Responsibility, accountability and decision-making authority for facilitating the implementation of systems, programs and strategic initiatives that advance entity capability. Develops and aligns strategies, initiatives, supporting infrastructure, and budgets that enable the entity to achieve results that align with established quality imperatives to create and sustain operational excellence. Communicates objectives to staff to ensure understanding of quality goals and their alignment. Oversees initiatives and operations, including staff, budget, and vendor management. Measures effectiveness and take steps to ensure continuous improvement of entity performance. Facilitates change to advance the organization and uses resources and operational practices to drive execution of plans. Ensure