What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Global Health and Wellness position at CSL?
The Opportunity
The Global Occupational Health, Health & Wellness Lead is responsible for designing, governing, and continuously improving a global strategy and operating model for occupational health (OH), industrial hygiene (IH), workers’ compensation case management, and employee wellness. This role ensures compliance, protects and promotes worker health, reduces injury-related risk, and supports business performance across all global operations.
Scope & Impact-
CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.
CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.
To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.
Our Benefits
For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL.
You Belong at CSL
At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.
To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging
Equal Opportunity Employer
CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.
The Global Occupational Health, Health & Wellness Lead is responsible for designing, governing, and continuously improving a global strategy and operating model for occupational health (OH), industrial hygiene (IH), workers’ compensation case management, and employee wellness. This role ensures compliance, protects and promotes worker health, reduces injury-related risk, and supports business performance across all global operations.
Scope & Impact-
- Global strategy and oversight for OH, IH, wellness, ergonomics, mental health (ISO 45003), biosafety, and medical governance.
- Workers’ compensation leadership in the U.S. including claims governance, medical oversight, and return-to-work integration.
- Oversight of international injury management frameworks including Early Intervention programs and optimization of self-insurance injury management in Australia.
- Collaboration with EHS, HR, Legal/Privacy, Risk/Insurance, Business Continuity, Facilities, and site leadership globally.
- Provide expert analysis to evaluate and determine the optimal operating model for all Occupational Health and Wellness functions, identifying best case solutions that maximize efficiency through the strategic use of internal and external resources, and lead the implementation of the recommended model.
- Develop and implement a global OH & Wellness strategy aligned with EHS vision.
- Lead U.S. workers’ compensation programs, ensuring compliant handling, medical quality, and efficient claim resolution.
- Establish global standards, clinical protocols, and IH governance systems.
- Lead global case management including early communication, functional capacity evaluations, and accommodation assessments.
- Govern Australian self-insurance injury management systems and compliance audits.
- Oversee international Early Intervention programs focusing on rapid triage and injury minimization.
- Provide biosafety oversight in R&D settings.
- Lead OH/IH global teams and manage external vendor performance.
- Own global OH/IH data systems, KPIs, and reporting.
- Advanced clinical or scientific degree (MD/DO, NP/PA with OH focus, MS OH/IH).
- 10 years OH/IH leadership in multinational or regulated industries.
- Strong experience with U.S. workers’ compensation programs.
- Knowledge of Australian self-insurance injury management and Early Intervention programs.
- Familiarity with OSHA, EU OSH, ISO 45001/45003, and ACGIH/NIOSH frameworks.
- Board certification in Occupational Medicine or CIH/COH.
- Experience leading global workers’ compensation transformation.
- Implementation of global OH digital systems.
- Experience with ESG metrics and cross-cultural leadership.
- Strategic leadership and influence.
- Clinical and technical rigor.
- Data-driven decision-making.
- Change management and communication excellence.
- Inclusive leadership and global team development.
CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.
CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.
To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.
Our Benefits
For more information on CSL benefits visit How CSL Supports Your Well-being | CSL.
You Belong at CSL
At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.
To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging
Equal Opportunity Employer
CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.