Principal Program Manager

Pacific Gas And Electric Company•Oakland, CA

1d•$144,000 - $244,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Operational Risk Validation team is focused on assessing and validating risk mitigations and controls to determine the effectiveness of PG&E’s programs to address the highest risks for the enterprise. The goal is to confirm the right work is being prioritized and performed in a way that truly reduces risk, and to strengthen how we collectively quantify actual risk reduction based on units of work completed. This team will partner closely with the existing risk, compliance, and operational groups, digging a few levels deeper beyond compliance. This will include observations in the field and dialogue with front-line employees to better understand operational risks, inform future risk reduction programs, and advocate for needed resources or support. Assessments and validations of risk-reducing work will be done for the top-tier enterprise risks, while responding to industry disruptors and emerging risk factors that may not fit neatly into existing risk frameworks. These assessments and resulting recommendations will evaluate whether operations are meeting legal, regulatory, and other commitments – and beyond this, determine whether we’re truly reducing risk to an appropriate level. Accountable for assessing and validating risk-informed plans and key work systems of assigned line of business (Power Generation). Seeks to create and sustain a leading end-to-end work system assessment framework to validate safety, quality, and compliance in support of PG&E risk management and business goals. Partners with and supports Power Generation through the co-development and implementation of a successful Operational Risk Validation program, with a focus on the highest impact risks. Perform deep due diligence on Asset knowledge gaps and residual risk appetite for Power Generation. Perform Adequacy assessment of the existing Risk Framework and support continuous improvement efforts by partnering with the SMEs. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business needs or company requirements. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory and will be agreed upon by the successful candidate and hiring leader.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
10 years of successful professional experience with utility (or similar) operations management

Nice To Haves

Specialization in Engineering, Construction, Inspection, or Quality Management fields a plus
Experience in Engineering/Operations to understand the regulatory requirements and commitments.
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Planning and process experience with Power Generation, Electric or Gas Operation.
Proven track record of driving a successful change management and process improvement initiatives.
Risk Management, Asset Management and Quality Assurance experience
Ability to use understanding of the business to help drive strategic decision making, and to recommend operational improvements
Deep knowledge and expertise of business and/or industry drivers
Ability to lead large and complex projects working with cross-functional teams
Ability to create compelling business cases based on complex business environments and inputs
Adept at addressing issues with diplomacy and tact

Responsibilities

Supports line of business-specific operational risk validation program, helping line of business asset owners, process owners, and risk owners examine and address work system opportunities. Evaluate operations-specific mitigation plans. Prepare materials for senior management and the Board of Directors.
Analyzes and provides expert insight on operational risk management issues for Hydro, Fossil, Solar and BESS power generation.
Assesses key processes, via a standardized end-to-end work system framework, to validate the effectiveness of processes and controls to mitigate risk.
Assesses and validates processes within power generation (Hydro, Fossil and BESS) to validate risk-related commitments and risk model use supporting work planning.
Identifies, analyzes, and makes recommendations on areas of potential risk to safety, quality, compliance, or success of organizations.
Manages a wide variety of complex and detailed program components for the purpose of ensuring effective risk management.
Prepares a wide variety of complex materials (e.g. plans, budgets, reports, analyses, recommendations, procedures, etc.) for the purpose of documenting activities and issues, meeting compliance requirements, providing audit references, making presentations, and/or providing reference materials.
Produces reports and presentations that outline findings, explain risk positions, and recommends changes to address the core operational issues.
Partner with Internal Audit, Compliance, and operational verification organizations in lines of business to ensure alignment of verification assessment activities.
Partners in Power Generation.
This position will be required to travel 30% for onsite evaluations to see first-hand work in progress, interview front-line employees, and meet with leaders.
Benchmarks and stays connected with the industry to bring evolving technology improvements and best practices ideas as it relates to generation of power.