Job Description:
Associate Health and Wellbeing (AHWB) is a strategic enabler of business success and serves as a foundational pillar of the Mars People Strategy.
The Head of Associate Health & Wellbeing – US & Canada is a high-impact, business partner, senior leader, and subject matter expert responsible for driving the strategic AHWB agenda across the region while actively contributing to the evolution and delivery of Mars' global health and wellbeing strategy and thereby the success of the North American business.
Operating at the intersection of business strategy and Associate advocacy, this role is accountable for advancing measurable health and business outcomes across the US and Canada. The Head of AHWB will lead the regional approach to reducing population health risks, managing workplace and psychosocial hazards, and mitigating absenteeism, injuries, and rising operational costs. Ensuring strict compliance with local legislation and Mars standards, this leader will actively cultivate Associate energy, resilience, and sustainable performance.
This role will partner with several businesses across Mars working collaboratively with key cross-functional partners—including P&O (HR), Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), Security, Benefits, Facilities, Business Leadership, and external consultants—to build a unified, high-performing culture of care enabling Associates and Business to Thrive.
Key Accountabilities
1. Lead and Develop a High-Performing Expert Team
Inspire, lead, and govern a diverse regional team of health and wellbeing specialists by establishing a clear, strategically aligned vision, fostering a culture of professional excellence and professional development, and building organizational capability to deliver measurable Associate and business value.
2. Contribute to and Deliver the Global Health & Wellbeing Strategy
Serve on the Global Associate Health & Wellbeing Leadership Team, translating global priorities into an impactful US/Canada roadmap that balances enterprise consistency with local legislation, culture, and business needs.
Lead the regional deployment of strategic health initiatives, monitoring industry advances, emerging risks, and scientific trends to proactively innovate programs and feed insights back into the global agenda.
Represent Mars AHWB internally and externally with key stakeholders, industry groups and peer organizations, with a commitment to advance the company’s reputation in the areas of Associate engagement, culture of health and employer brand.
3. Strategic Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership
Act as a senior strategic partner and trusted advisor to regional leadership and key functional partners (P&O, HSE, Benefits), leveraging deep business acumen and problem-solving expertise to co-create tailored health and wellbeing solutions that solve core organizational challenges and drive value creation.
Manage strategic relationships with external providers, healthcare vendors, and clinical partners to ensure high-quality, and evidence-based service delivery.
4. Occupational Health & Wellbeing Expertise
Provide senior-level clinical and technical expertise across at least one of the following areas: occupational health, population health management, holistic wellbeing, and health benefits, ensuring all regional programs, policies and interventions comply with local regulatory standards and reflect evidence-based, leading practices. Support global Occupational Health governance and quality enhancement.
5. Data, Evidence & Impact
Drive an evidence-based, data-driven culture across the region, utilizing workforce analytics and actionable executive insights to diagnose, manage, and resolve the root causes of complex health and wellbeing challenges through targeted, high-impact interventions to demonstrate measurable Organizational and Associate impact. Leverage the breadth of data sources available.
Success in this role is defined by leading a highly engaged, high-performing regional team…