Chief of Staff to SVP Electric Engineering

Requisition ID # 163666 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Director/Chief

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Position Summary

The Chief of Staff plays a key role in managing the Office to the Senior Vice President (SVP) for the Electric Engineering Organization. The overarching role is to work under the guidance of the SVP to support and facilitate the success of the overall Electric Engineering Organization. This highly visible position will be responsible for organizational performance management, KPI setting as well as management/coordination of other projects. Activities include, but not limited to, assisting in preparation of materials for the Board of Directors or other speaking engagements and meetings as needed, aligning operational approaches between the work execution organizations to support improvements and efficiencies, supporting communications and engagement efforts across Electric Engineering and support to the SVP as needed. The ideal candidate will assist in the development and implementation of collaborative/constructive internal and external relationships facilitating substantive performance improvement and may assist with Emergency Management support. In addition, the successful candidate will use the Clear Sky Playbook, to assist the SVP with applying the core principles of Lean to the Electric Engineering organization.

Reporting Relationship

This position reports to the Senior Vice President of Electric Engineering.

Job Responsibilities

Working closely with the Senior Vice President, the Chief of Staff will be involved in numerous tasks and projects. Responsibilities include:

• Oversee the development and management of department goals, Breakthrough environment and outcomes, Joy at Work efforts and team affinity and interdependence.
• Support regular operating reviews and work with the Officer Team, Senior Director/Director Team, and Business Finance.
• Coordinate responses to request for information as well as support of governance activity.
• Act as a liaison for the SVP with internal and external organizations for enterprise-wide activities.
• Provide support to the SVP by preparing internal and external communications, including correspondences, reports, agendas, and presentations.
• Provide leadership and direction for cross-functional activities that span multiple organizations.
• Develop and implement talent strategy in conjunction with our Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP), to include training and development programs.
• Drive organizational engagement
• Conducts, evaluates, and implements corrective actions for/from various assessments and studies to continuously improve processes, resources, and tools.
• Partners with various officers, managers, and other leaders to develop and review plans and strategies.
• Composes, designs, and prepares various complex and technical correspondence, presentations, communications, reports, documents, and other materials.
• Researches, analyzes, and responds to various and escalated inquiries and issues, develop recommendations, and execute resolutions to support decision making actions.

Leadership Qualities

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities.

Strategic Mindset

• Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
• Maintaining an environment of open dialog and free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

• Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.
• Comfortable with operating and influencing with or without direct authority

Optimizes Team Performance

• Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Diversity and Creates Inclusion

• Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Fiscally Responsible

• Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner

• Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes ethics, safety and compliance.
• Building on necessary level of industry, company and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.

Provides a High Level of Customer Service

• Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and assigned location based on business needs.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity.  Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.

A reasonable salary range is:

Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area)           $ 159,000.00

Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area)          $ 271,000.00

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s (BA/BS) degree or equivalent experience
• Ten (10) years of related business experience

Desired

• Master’s degree
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma (LSS)
• Experience within the relevant functional area
• Experience with strategic planning, organizational project leadership, communications, and executive support of corporate officers, managers, and other leaders
• Experience with budget/resource administration
• Experience with organizational design, reengineering, and improvement
• Experience with regulatory, risk, and compliance management within the utilities industry
• Supervisory and/or management experience