Principal Technical Program Manager, Electric T&D Propel
About The Position
The Principal Technical Program Manager is a senior individual contributor responsible for technical integration, business data readiness, program controls, and cross-functional execution supporting the Electric T&D Propel implementation. The role is the primary liaison among business, technology, and implementation teams, helping deliver SAP-enabled capabilities across Electric T&D. It drives alignment across workstreams, manages dependencies and risks, coordinates asset and master data readiness, and keeps business and technology teams synchronized. The role provides leadership for integrated program planning, technical readiness, reporting, analytics, and operationalization supporting the future-state Electric T&D operating model. It is also the primary Electric T&D liaison connecting Propel with Elevate, PG&E’s next-generation GIS implementation. The position is hybrid, working from a remote office and an assigned location two to three days per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 10 years of job-related experience.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in a job-related discipline or equivalent experience.
- PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Experience with SAP, SAP S/4HANA, Work and Asset Management, Enterprise Asset Management, or utility business processes.
- Knowledge of Electric Transmission and Distribution operations, maintenance, construction, planning, and asset management.
- Experience leading ERP implementations or enterprise transformation programs.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex, cross-functional technical initiatives supporting Electric T&D Propel objectives.
- Develop and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Coordinate activities across business, IT, SAP delivery teams, vendors, and system integrators.
- Ensure technical solutions align with business objectives.
- Lead asset family and master data activities across Electric T&D.
- Coordinate data cleansing, mapping, governance, migration, and validation efforts.
- Partner with business process leads to ensure technical solutions support future-state business processes.
- Establish data quality measures and readiness indicators.
- Support testing, deployment, and cutover planning.
- Maintain program schedules, dependency tracking, and milestone reporting.
- Manage program risks, issues, assumptions, and decision logs.
- Monitor program execution and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Support integrated planning across multiple Propel workstreams.
- Serve as the primary coordination point between Electric Operations and IT delivery teams.
- Facilitate cross-functional planning sessions, working groups, and governance meetings.
- Translate business requirements into technical execution plans.
- Ensure alignment across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and operational readiness activities.
- Define and monitor key performance indicators for program execution and readiness.
- Use Power BI, SAP reporting, and other analytical tools to support decision-making.
- Develop executive reporting packages and leadership updates.
- Measure business outcomes, adoption metrics, and implementation effectiveness.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with Program Managers and Product Owners to coordinate readiness efforts.
- Support deployment planning, site readiness, and operationalization activities.
- Ensure technical and operational dependencies are addressed before implementation.
- Assist with transition planning and stabilization following deployment.
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
Principal
