Role Description The Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) Director inspects and evaluates the environment, equipment, and processes in working areas to ensure compliance with government safety regulations and industry standards. The chief goal is to protect the employees, customers, and the environment. - Design and support programs to train employees and managers in all relevant laws, rules, and regulations, with special instruction for each type of employee as it relates to their specific position and responsibilities. - Address regulatory concerns and analyze activities at all facilities, including 13 US and Canadian facilities and 2 global facilities to ensure complete regulatory and statutory compliance, as well as any additional facilities added due to acquisition and/or organic growth. - Establish a behavioral based safety culture that disseminates through every level of the organization. - Integrate EH&S focus into continuous improvement system and enable best in class safety standards and practices throughout the supply chain. - Remain up to date on all upcoming changes and prepare the organization to meet changing regulatory requirements. - Recommend changes to protect workers and educate employees on how to prevent health problems using safety training programs. - Partner with local safety resources to drive initiatives in all company locations. - Review and contribute to the following plans: Emergency Response (in tandem with Safety department), Chemical Approval Handling & Management, SPCC, SW3P, Lead based Paint Operations, Air Compliance/Air Permits, Water Conservation, Waste Minimization, Wetland Mitigation and Destruction Prevention, Hazardous Material Security Plan. - Coordinate safety and environmental audits and actions to remedy faults and remediate. - Consult with all departments to provide expertise and ensure compliance with standards, processes, permits and reporting. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in environmental health and safety, Engineering or related discipline. - Certified Safety Professional certification and Waste Water Treatment License preferred. - Experience in an environmental or safety role with 10+ years of management/leadership experience. - Experience working in a continuous improvement/lean culture. - Experience working within MSHA and OSHA guidelines preferred. - Experience leading a behavioral based safety culture. Requirements - Knowledge of applicable environmental laws, regulations, standards, permit requirements. - Strong technical, interpersonal and communication skills. - Strong leadership, ability to influence and engage people and motivate them to meet/exceed goals and objectives; and the ability to develop others. - Fact-based analysis and reporting skills. - Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite. - Asserts ideas and persuades others; gains support and motivates people to act. - Knowledge of ISO/RC 14001 principles; and the ability to learn local and corporate EHSS systems. - Excellent written and spoken communication skills. - Ability to hold self and others accountable; establish vision and plan to achieve; manage multiple projects; and interface with and represent the company to regulators. - Six Sigma and/or Lean Green Belt preferred. Physical Demands - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. - Required to stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle, feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb or crawl. - Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. - May require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position. - The individual possesses fine hand manipulation (keyboarding) skills. Work Environment - Ability to work independently and be willing to travel 50-75%. Preference to candidates based in Hickory, NC although may live anywhere in the US. - Must be able to adapt to the noise level of a manufacturing setting, which is usually moderate to heavy.

• Set the research vision and strategic agenda for the Upwork Research Institute, ensuring alignment with business objectives and emerging macroeconomic trends. • Serve as the primary spokesperson for the Institute across national media, op-eds, events, and social platforms—translating technical findings into compelling, accessible stories. • Lead a team of researchers to produce data-rich insights and media-ready narratives. • Develop flagship research reports, media campaigns, and editorial calendars that drive consistent, high-impact thought leadership. • Build and scale partnerships with external academics, think tanks, trade groups, and research institutions to amplify our credibility and reach. • Collaborate with internal stakeholders across sales, marketing, product, and analytics to embed research into Upwork’s growth and engagement strategies. • Use AI tools to accelerate insight development, summarize large data sets, and enhance storytelling formats.

• Lead the Business Analytics team • Develop and implement the organization’s data analytics strategy • Collaborate with senior management to identify key business questions and data needs • Oversee the collection, storage, and analysis of large datasets • Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and security across all analytics processes • Oversee the creation of executive-level dashboards and reports • Manage multiple data analytics projects simultaneously • Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures • Partner with business operations leaders to understand processes • Work with business optimization staff to identify areas of opportunity • Research and help resolve problem statements identified by line of business leadership • Help solve complex problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks • Perform other ad hoc tasks and projects.

• Support the execution of the global patient advocacy strategy, road map, and key initiatives. • Manage operational implementation of advocacy programs, including roundtables, convenings, publications and other strategic initiatives. • Coordinate across functions to ensure alignment with enterprise priorities. • Support development of annual advocacy plans, objectives, timelines and deliverables. • Track and monitor advocacy initiatives to ensure timely and effective execution. • Serve as an operational point of contact for advocacy organizations supporting relationship development and ongoing engagement. • Help maintain regular communication with advocacy partners to support collaboration and shared initiatives. • Identify opportunities to support advocacy organizations through strategic engagement, capability building and bidirectional collaboration. • Support identification, onboarding, and management of new advocacy partnerships. • Support development of internal processes, tools and frameworks for advocacy engagement. • Coordinate internal advocacy community of practice and support cross functional working groups. • Ensure internal teams have access to patient insights and advocacy perspectives. • Support development of advocacy-related materials including white papers, position papers, briefing documents, and presentations. • Contribute to development of advocacy communications and storytelling that elevate patient voice. • Support management of advocacy budgets, contracts and operational processes. • Support preparation of internal reports dashboards and leadership updates.