Grid Innovation & Engagement, Senior Project Manager

Southern California Edison • Pomona, CA

247d • $178,300 - $267,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Clean Energy Revolution as a Grid Innovation & Engagement, Senior Project Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll play a pivotal role to help shape SCE's long-term strategy by aligning technology needs with emerging solutions from vendors, startups, technologists, advisory groups, and professional memberships. We seek to implement these solutions by demonstrating breakthrough technologies, actively engaging with industry leaders, and securing new funding opportunities. As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for identifying, acquiring, and coordinating early stage deployment of technologies that advance SCE's strategic priorities. You will collaborate closely with internal teams, external technology vendors, startups, and research organizations to explore innovative solutions, run demonstrations or small-scale deployment programs, and showcase real-world capabilities that can transform our grid. The ideal candidate is results-driven with a deep understanding of technology trends in the utility sector and a passion for driving grid innovation through hands-on engagement and execution. Your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone.

Requirements

• Ten or more years of experience in technology project management

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, computer science, or other business-related discipline (including liberal arts majors)
• Experience with utility technology needs, including strategic objectives and areas of investment focus
• Experience responding to regulatory activities
• Experience delivering/developing technical information to a non-technical audience as well as to senior leadership
• Experience in corporate strategy, strategic planning or strategy/management consulting

Responsibilities

• Manages activities of one or more large, long-term projects or portfolio of related projects with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods and outcomes
• Develops business plans, objectives and initiatives for the organization
• Provides inputs to organizational objectives and policies and ensures delivery of results
• Engages regularly with senior management as a key consultant on critical business issues
• Establishes, oversees and enhances stage-gate governance processes for emerging technology portfolio management, prioritization, and funding
• Develops technology roadmaps aligned to business goals and lead adoption of emerging tech capabilities across the organization
• Leads complex, multi-phase implementation programs for new enterprise systems, infrastructure, and smart grid technologies
• Oversees systems integrations, data migrations, and interfaces between emerging tech platforms and legacy systems

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree