Production Health & Safety Manager – UCAN Film

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time. This role can sit in either Los Angeles or New York. The Netflix Production Health & Safety team is looking for a Manager to help support our mission to minimize harm, disruption, and uncertainty across productions. As a team, we strive to balance the art and science of safety. We are experts in regulatory obligations, union rules, and industry best practices, and partner with producers to help them execute their creative vision safely. The Role Reporting to the Senior Manager, Production Health & Safety Films, you will help advise production teams, supporting from greenlight to wrap, ensuring they are compliant and safety plans are in place and being followed. While you won’t be on set daily, you are expected to stay closely connected with your productions, offering assurance and advice, thought-partnering on safety approaches, and engaging meaningfully when incidents or complex issues arise. This is a role for someone who cares deeply about people, is curious, collaborative, thrives in challenging situations, and understands both the art and science of safety. You are confident working across diverse markets and are excited by the opportunity of shaping safety culture and solving complex problems. What You Will Do • Partner with Productions Support productions in understanding their health & safety risks especially for high-risk activity (construction, stunts, SFX, electrical work, etc). Help shape safety plans that enable creativity and meet expectations while also adhering to federal, state and local regulations. • Provide Assurance & Guidance Review safety documentation. Flag gaps and opportunities. Offer advice and support on risk mitigation, especially during pre-production and for complex activities during filming. • Build Industry Capacity Develop networks of trusted health & safety specialists and subject matter experts. Help connect productions with the right expertise. • Regulatory Understanding & Context Understand and navigate Federal, state and local regulations, union landscape, and industry practices. Tailor advice and approaches to what makes sense for each jurisdiction, while aligning with Netflix’s global values and goals. • Contribute to Strategy & Projects Help shape initiatives and tools that scale across productions. Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams (Security, Sustainability, Legal, Labor, HR, etc.) to embed safety as a key partner across the business. • Engage, Share & Learn Support regional PH&S events, workshops and learning forums. Capture and share learnings from incidents and near misses to help our teams and the wider industry improve. • Champion Inclusion & Respect Work to support Netflix's Inclusion Guidelines, helping productions foster respectful, inclusive working environments where safety is for everyone. • Be a Facilitator, Not a Gatekeeper Bring people together to solve complex challenges, surface insights, and shape practical solutions. Help teams move forward with confidence and clarity. What We’re Looking For • 5+ years of experience in Health & Safety, ideally with a background in production or entertainment. • Technical health & safety qualifications and/or professional memberships (e.g, CSP, ASP, CIH, OSHM degree or equivalent). • Strong judgment, calm under pressure, and skilled at navigating ambiguity and conflict. • Clear communicator — you can translate safety language into something production teams and creatives understand and care about. • Collaborative mindset — you like working with others to solve problems and create impact. • Willingness and ability to travel as needed. Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $50,000 - $245,000. Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here. Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner. We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service. Apply tot his job