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Position Title:
SafeAlign Leadership Coach
Pay Rate:
$130,000 to $157,000 (PL 15-16)
Multiple factors including individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.
Category or Shift:
Salaried Full Time
Physical Location:
Remote- Travel required approximately 90 percent- primarily domestic, including frequent multi-day site visits plus ability to work flexible hours to align with site schedules and training needs
The Job You Will Perform:
The SafeAlign Leadership Coach is a full-time, field-based role responsible for delivering SafeAlign leadership development training to facility leaders across International Paper. This role is critical to building strong, consistent safety leadership capability at the site level and directly supports the Safety Excellence journey.
The SafeAlign Leadership Coach serves as the face of the training effort in the field, facilitating classroom sessions, reinforcing learning through in-field application, and partnering with facility leaders to embed SafeAlign actions into day-to-day work. This role requires extensive travel, approximately 90 percent, and close collaboration with the Safety Excellence Project Management Office (PMO), Health and Safety leaders, and site leadership teams.
Key Responsibilities
Training Delivery and Facilitation
- Deliver SafeAlign learning modules to managers and supervisors across Packaging Solutions North America facilities, including but not limited to
- Leading with Safety
- Safety Conversations That Matter
- Leader of Leaders
- Field Verification of Critical Controls
- Controlling Brain Centered Hazards
- Facilitate engaging, discussion-based classroom sessions that connect SafeAlign concepts to real work and real exposure.
- Adapt delivery to meet site needs while maintaining consistency with approved SafeAlign content and intent.
- Ensure high-quality, consistent training execution across all locations.
In-Field Reinforcement and Coaching
- Support leaders in applying SafeAlign concepts in the field, reinforcing learning beyond the classroom.
- Observe leadership behaviors where appropriate and provide practical, constructive feedback aligned with SafeAlign expectations.
- Model strong safety leadership behaviors, curiosity, and credibility in every interaction.
Partnership with Facility Leaders
- Build strong working relationships with facility leadership teams to support the SafeAlign process.
- Support leaders in understanding their role in cascading and reinforcing SafeAlign actions with their teams.
Program Coordination and Feedback
- Coordinate closely with the Safety Excellence PMO on schedules, logistics, and training execution.
- Provide timely feedback to the PMO and pillar leads on participant engagement, common challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
- Identify trends, barriers, or gaps observed in the field and elevate them for discussion and action.
- Support continuous improvement of training delivery through lessons learned and field insights.
Alignment and Governance
- Ensure all training delivery aligns with International Paper’s Safety Excellence strategy, cultural attributes, and leadership expectations.
- Adhere to all intellectual property, confidentiality, and delivery standards associated with SafeAlign content.
- Represent Safety Excellence professionally and consistently across all locations.
The Skills You Will Bring:
- Travel required approximately 90 percent, primarily domestic, including frequent multi-day site visits plus ability to work flexible hours to align with site schedules and training needs
- Bachelor degree preferred, or equal and relevant experience required.
- 10 plus years of experience in safety, operations, HR, or organizational transformation
- Demonstrated experience facilitating adult learning or leadership development programs
- Strong project management capability coordinating large scale workstreams
- High credibility with frontline leaders, supervisors, and managers
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder influence skills
- Ability to connect concepts to real-world work and exposure
- Strong organizational skills and comfort working in a highly mobile, field-based role
The Benefits You Will Enjoy:
The Career You Will Build:
Leadership training, promotional opportunities
The Impact You Will Make:
We continue to build a better future for people, the planet, and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 125 years. Join our team and you’ll see why our team members say they’re Proud to be IP.
The Culture You Will Experience:
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International Paper (NYSE: IP) is the global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. With company headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) headquarters in London, UK, we employ more than 65,000 team members and serve customers around the world with operations in more than 30 countries. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Net sales for 2024 were $18.6 billion. In 2025, International Paper acquired DS Smith creating an industry leader focused on the attractive and growing North American and EMEA regions. Additional information can be found by visiting internationalpaper.com.
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