P6P6 — Principal Professional
Executive
VP/Head of EHS – defines global EHS vision, ensures organizational culture of safety and sustainability.
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Set enterprise EHS vision and integrate it with corporate goals
- Oversee the entire EHS organization (domestic and international)
- Represent the company on EHS matters externally
- Define global EHS vision
- Oversee EHS organization
- Represent company externally
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Vision setting
- Global leadership
- External representation
- Organizational culture development
- Sustainability integration
- Global EHS vision
- Corporate integration
- External representation
- Safety culture
- Sustainability practices
- Executive Leadership
- Visionary Thinking
- Global Perspective
What good looks like
- Executive (15–20+ years) in broad business leadership
- Experience may span multiple industries or geographies
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.