Head Environment

Sanofi Toronto, ON Updated 30 September 2026
PharmaRegulatory AffairsQuality Assuranceinform

Job description

Reference Number: R2872638 Position title: Head Environment Location: Toronto, ON About the job Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster. About Sanofi We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system – and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Main Responsibilities: Ensure the site’s activities compliance to all relevant Environment & Sustainability regulations and standards (local, state, and company). Support the HSE Head to maintain the environment permits. Serve as the primary point of contact with site related environmental regulatory agencies and ensure timely submission of required reports and documentation. Develop and implement site plans in alignment with Sanofi Environment & Sustainability Planet Care policies (Eco-Design, Climate change, waste circularity, water stewardship, Biodiversity…). Conduct assessments and mitigate environmental impacts associated with the site’s operations: Identify, assess and manage environmental impacts and opportunities. Monitor the environmental performance of the site and oversee the monitoring of environmental parameters, such as air pollution, water and wastewater quality, waste management, and GHG emissions. Lead initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental footprint of the site, including Eco-design, water stewardship, waste, Biodiversity, …. Support the engineering team to optimize the use of the resources and reduce the site’s environmental footprint (Energy, PIE, Water efficiency roadmap, etc). Foster a culture of continuous improvement initiatives and drive innovation in environmental practices and process improvements to maintain a competitive edge. Lead investigations into environmental severe impacts, incidents, and near-misses to determine root causes and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Lead & promote proactive HSE Culture on environmental topics by developing and delivering training programs on Environment & Sustainability for all employees and stakeholders to guarantee that all employees have the knowledge and capabilities needed for their tasks. Engage with environmental external experts (consulting, academies, labs, …) to ensure that the site have all the environmental capabilities in line with the site responsibilities on environmental topics. Monitor/Report Environment & Sustainability local performance and trend (incl culture maturity index) to the SLT and above the site senior management to identify trends, assess performance, and make data-driven decisions. Ensure quality and timeliness of the reporting of environmental data. Lead and manage the Environment team including hiring, training, coaching, capabilities developing and performance evaluation which drive an excellence operating mindset. Accountable for fostering site-wide employee awareness of environmental and sustainability programs while owning the delivery of continuous improvement initiatives and projects that drive quantifiable progress toward Sanofi's environmental goals Perform additional Health, Safety, and Environment duties as assigned to support organizational HSE objectives and compliance requirements Key involvement in Decision Making process Key roles (D, A, I) A: Advice on Environmental & Sustainability Compliance Issues. A: Support Site HSE Head on Environmental-related regulatory strategies and compliance issues. A: Support compliance with regulatory and company Environment requirements A: Advice on Regulatory Compliance. D: Develop local Environmental & Sustainability Policies and programs. A/D: Validate the site’s budget and stratplan to allocate sufficient resources to achieve the environmental programs) I: Implement Process Improvements. D: Decide on Sustainability Initiatives. I: Follow progress on Environment improvement projects and initiatives. A: Recommend Resource Management Strategies. D: Approve the final reports and recommendations following safety incident investigations. About You Education/Experience/Technical Skills: Minimum of 3 years of experience in Health/Safety/Environmental field Bachelors degree; preferred major: Environmental Science or Engineering Proficient in terms of Environmental sustainability knowledge Intermediate level of proficiency in term of product stewardship Extremely proficient with management systems, Regulatory knowledge, Matrix management, Problem solving, Project management, striving for results, ability to influence Direct management and transversal management skills desired Strong ability to coach and animate to drive transformation and environment performance Why Choose Us? Bring the miracles of science to life alongside a supportive, future-focused team. Discover endless opportunities to g

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