Grid Innovation Engineer, Senior

Pacific Gas And Electric Company•Oakland, CA

9d•$116,000 - $194,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Grid Innovation Engineer, Senior serves as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, technology teams, and external partners supporting PG&E's Right-of-Way Risk Reduction Strategy (ROWRS). This role is responsible for translating business objectives into technology requirements, developing strategic roadmaps, and coordinating system enhancements across Salesforce, Palantir Foundry, SAP, GIS platforms, Power BI, and Python-based analytics solutions. The position will partner with Electric Operations, Land & Environmental Management, Legal, Wildfire Risk, Asset Management, IT, and Data & Analytics teams to design and implement an integrated technology ecosystem that supports identification, prioritization, tracking, and resolution of right-of-way encroachments and minimum clearance violations. The role supports the ROWRS objective of establishing a scalable, standardized, technology-enabled operating model leveraging machine learning, data analytics, and enterprise integrations. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location at least two days a week and or based on business need.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or related field.
5+ years of experience in IT engineering design and/or technical project implementation, OR Master’s degree and 8 years of experience in IT engineering design and/or technical project implementation.
Experience with multi-tier enterprise technology environments
Experience working with staff across diverse IT disciplines.
Implementation experience with process design, information modeling or system architecture within a core business area of a utility.
Experience gathering and documenting business requirements.
Experience leading cross-functional technology initiatives.
Experience supporting utility, infrastructure, asset management, wildfire risk, or operational programs preferred.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Salesforce
Palantir Foundry
SAP
Esri ArcGIS
Power BI
SQL
Python
Azure Data Services
Data governance and master data management
Machine learning and predictive analytics
Executive communication and presentation skills
Strategic planning and roadmap development
Facilitation and stakeholder engagement
Conflict resolution and negotiation
Change management
Functional knowledge: Electrical utility operations, Asset management processes, Land rights, easements, or right-of-way programs, Risk management and mitigation programs, Regulatory compliance programs

Responsibilities

Develops new approaches, processes, and tools by modifying existing solutions.
Manages a complex product or service offering that may combine elements of emerging and core products, or with complexities associated with vendor, regulatory, or customer factors.
Manages to KPIs.
Contributes to development of product roadmaps.
Presents findings and recommendations to function management.
Develop multi-year technology roadmaps supporting ROWRS program objectives.
Define and sequence technology capabilities required to support program growth.
Evaluate business impacts, dependencies, implementation risks, and integration requirements.
Partner with Enterprise Architecture and IT teams to align solutions with corporate technology standards.
Support business case development, investment planning, and funding requests for technology initiatives.
Evaluate existing and emerging technologies—including GIS, LiDAR, spatial analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, automation, enterprise applications, and data platforms—for technical applicability to ROW risk reduction use cases.
Lead or support technology pilots, proofs of concept, prototypes, and emerging technology evaluations to validate technical feasibility, scalability, and operational viability.
Evaluate business impacts, dependencies, implementation risks, business continuity considerations, operational risk, data dependencies, and integration requirements.
Partner with Enterprise Architecture and IT teams to align solutions with corporate technology standards.
Understand the various data streams that are needed to model encroachment risk
Act as business lead and product owner for technology initiatives involving: Salesforce, Palantir Foundry, SAP, GIS Platforms, Python Analytics, Power BI
Serve as primary interface between business organizations and technology delivery teams.
Coordinate across program managers, product owners, architects, developers, and analysts.
Explore, innovate, and demonstrate technologies that facilitate risk management
Communicate project status, risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies.
Support organizational change management and user adoption efforts.