Regional Safety Manager, Data Center Health and Safety

Join the world-class safety culture at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and be part of supporting the largest cloud computing infrastructure team as a Regional Safety Manager. This role owns the Health and Safety function for the Germany and Sweden and supervises a team of Health and Safety professionals across both countries.

You will be part of a regional and global team that works with internal and external partners to maintain and enhance the safety of operations. Close collaboration with onsite physical security, vendors, compliance officers, risk management, and fire/life safety systems is required. Additionally, you will work with employees and contractors to achieve specific safety objectives.

You will set the vision and define the safety strategy for your regional portfolio, design the right team structure and mechanisms to meet long-term business goals, and achieve consensus on priorities with senior operations partners. The ADC portfolio is in a period of growth, expanding across established sites and new builds, so you will anticipate future capacity needs and build a workforce strategy to match.

The candidate must hold a valid Fachkraft für Arbeitssicherheit (SIFA) certification and will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable German occupational safety legal obligations, including risk assessments (Gefährdungsbeurteilungen), employee safety training, Safety Committee (ASA) participation, incident reporting, and regulatory requirements under the Arbeitsschutzgesetz (ArbSchG), DGUV Regulation 1, and SGB VII, as well as ensuring full adherence to all AWS safety policies and management systems.

This role sits within the EMEA Data Center Health and Safety team, where English is the working language for all business communication, collaboration, and reporting. Interviews will be conducted in English, and advanced English proficiency (written and spoken) is required.

This role is based in Germany. Regular travel across Germany and Sweden is required.


Key job responsibilities
Strategy & Leadership

•Own the safety strategy for Germany and Sweden, translating regional and global priorities into a multi-year execution roadmap with measurable outcomes.
• Operate as a core member of the EMEA DCHS regional leadership team, contributing to regional strategy development and representing Germany and Sweden in regional and global programme forums.
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of regional and global health and safety programmes from inception through execution, ensuring consistent rollout across assigned clusters.
• Deliver MBR and QBR narratives incorporating leading/lagging indicators, trend analysis, and strategic responses to performance gaps.
• Anticipate growth and investment needs and build workforce and succession strategy to match a scaling portfolio.

Team Management & Development

• Manage and develop a team of Health and Safety professionals across Germany and Sweden, driving hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Recruit and retain safety talent, ensuring the team structure supports current and future operational needs.

Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with German occupational safety legislation (ArbSchG, ASiG, DGUV Vorschrift 2, BG requirements) and Swedish legislation (Arbetsmiljölagen, AFS provisions).
• Lead documented Gefährdungsbeurteilungen (risk assessments) per ArbSchG §5-6, including psychosocial risk assessments, and coordinate with the appointed Betriebsarzt (occupational physician) under the ASiG dual-appointment model.
• Navigate the German dual inspection system and partner with AWS compliance and legal teams on regulatory interpretations across both jurisdictions.

Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Conduct health and safety audits and inspections of data centers to ensure compliance with regulatory and life safety requirements.
• Implement safety management systems, training programmes, risk assessments, and industrial hygiene assessments that meet or exceed regulatory standards.
• Review investigation quality and own escalation decisions for high-severity events.
• Partner with construction managers to identify and mitigate risks before new capacity goes live.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
- Experience working with and influencing senior level stakeholders
- Experience in a leadership role
- Speak, write, and read fluently in German and English at C1 level or above
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in accordance with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) in occupational safety, health and safety, engineering, or a related field.
- Certification as an Occupational Safety Specialist (Fachkraft für Arbeitssicherheit / SiFa) in accordance with Section 6 of the German Occupational Safety Act (ASiG) and DGUV Vorschrift 2.
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience working within the German and/or European occupational health and safety regulatory environment.
- In-depth knowledge of European and German occupational health and safety legislation.
- Relevant experience leading a team of health and safety professionals.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience leading organizational change initiatives across multiple locations
- Experience in a fast paced, dynamic organization
- 10+ years of increasing responsibility in safety programmes in data centers, critical infrastructure, manufacturing, or equivalent operational environments.
- NEBOSH International Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent international qualification.
- Experience with the Swedish Work Environment Act (Arbetsmiljölagen) and Arbetsmiljöverket regulatory framework.
- Experience navigating the German Berufsgenossenschaft / DGUV system, including Unfallverhütungsvorschriften (accident prevention regulations).
- Knowledge of ISO 45001 occupational health and safety management systems.
- Experience with Betriebsrat (works council) co-determination processes on health and safety matters under the Betriebsverfassungsgesetz (BetrVG).
- Experience in remote management of safety teams across multiple countries.
- Strong strategic narrative writing skills, including QBR and operating plan inputs for Director and VP audiences.
- Experience leading and communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including peers, employees, and senior leaders.
- High ethical standards with a proven ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information.
- Experience defining, designing, and implementing safety programmes, processes, and procedural documentation at scale.