Global EHS Strategy & Risk Executive

revolutionmedicines; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Revolution Medicines, a global oncology company, seeks a VP, Global Environmental Health & Safety to define and execute the worldwide EHS strategy across offices, labs, and international operations.

You will build governance, standards, and programs to protect employees, patients, and continuity while guiding expansion, risk management, and regulatory alignment for a growing pharmaceutical enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Define the enterprise EHS vision, multi-year roadmap, policies, standards, and operating model for a global pharmaceutical company, aligned with pipeline advancement, clinical development, commercialization, product launch, and international growth.
• Lead EHS due diligence for worldwide expansion and office openings, assess site-selection criteria, design reviews, permitting, pre-occupancy readiness, emergency planning, and operational launch support for new offices and facilities worldwide; establish repeatable global playbooks for rapid, compliant expansion.
• Develop scalable EHS programs for a worldwide workforce, including field sales, medical affairs, market access, remote and hybrid employees, frequent travelers, and employees in healthcare, customer, conference, and third-party environments; set duty-of-care expectations for travel, lone work, driving, ergonomics, emergency response, and country-specific health requirements.
• Integrate EHS risk into enterprise risk management, business planning, capital allocation, business continuity, crisis management, insurance, and executive decision‑making.
• Maintain a risk‑based global compliance framework addressing occupational safety, environmental protection, fire and life safety, hazardous materials, biosafety, transportation, contractor safety, and health requirements; translate to locally compliant programs with audit and management‑review support.
• Serve as principal EHS advisor to executive leadership and the Board on material risks, regulatory trends, performance, crisis response, and investment priorities; foster a prevention‑first culture for proactive risk management.
• Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing global EHS organization; establish decision rights, accountability, succession plans, and capability development across countries and functions.
• Establish enterprise metrics, dashboards, management reviews, audit protocols, corrective‑action governance, and executive reporting; benchmark performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Provide leadership during incidents, crises, regulatory inspections, public-health events, and business disruptions; ensure escalation, investigation, root‑cause analysis, and corrective action.
• Provide strategic oversight for laboratory, office, and technical operation safety programs including chemical and biological safety, and broader safety governance.

Job description

Revolution Medicines, a global oncology company, seeks a VP, Global Environmental Health & Safety to define and execute the worldwide EHS strategy across offices, labs, and international operations.

You will build governance, standards, and programs to protect employees, patients, and continuity while guiding expansion, risk management, and regulatory alignment for a growing pharmaceutical enterprise.