Global Environmental Lead

Are you passionate about driving environmental change and sustainability in a global pharmaceutical company? Bavarian Nordic is seeking a proactive Global Environmental Lead to manage and enhance our environmental function across our global facilities. This role offers the opportunity to lead impactful projects, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and foster a culture of sustainability within a high-performing team. If you're hands-on, thrive on change management, and have the drive to make a tangible difference, we want to hear from you!

The right candidate will have the potential to create a substantial impact on behavioral change management, embedding sustainability into our DNA. Your influence will extend across the entire organization, positioning you as a key figure in steering Bavarian Nordic’s environmental and sustainability journey.

Key Responsibilities:

Operational Leadership: Translate our Environmental and Sustainability Strategy into actionable operational activities, ensuring alignment with Health Safety, Biosafety, cGMP, and other regulatory standards.

Project Management: Identify and oversee environmental optimization projects with a focus on sustainability and a circular economy mindset. Support all projects to mitigate potential environmental impacts.

Compliance & Regulation: Ensure compliance with environmental regulations (EPA, REACH, CSRD, DGSA) and manage permits, approvals, and regulatory assessments across our sites. Engage with authorities for environmental approvals and ensure ongoing compliance.

Risk Assessment: Conduct environmental risk assessments for new processes and equipment modifications. Ensure incident reporting and corrective actions are timely and communicated across the global organization.

Reporting & Analysis: Establish and report on Environmental KPIs, prepare EHS reports, and contribute to ESG Global CSRD reporting. Maintain and manage the environmental budget.

Global Collaboration: Coordinate with local EHS specialists, collaborate across departments, and travel to other Bavarian Nordic locations as needed.

Role-Specific Responsibilities:

Influence & Impact: Lead initiatives that will have a significant impact on the environmental culture within Bavarian Nordic. Your role will involve influencing and driving the company's overall environmental development, making sustainability a core part of our operational ethos.

Behavioral Change: Play a crucial role in behavioral change management across the organization, ensuring that environmental considerations are integrated into everyday business activities at all levels.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a pharmaceutical or GMP-regulated operations environment.
• Proven experience in impacting the environmental landscape of a pharmaceutical innovator and producer.
• Knowledge of environmental management principles (ISO14001, ISO50001) and experience in implementing or supporting these standards.
• Experience with sustainability rating schemes, EU taxonomy, and/or the CSRD.
• Leadership and management skills with the ability to influence senior and executive management

Key Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (English essential, Danish/German a plus).
• Ability to drive change and solve problems with innovative solutions.
• Strong organizational, scheduling, and strategic thinking abilities.
• Customer-focused with a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.

Importance of the role and why Bavarian Nordic

This is a pivotal role where you will have the mandate and the opportunity to influence Bavarian Nordic's entire environmental strategy, from the high-level strategic vision to the tactical and operational activities that make it a reality. You will be at the forefront of driving environmental initiatives that will shape the future of the company. At Bavarian Nordic, we offer the chance to be part of something bigger; working on critical vaccine production while ensuring we meet the highest environmental and sustainability standards. This role is perfect for someone adaptable, innovative, and ready to influence our environmental journey.

Application Process:

Please contact Simone Petersen, Global EHS Director at +45 2965 7662, if you have any questions about the role or Bavarian Nordic.

If you’re ready to make a significant impact in a growing global pharmaceutical company, apply today to join Bavarian Nordic as our Global Environmental Lead.

Founded in 1994, we have more than 25 years of experience in developing life-saving vaccines. We are a global leader in smallpox and mpox vaccines. Our commercial product portfolio contains market-leading vaccines against rabies and tick-borne encephalitis and an Ebola vaccine. We are a global company headquartered in Denmark with a state-of-the-art production facility and sites in Germany, Switzerland, and USA. Our values – our Bavarian Nordic DNA, as we like to call it – are what guide our actions every day. We act as persistent pioneers, embrace change, value being boosted by the team, and believe in protecting lives every day. If that is also a part of your DNA, we invite you to join us in Bavarian Nordic! Bavarian Nordic is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

www.bavarian-nordic.com

Location: Kvistgaard - Bøgeskovvej 6

Additional location:

• Bern