Senior Manager, Environmental Health & Safety - Americas

The Senior Manager, EHS – Americas is responsible for leading the execution of Stryker’s Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) strategy across commercial offices, R&D laboratories, distribution centers, and some manufacturing locations throughout the Americas. This role partners closely with commercial business leaders, EHS Centers of Excellence, and cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory compliance, reduce operational risk, strengthen safety culture, and drive continuous improvement in environmental, health, and safety performance.

What You Will Do

• Lead the deployment and execution of regional EHS strategies, programs, standards, and initiatives aligned with global objectives and business priorities.

• Ensure compliance with applicable environmental, health, and safety regulations while maintaining audit readiness across all facilities.

• Drive proactive risk management, hazard identification, incident prevention, and corrective action implementation to reduce workplace injuries and environmental impact.

• Monitor EHS performance metrics, manage budgets, and lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance workplace safety, driver safety, sustainability, and operational excellence.

• Develop and deliver EHS training programs that build organizational capability and foster a culture of safety, accountability, and compliance.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of EHS professionals while serving as a strategic advisor and trusted partner to site and business leadership.

• Provide leadership during EHS incidents, ensuring effective response, root cause investigations, corrective actions, and lessons learned are implemented across the organization.

What You Need

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum 10 years of EHS experience in manufacturing, distribution, commercial offices, pharmaceutical, medical device, or other highly regulated industries.

• Minimum 7 years of EHS leadership experience with responsibility for multiple sites, business units, or geographic regions.

Preferred:

• Professional certification such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), or ISO 14001/45001 Lead Auditor.

• Advanced degree (MBA, MS, or equivalent).

• Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement certification.

United States of America Pay Range:

$118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.