Job Description

The Head of Global Safety and Regional H&S; APAC leads the delivery of Group safety priorities worldwide and heads Health & Safety across APAC. Working with regional, cluster and country H&S; leaders and operational management, the role reduces incidents and serious injuries, strengthens the management of high risk activities, and builds a culture in which safety is part of everyday leadership and operational decisions.

The role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities, including but not limited to the following:

Lead global safety operations

- Translate Group H&S; strategy into practical safety priorities and implementation plans across regions and countries.
- Partner with operational leaders to make safety responsibilities clear and integrate risk controls into work planning, supervision and daily routines.
- Support regions facing significant risks or performance challenges, helping them identify causes and deliver improvements.
- Share and scale effective practices across countries and business activities.
- Work across functions to ensure safety requirements are considered when operations, processes or ways of working change.

Head H&S; across APAC

- Lead the APAC H&S; agenda in close partnership with cluster H&S; leaders, country teams and regional business leaders.
- Set regional priorities based on exposure, incident trends and the effectiveness of existing controls.
- Support clusters in developing and delivering improvement plans suited to their operations.
- Strengthen the capability, collaboration and accountability of the APAC H&S; network.
- Review performance with cluster and business leaders, challenge gaps and agree timely action where needed.
- Ensure Group safety standards and programmes are applied consistently while allowing for local operational and legal requirements.

Manage H&S; performance

- Establish regular performance reviews across the Group and APAC,



using both outcome measures and indicators of risk and control effectiveness.
- Monitor incident rates, serious injury and fatality potential, high risk exposures and progress against improvement plans.
- Improve the quality and consistency of H&S; data, dashboards and management reporting.
- Use data, field observations and feedback from employees to identify emerging risks and focus support where it will have the greatest impact.
- Provide clear performance and risk updates to senior leadership, including decisions and support required.

Strengthen incident management

- Ensure incidents and near misses are reported, classified, escalated and investigated in line with Group requirements.
- Support investigations of serious incidents and events with serious injury or fatality potential.
- Ensure investigations identify underlying causes, including weaknesses in work planning, supervision and critical controls.
- Monitor corrective actions through to completion and verify that they address the risks identified.
- Share lessons across relevant operations and check that changes have been embedded in practice.

Lead risk management and critical controls

- Establish Group minimum control standards and requirements for high risk activities.
- Work with operational teams to identify material safety risks and assess where people face the greatest exposure.
- Define expectations for the implementation and verification of critical controls in the field.




- Use focused assurance and operational reviews to test whether controls are working as intended.
- Escalate significant control gaps and support leaders in developing practical prevention plans.
- Ensure safety risks are considered in broader operational and business decisions.

Lead global safety programmes

- Lead the rollout and continued development of Drive for Life, Life First, Leadershift, and H&S; for Frontline Leaders.
- Work with regional and country teams to turn each programme into practical actions with transparent ownership.
- Set measures for programme adoption and effectiveness, beyond completion of training or communication activities.
- Gather feedback from frontline teams and operational leaders to improve programme design and delivery.
- Direct programme effort toward the activities, locations and groups facing the greatest risk.

Embed the Rules for Life and strengthen safety culture

- Embed the Rules for Life in work planning, training, supervision and field activities.
- Coach leaders and supervisors to recognise risk, discuss safety with their teams and intervene when work is unsafe.
- Encourage employee participation, open reporting and constructive responses to concerns and near misses.
- Strengthen safety behaviours through visible leadership and consistent operational expectations.
- Promote learning from both incidents and examples of effective risk management.

Build organisational capability and readiness

- Coach and develop regional, cluster and country H&S; leaders, supporting succession and the sharing of specialist expertise.
- Strengthen frontline leaders’ ability to manage risks within their own teams.
- Support the safety aspects of emergency preparedness, crisis response and business continuity.
- Use appropriate digital tools and analytics to improve reporting, identify patterns and support earlier intervention.

📌 Head of Global Safety and Regional H&S APAC (Mumbai)
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📍 Mumbai