Principal, Electric Program Manager - Reliability (Flexible location)

PG&E•Oakland, CA

12h•Hybrid

About The Position

Supports Distribution Reliability leadership in planning, implementing, and operating capacity and reliability programs and initiatives. Manages complex, cross-functional work associated with distribution planning, system improvements, and capital investments for substation and line capacity projects, helping ensure programs operate effectively and achieve established metrics and objectives. Partners with engineering teams, business partners, vendors, and key stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, monitor delivery, resolve issues, and promote a safe work environment. Translates distribution capacity, reliability, distributed energy resource integration, and capital investment priorities into coordinated program plans, milestones, and deliverables. Develops program goals, performance measures, dashboards, and reporting that provide leadership with visibility into progress, risks, costs, and decisions. Coordinates across engineering, operations, regulatory, finance, vendors, and other stakeholder groups to manage dependencies, facilitate decisions, and resolve delivery barriers. Evaluates process, technology, and delivery gaps and implements improvements that streamline planning work, strengthen controls, and increase program effectiveness. Supports program governance, budget and forecast development, documentation, and operating practices needed for consistent execution. This is a hybrid position, with work performed from a remote office and an assigned PG&E location based on business needs. The assigned work location will be within the Bay Area portion of PG&E’s service territory. The role supports development and execution of short- and long-range distribution capacity and reliability strategies; program implementation and operations for substations, line capacity, reliability improvements, distributed generation, and grid modernization; budgeting, forecasting, performance reporting, regulatory coordination, vendor management, stakeholder outreach, process improvements, and emergency response as assigned. It also provides work direction, coaching, and subject-matter guidance to project team members and partners, without direct responsibility for employee performance management. The position is eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. The stated reasonable salary ranges are $144,000–$244,000 for the Bay Area and $133,000–$226,000 for California, with midpoint ranges of $194,000 and $180,000, respectively. Actual compensation depends on factors including skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity.

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 to help drive strategic decision-making and recommend operational improvements.
Ability to lead the most significant, complex projects across the supported line of business.
Deep knowledge and expertise of business and/or industry drivers.
Ability to lead large and complex projects with cross-functional teams.
Ability to create compelling business cases based on complex business environments and inputs.
Adeptness at addressing issues with diplomacy and tact.

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 support consistent execution, effective controls, and 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 regarding 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 as needed.
Manage vendor relationships, communicate requirements and priorities, provide work direction, monitor performance and deliverables, and address 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 meetings with regulators.
Track engineering and planning commitments, escalate emerging issues, facilitate resolution of cross-functional obstacles, and drive assigned process improvements through completion.
Evaluate new partners, technologies, planning tools, and delivery channels that may improve program effectiveness; 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, promoting accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and safe work practices without direct responsibility for employee performance management.