Principal, Electric Program Manager - Reliability (Flexible location)
About The Position
The System Performance, Reliability and Resiliency Strategy team, part of Electric Transmission and Distribution Engineering, leads planning and coordination to advance PG&E’s electric reliability strategy. It brings together programs, technology, and infrastructure investments to modernize the grid and support safe, resilient, efficient operations. The Principal, Electric Program Manager supports Distribution Reliability leadership in planning, implementing, and operating capacity and reliability programs and initiatives. The role manages complex, cross-functional work involving distribution planning, system improvements, and capital investments for substation and line capacity projects. It partners with engineering teams, business partners, vendors, and stakeholders to translate priorities into actionable plans, monitor delivery, resolve issues, and promote a safe work environment. The position translates capacity, reliability, distributed energy resource integration, and capital investment priorities into program plans, milestones, and deliverables. It develops program goals, performance measures, dashboards, and reporting; coordinates stakeholders and manages dependencies; identifies delivery gaps and implements improvements; and supports governance, budgets, forecasts, documentation, and operating practices. This is a hybrid position, with work performed from a remote office and an assigned PG&E location based on business needs. The assigned location will be within the Bay Area portion of PG&E’s service territory. The role may support Emergency Operations Center activation and response during outages, severe weather, heat events, earthquakes, and other emergencies, as assigned. It provides work direction, coaching, and subject-matter guidance, but does not have direct responsibility for employee performance management.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 10 years of job-related experience.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree.
- PMP certification.
- Ability to understand the business, drive strategic decision-making, and recommend operational improvements.
- Ability to lead the most significant and complex projects across the supported line of business.
- Deep knowledge and expertise in business and/or industry drivers.
- Ability to lead large, complex projects with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to create compelling business cases based on complex business environments and inputs.
- Diplomacy and tact in addressing issues.
Responsibilities
- Support development and execution of short- and long-range distribution capacity and reliability strategies, including investment plans and supporting materials for the General Rate Case and other regulatory proceedings.
- Manage implementation and ongoing operations for distribution substations, line capacity, reliability improvements, distributed generation, and other grid modernization initiatives, coordinating scope, schedule, cost, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Establish implementation plans, operating practices, policies, and procedures that promote consistent execution, effective controls, and achievement of program objectives.
- Develop program measures and reporting; monitor capacity, reliability, financial, operational, and delivery performance; and recommend corrective actions based on trends, exceptions, and results.
- Develop and monitor budgets and forecasts, track expenditures against approved plans, and prepare variance explanations, investment support, and leadership recommendations.
- Prepare technical analyses, business cases, presentations, and decision materials concerning distribution capital needs, priorities, risks, performance, and tradeoffs.
- Identify internal and external stakeholders and maintain working relationships across engineering, operations, finance, regulatory, compliance, communications and marketing, strategic programs, and external partners.
- Develop and execute stakeholder communication and outreach plans, partnering with marketing, vendors, and external organizations when needed.
- Manage vendor relationships by communicating requirements and priorities, providing work direction, monitoring performance and deliverables, and addressing issues affecting program outcomes.
- Partner with Regulatory and Compliance teams to maintain adherence to applicable requirements and coordinate information for filings, data requests, audits, and regulator meetings.
- Track engineering and planning commitments, escalate emerging issues, facilitate resolution of cross-functional obstacles, and complete assigned process improvements.
- Evaluate new partners, technologies, planning tools, and delivery channels; coordinate approvals, implementation, maintenance, user readiness, training, automation, and software support.
- Support Emergency Operations Center activation and response during outages, severe weather, heat events, earthquakes, and other emergencies, as assigned.
- Provide work direction, coaching, and subject-matter guidance to project team members and partners while promoting accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and safe work practices.
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
