Director, Enterprise Events

Requisition ID # 172628 

Job Category: Corporate Affairs / Communication 

Job Level: Director/Chief

Business Unit: Customer & Corporate Affairs

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Marketing and Communications team at PG&E shapes how the company communicates with its coworkers and with the 16 million people PG&E serves in Northern and Central California. We also keep coworkers informed about the company’s strategy; we bring them information to help them get their jobs done, and we create events and experiences that bring our culture to life and make coworkers feel known, loved and proud to work at PG&E.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Senior Director of Operations and Advocacy Communications, the Director of Communications for Leader and Coworker Events contributes uniquely to shaping and strengthening PG&E’s culture and business performance. The successful candidate will design and lead execution of high impact coworker events, including quarterly all-coworker meetings, leadership meetings for the company’s Officers and Directors, and signature events that celebrate PG&E’s culture and coworker achievements.

This leader will own overall coworker event strategy, lead a team, oversee agency relationships, and be accountable for achieving coworker event metrics. The ideal candidate will have extensive prior experience in corporate and executive communications and employee event oversight.

The role is primarily focused on partnering with PG&E’s executive officer team and our People and Strategy teams to develop event agendas, shape event content and to prepare leaders to deliver those sessions. The role requires exceptional executive engagement skills, and a meticulous eye for detail. The successful candidate will be innovative, hands-on, proactive, and passionate about internal communications.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

Reporting

Reports into the Senior Director, Corporate Communications.

Job Responsibilities 

• Oversee coworker events team and deliver one annual Officer (VP-and-above) leadership event, two biannual Officer & Director events, quarterly all-coworker events, and annual Champions Awards event.
• Manage two full-time event planners and coordinators, plus events agencies which provide support with agenda and content development, speaker and venue sourcing, interactive session design, graphics and creative assets.
• Oversee development of agendas for signature enterprise events ensuring alignment with Executive Officer Team, People team and Chief Communications and Marketing Officer.
• Develop agenda topics in partnership with key subject matter expert partners in Strategy, Leader Development, Enterprise Transformation Office, and Culture.
• Secure input from Executive Officer Team and work with internal and external contacts to source and confirm guest speakers.
• Serve as Q&A moderator for All-Coworker events; attend and provide on-site support for other events as needed.
• Review critical event materials including Outlook invitations, Know Before You Go messages, and surveys. Draft preview messages from CEO.
• Oversee coworker events tactical implementation plan (TIP), ensuring work is completed on time and to high quality; provide final approvals on printed collateral, signage, gifts, stage backdrops, and attendee experience elements.
• Review event scripts and videos and oversee speaker preparation sessions.
• Direct post-event communication including sharing materials and documentation of event survey scores, and sharing results with the Executive Officer Team.

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s (BA/BS) degree or equivalent experience
• Ten (10) years of corporate and executive communications and events or related experience
• Demonstrated management experience in successfully partnering with senior executive leadership teams to develop coworker engagement strategies

Desired 

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Communications, Journalism, English, Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, or related discipline
• Master’s degree
• Five (5) years of management experience desired with an ability to manage staff and programs
• Experience leading and mentoring communications or marketing personnel and delegating to team members
• Experience working across a wide range of industries and markets. Consumer and utility/regulated industry experience a plus.
• Experience of coworker/employee event leadership, including development of strategic messaging, event planning and budget management
• Excellent leadership, collaboration, communication, and negotiation skills
• Development of internal operational procedures and processes that support the development of great communications
• Ability to integrate and drive projects across an extended organization
• Experience in or knowledge of employee communications and how to extend the company brand to employees
• Accredited Business Communicator (ABC) credential
• Accredited in Public Relations (APR) credential
• Professional Certified Marketer (PCM) credential

Leadership Qualities

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

Strategic Mindset

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

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
• Creating and maintaining a speak up culture 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.

Optimizes Team Performance

• Building teams with a strong identity 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 Inclusion and Respects Individual Differences

• 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 safety, compliance, and ethics.
• 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 hometown, customer-centric solutions.

Compensation

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. 

We estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed within the reasonable compensation range of $188,000 to $270,000.  The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis.  This leadership role is also eligible for an annual Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP) award, as well as the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) grant.