Senior Manager, EHSS and DEA Regulatory

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co; Virginia; On-site; USD 139,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking a Senior Manager, EHSS and DEA Regulatory to provide strategic leadership for environmental health, safety, and sustainability across research operations. The role focuses on laboratory safety, DEA-regulated programs, and environmental compliance, partnering with multiple functions to ensure safe, compliant operations.

The position demands extensive EHSS experience, regulatory knowledge, and strong cross-functional collaboration, with responsibilities spanning

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry, Engineering, Biological Sciences, or related field.
• Ten+ years of progressive EHSS/regulatory experience in regulated environments.
• Experience with DEA-regulated research and controlled substances preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide EHSS support for laboratories, facilities projects, and research operations.
• Lead investigations, risk assessments, and hazard analyses.
• Coordinate DEA-regulated program activities, inspections, and training.
• Develop and maintain EHSS policies, procedures, and training materials.
• Support emergency preparedness, incident response, and risk reduction across sites.

Skills

EHSS leadership

lab safety

regulatory compliance

risk management

cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science/Occupational Safety or related field

Tools

SharePoint

Regulatory databases

Job description

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

The Senior Manager, EHSS and DEA Regulatory provides strategic and operational leadership for Environmental Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHSS), emergency preparedness, DEA-regulated programs, and laboratory compliance supporting research and development operations. This role serves as a senior subject matter expert for laboratory safety, environmental compliance, controlled substances, DEA List I chemicals, hazardous materials, contractor safety, ergonomics, emergency response, and risk management. The role partners closely with Research, Facilities, Occupational Health, Security, Procurement, external agencies, and service providers to enable safe, compliant, and efficient operations.

Key Responsibilities

Laboratory, Research, Facilities, and Operational Safety

Provide EHSS support for laboratories, scientific operations, facilities projects, space planning, ventilation, flammable storage, laboratory occupancy, startup readiness, and operational risk.

Perform safety reviews, hazard assessments, flammable materials reviews, hazardous occupancy assessments, design reviews, compliance inspections, and evaluations of laboratory infrastructure, chemical storage, life-safety systems, equipment, and research processes.

Advise researchers on chemical, biological, cryogenic, radiological, sharps, and other lab hazards; establish safe work practices, effective operating controls, and risk-reduction measures for high-risk activities.

DEA, Controlled Substances, Listed Chemicals, and Regulatory Compliance

Serve as site program owner and subject matter expert for DEA-regulated research involving controlled substances and DEA List I chemicals, ensuring compliance with federal DEA regulations, Commonwealth of Massachusetts requirements, and company policies.

Manage lifecycle controls for acquisition, receipt, storage, security, inventory, transfer, use, return, disposal, procurement governance, chain of custody, record retention, reporting, reconciliation, inspection preparation, and electronic tracking systems.

Coordinate inspections, audits, corrective actions, documentation, training, audit readiness, agency interactions, and regulatory guidance in partnership with Research, Security, Procurement, and Facilities.

Environmental, Hazardous Materials, Waste, and Contractor Safety

Manage environmental programs for hazardous waste, wastewater, stormwater, air emissions, chemical storage, permits, reporting, inspections, corrective actions, and audit-ready records. Maintain compliance with EPA, RCRA, DOT, IATA, NFPA, Massachusetts Fire Code, MassDEP, MWRA, hazardous materials transportation, and applicable federal, state, local, and permit requirements.

Develop contractor safety requirements, procedures, orientations, and refresher training; review contractor activities and partner with Facilities and IFM teams on construction, maintenance, preconstruction reviews, higher-risk work, incident investigations, and corrective‑action follow‑up.

Ergonomics and Workplace Accommodations

Conduct ergonomic and workstation assessments; support workplace accommodations related to ergonomic concerns and documented restrictions. Coordinate with Occupational Health, Facilities, Human Resources, and workplace services to implement accommodations and maintain ergonomic resources. Provide consultation on office, laboratory, and task‑specific ergonomic risks.

Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Incident Management

Serve as an EHSS emergency response leader and alternate emergency coordinator; participate in emergency planning, drills, incident response, spill management, and medical response coordination. Maintain emergency action plans, spill response plans, hazardous waste contingency plans, and related documentation.

Lead or support investigations involving injuries, spills, environmental events, near misses, property damage, and operational disruptions; facilitate root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions, OSHA recordkeeping assessments, lessons learned, and effectiveness reviews.

EHSS Program Governance, Training, Systems, and Safety Culture

Author, revise, and maintain EHSS procedures, standards, plans, resources, SharePoint content, employee communications, training content, onboarding materials, compliance programs, and program governance.

Lead continuous‑improvement and modernization efforts, including objectives, measures, action plans, audits, inspections, risk assessments, corporate reviews, finding closure, and stakeholder feedback.

Coordinate safety committees, employee engagement, presentations, action tracking, safety communications, hazard recognition, near‑miss reporting, safety campaigns, and accountability for safe and compliant work practices.

Develop and maintain EHSS SharePoint sites, workflows, dashboards, reporting tools, automation solutions, compliance databases, task‑based risk assessment systems, point‑of‑use guidance, electronic inventory tracking, data quality, access controls, and system governance.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Chemistry, Engineering, Biological Sciences, or a related field.
• Ten or more years of progressive experience in EHSS, research compliance, environmental compliance, laboratory operations, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, research, chemical manufacturing, or other highly regulated environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing regulatory programs and leading cross‑functional initiatives.
• Experience supporting DEA‑regulated research activities and controlled substance compliance programs preferred.
• Experience interacting with regulatory agencies and supporting inspections or audits preferred.
• Professional certification such as CHMM, CSP, CIH, CHMP, RBP, CHP, or an equivalent credential preferred.
• Laboratory safety, research risk management, hazard communication, SDS management, biosafety, hazardous waste, RCRA, chemical inventory, hazardous materials, environmental permitting, reporting, industrial wastewater, spill prevention, emergency response, contractor safety, ergonomics, process safety, risk assessment, incident investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective‑action management.
• Strategic planning, program leadership, cross‑functional stakeholder management, regulatory agency interaction, policy and procedure development, training, communications, compliance programs, SharePoint, workflow automation, dashboards, EHSS information systems, and strong written, verbal, presentation, and technical communication skills.
• Ability to interpret complex requirements, translate them into practical controls, manage multiple priorities, apply sound professional judgment, and make risk‑based decisions in a dynamic research environment.

Compensation Overview

Cambridge Crossing: $139,260 - $168,745

The starting pay range(s) listed above is for full‑time employees (FTE). You may also be eligible for additional discretionary incentive cash and stock opportunities. We determine starting pay thoughtfully – carefully considering the nature of the role, required skills, work location, schedule and the knowledge and experience you bring. Final compensation is guided by pay equity principles and applicable employment laws. Compensation programs are reviewed on an ongoing basis and may be adjusted over time to reflect evolving market factors, and individual, team or Company performance.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefit plans – including wellbeing support, retirement and financial protection benefits, and insurance offerings (medical, dental, vision, life and disability).
• U.S.-based exempt employees are eligible for Flexible Time Off (FTO), which provides paid time off without a set accrual limit, subject to manager approval, along with 11 paid company holidays each year.
• Non-exempt employees, RayzeBio employees, and employees located in Puerto Rico receive 160 hours of paid vacation annually for new hires (subject to manager approval), 11 paid company holidays, and 3 optional holidays.
• Depending on eligibility, employees may also have access to additional time-off benefits, including paid sick leave, up to two paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, and leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, or military needs.
• Eligible employees also enjoy an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas Day and New Year's Day.
• U.S.-based job seekers can explore full benefit offerings at https://careers.bms.com/benefits

How We Work

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [e-mail]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

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