VP - Enterprise Safety

The Vice President of Enterprise Safety serves as a strategic leader responsible for developing and executing the organization's comprehensive safety vision and strategy across PODS' North American operations, encompassing 1,500+ commercial motor vehicles, 2,000+ employees, and operations spanning North America. This role provides strategic direction to the Chief Legal Officer and executive leadership team on all matters related to safety culture, regulatory compliance, risk mitigation, and organizational safety performance.

The VP of Enterprise Safety establishes enterprise-wide safety standards, drives organizational transformation toward a world-class safety culture, and ensures alignment of safety initiatives with overall business objectives and ESG reporting frameworks. This role has executive accountability for building and leading a high-performing safety organization, developing strategic partnerships with internal and external stakeholders and regulatory agencies, and positioning PODS as an industry leader in transportation and logistics safety.

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Develop and execute a comprehensive, enterprise-wide Safety strategy that aligns with PODS' business objectives and establishes the organization as a recognized industry leader in safety performance, with accountability for achieving specific safety performance targets including TRIR and vehicle incident frequency.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on safety matters, regulatory trends, emerging risks, and opportunities to enhance organizational safety performance.
• Lead the transformation of organizational safety culture through innovation, data-driven decision making, and behavior-based safety principles that drive measurable improvements in safety outcomes.
• Champion a proactive, prevention-focused safety philosophy across all levels of the organization, moving beyond regulatory compliance to industry-leading practices.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive Safety Technology Roadmap, including management of a Safety Management System (SMS) to support scalable operations and real-time safety monitoring.

• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing safety organization with clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and career development pathways to support enterprise growth, including direct management of safety professionals and comprehensive succession planning to build bench strength across the safety function.
• Establish organizational structure, resource allocation, budget planning, and technology infrastructure necessary to achieve strategic safety objectives and scale operations effectively.
• Drive accountability across all business units for safety performance through clear metrics, executive scorecards, and integration of safety KPIs into organizational performance management systems.
• Partner with HR to integrate safety competencies into talent acquisition, performance management, succession planning, and leadership development programs.

• Maintain executive accountability for enterprise-wide compliance with all federal, state, and local safety regulations including OSHA, DOT, FMCSA standards, EPA emissions compliance and emerging regulatory requirements.
• Direct the management of driver compliance programs, including oversight of CDL driver files, qualification standards, continuous monitoring systems, and hours-of-service compliance across the 1,000+ driver workforce operating in a complex multi-jurisdictional environment.
• Establish and maintain enterprise risk management frameworks that identify, assess, and mitigate safety risks across operations, implementing predictive analytics and leading indicators.
• Lead strategic relationships with regulatory agencies (i.e., FMCSA, OSHA, EPA, state DOTs), industry associations, and external auditors, representing PODS' safety interests and staying ahead of regulatory developments.
• Coordinate with Internal Audit function to ensure alignment on safety audits, compliance monitoring, and internal control assessments, maintaining integrated governance frameworks.
• Design and implement innovative safety programs, training curricula, and certification pathways that address safety-sensitive operations, emergency preparedness, specialized operational needs, and clean fleet transition strategies aligned with environmental sustainability goals.
• Leverage advanced safety technologies, telematics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics platforms to drive predictive safety interventions, optimize fleet performance, and identify at-risk behaviors after incidents occur.
• Develop comprehensive incident investigation protocols, and root cause analysis methodologies that drive continuous improvement and prevent recurrence.
• Establish enterprise safety dashboard and reporting frameworks providing real-time visibility into leading and lagging indicators for executive…