiring an enterprise or market solution.Lead vendor evaluation and technical due diligence, and manage relationships with EHS&S technology providers to influence product roadmaps and solution decisions.
- 7. Partner with Global IT, cybersecurity, privacy, quality, validation and enterprise architecture teams to ensure solutions meet applicable technical, security, data-integrity, compliance and lifecycle requirements.
- 8. Lead and partner with central admin community to develop test scenarios and coordinate user acceptance testing, requirements-based defect triage, business approval, deployment readiness and post-implementation validation against approved requirements and expected outcomes.Serve as coach and mentor for teams and/or individuals to accomplish cross-functional global initiatives.
- 9. Own and govern the EHS&S metrics and reporting requirements, including reporting calendars, source-data validation, data-quality issue resolution and recurring management outputs; partner with metric owners to maintain documented definitions, calculation logic and reporting controls.
- 10. Other reporting and analytics requirements and own the reporting and analytics capability, testing, documentation and ongoing enhancement of dashboards, reports and data visualizations; manage the capability backlog, dependencies, technical debt, adoption and transition to sustainable ownership.
Position Qualifications and Experience Requirements:
Education
Bachelor’s degree in environmental health and safety, engineering, computer science, information systems, data science, business, or a related field. Advanced degree or relevant architecture/technology certification preferred.
Experience
- 10+ years of experience in EHS&S, digital solutions, business systems, enterprise applications, solution architecture or a related field, preferably in a global regulated industry.
- Demonstrated experience translating complex business processes into solution requirements and scalable designs across multiple functions, regions or sites.
- Experience with enterprise EHS&S platforms and their integration with adjacent systems, data platforms, analytics tools and identity/access services.
- Experience supporting technology selection, implementation, validation, deployment and transition to sustainable operations.
Special Training or Competence
- Relevant certifications in solution or enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, business analysis, project delivery, data management or EHS are preferred (for example, TOGAF, Azure, CBAP, PMP or CSP).
Competencies
- Expert in solution architecture, process design, requirements definition, systems integration, data flows and application lifecycle governance.
- Working knowledge of EHS&S management systems and processes, including incident management, risk assessment, compliance obligations, audits, CAPA, occupational health, environmental management and sustainability reporting.
- Ability to distinguish business requirements from proposed solutions and guide stakeholders toward simple, scalable and supportable designs.
- Strong stakeholder facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts, trade-offs and decisions to business and executive audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to work across global, cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
- Strong analytical judgment, structured problem solving, documentation discipline and attention to data quality and controls.
- Knowledge of regulated-industry expectations for data integrity, privacy, cybersecurity, validation and change control is preferred.