Senior Manager, Global Environmental Health & Safety

The role

You will develop and scale the global Environmental Health & Safety strategy, policies, and programs. You will also drive emergency preparedness and crisis management initiatives across worldwide offices and laboratories.

What you will do

• Own and evolve global EH&S strategy, policies, standards, and programs.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and international EH&S regulations.
• Develop scalable EH&S governance frameworks, processes, and performance metrics.
• Lead enterprise-wide risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies.
• Drive hazard identification, incident prevention, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Serve as the primary EH&S subject matter expert and advisor to leadership.
• Build and manage strategic vendor partnerships for compliance and training.
• Manage EH&S operating budgets.
• Establish and improve environmental, health, and safety management systems.
• Lead internal audits, third-party assessments, and regulatory inspections.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience leading Environmental Health & Safety programs within technology, semiconductor, electronics, manufacturing, or similarly regulated environments.
• Proven experience developing and managing global EH&S programs across multiple locations.
• Experience building scalable programs in high-growth and rapidly evolving organizations.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA regulations, environmental compliance requirements, risk management, incident investigation, and corrective action methodologies.
• Experience supporting engineering laboratories, hardware development environments, or related technical operations.
• Demonstrated expertise in emergency preparedness, business continuity, crisis management, and response planning.
• Experience leading drills, exercises, and emergency response programs.
• Working knowledge of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across diverse, crossfunctional teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to have

• Professional certifications or related credentials
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Occupational Health, Engineering, or a related discipline

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits programs

About the company

Astera Labs provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. The company's Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates semiconductor-based technologies with the COSMOS software suite.