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This role is accountable for maturing the department to meet the demands of a growing, fast-paced organization - elevating team leadership capacity, driving proactive performance improvement, and ensuring the company remains ahead of an increasingly complex regulatory landscape.\nThe role requires a strategic mindset and strong business acumen, with knowledge and direct experience in multi-functional team leadership, operations and pipeline safety management system (OMS and PSMS) governance, compliance strategy, budget accountability, and oversight of due diligence activities supporting acquisitions and divestitures. Functional scope spans pipeline safety and regulatory compliance alongside governance of the company’s Operations Management System (OMS), the framework through which the department drives operational excellence, learning, and continuous improvement. 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