Program Manager, Expert
About The Position
The Expert Program Manager will help stand up and lead key transmission engineering reliability initiatives for the Transmission Line Engineering Reliability team. This role will partner closely with transmission line engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to scope, develop, deploy, and sustain programs that improve outage response, reduce reliability risk, and strengthen the resiliency of PG&E’s electric transmission system. The initial focus of this role will include leading program management for transmission system modeling and analysis efforts that support Public Safety Power Shutoff scoping, outage response, risk identification, clearance and asset-condition analysis, and reliability-focused engineering solutions. The role will help translate technical analysis into actionable work plans, stakeholder alignment, resource plans, leadership updates, and measurable outcomes. The successful candidate will have strong program management discipline, sound judgment, and the ability to operate in an evolving team environment where priorities, processes, and operating rhythms are still being developed. The candidate should be comfortable working across engineering, Maintenance & Construction, Asset Strategy, Protection, Operations, Reliability, contractors, and leadership to define problems, align stakeholders, remove barriers, and drive work to completion.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
- Job-related experience, 8 years
Nice To Haves
- Experience with electric transmission systems, utility operations, maintenance, construction, asset management, or grid reliability work.
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional programs from concept through implementation and sustainment.
- Experience developing work plans, schedules, milestones, performance targets, executive updates, and program governance routines.
- Familiarity with transmission line design, clearance analysis, PLS-CADD modeling processes, digital twin concepts, or related engineering tools.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to translate technical information into clear recommendations, decisions, and leadership updates.
- Demonstrated ability to build partnerships with internal teams, external stakeholders, contractors, and technical subject matter experts.
- Strong facilitation, problem-solving, organization, and follow-through skills in an evolving work environment.
- PMP certification, MBA, engineering background, or experience in a quantitative, analytical, compliance, quality, or continuous improvement discipline.
Responsibilities
- Lead scoping, planning, execution, and sustainment of transmission engineering reliability initiatives
- Develop work plans, schedules, milestones, targets, and reporting routines to manage initiative progress and outcomes
- Facilitate Problem Solving discussions and track progress
- Lead Waste Elimination efforts for Transmission Engineering and report out on progress
- Escalate missed attainments as needed, support catch back and containment plans
- Develop partnerships and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance and adequate resourcing
- Lead creative resolution of program risks and issues identified
- Ensure appropriate documentation governance, as necessary
- Lead of random quality checks/reviews
- Responsible for proactively managing regional compliance and escalating exceptions
- Facilitates all data request responses/responsibilities as assigned
Benefits
- discretionary incentive compensation programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
