P5P5 — Expert Professional
Director
EHS Director/Sr. Manager – sets EHS strategy, leads cross-site initiatives, interfaces with senior leadership.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Define EHS policy and strategic priorities
- Manage senior managers or managers, drive continuous improvement
- Lead major incident responses and global initiatives
- Set EHS strategy
- Lead initiatives
- Interface with leadership
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Policy development
- Strategic leadership
- Incident management
- Continuous improvement
- Global initiative leadership
- Organizational leadership
- C-suite communication
- Safety culture development
- Policy formulation
- Global EHS strategies
- Organizational leadership
- Influencing C-suite
- Fostering safety culture
What good looks like
- Advanced (12–15+ years) in EHS leadership
- Success managing large teams or global programs
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations (inferred)