Head of Railway Operations

Head of Railway Operations Historical and indispensable player in mobility in the canton of Fribourg, the Transports publics fribourgeois (TPF) employ nearly 1’400 collaborators and ensure essential services to the population every day. An organization focused on the future, the TPF face significant challenges in evolving their railway operations, both in terms of human, organizational, and technological aspects. In this context, marked in particular by the upcoming retirement of the current post holder, the TPF are seeking an experienced personality as Head of Railway Operations (M/F) A key role for reliable and high-performance operations Your responsibilities As a member of the extended TPF TRAFIC management team, you assume overall responsibility for activities related to railway operations and their development. At the interface between strategy and operations, you guarantee safe, high-performance, and quality operations in a demanding and highly regulated environment. You pilot all activities in your domain, ensure event and special situation management, and lead operational evolution projects. In this capacity, you accompany the introduction of new digital tools, process adaptation, the arrival of new rolling stock, as well as the structuring of training and quality monitoring. A true conductor of railway operations, you supervise, develop, and federate the teams in your entity, both direct and indirect. You promote a demanding, cooperative, and constructive work environment conducive to engagement and sustainable performance. You ensure clear and constructive communication with internal and external partners, including social partners, and represent the interests of TPF TRAFIC within the railway industry's bodies and organizations. Your profile A structured, pragmatic, and committed personality, you have a real vision and a systemic approach that allows you to evolve with ease in complex environments. With a developed sense of humanity, you know how to establish a climate of trust, manage sensitive situations, and federate multidisciplinary teams around clear objectives. Your career has led you to lead transformations, implement tools in complex organizations, and make decisions in demanding contexts. At ease in communication, you interact with varied interlocutors, within the organization as well as with institutional and external partners, combining strategic vision and operational pragmatism. With a higher education background, you have confirmed experience in the railway sector or in a comparable operational environment. A good knowledge of the regulatory framework, in particular the LDT, as well as digital tools related to railway operations, is an asset. You have a perfect command of French; good knowledge of German is desirable. jpid2c2f8ffjm jit0624jm jiy26jm