Principal Program Manager

Requisition ID # 175085 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; West Sacramento

Department Overview

In the Electric Asset Knowledge Management (AKM) organization, GIS Strategy provides strategic direction, governance, and planning for GIS capabilities that support safe, reliable, and efficient management of the company’s assets. The department connects business priorities with GIS solutions, helping establish roadmaps, standards, and scalable approaches that improve how asset information is managed and used across the organization.

The team works across business and technology partners to strengthen asset data quality and integrity, advance GIS capabilities, and support critical programs through analytics, process improvement, and strategic delivery. GIS Strategy also helps translate complex operational needs into actionable plans, aligning people, processes, data, and technology to drive measurable business outcomes.As a trusted strategic partner, GIS Strategy brings together long-term planning, innovation, and continuous improvement to help modernize how the organization manages and derives value from its geospatial and asset information.

Position Summary

Manages key aspects of the Asset Knowledge Management (AKM) GIS Data Monitoring Program, including program implementation, governance, and ongoing operations. Ensures the program effectively identifies, monitors, communicates, and supports resolution of GIS data quality and integrity issues. Responsibilities typically include some or most of the following:

• Managing relationships with and providing program direction to internal and external stakeholders involved in GIS data monitoring and data quality.
• Developing, tracking, and reporting program objectives, performance measures, and key data quality indicators.
• Establishing and maintaining monitoring processes to identify GIS data quality issues, trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Partnering with business and technical data stakeholders to establish ownership, accountability, and resolution pathways for identified data issues.
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships across Asset Knowledge Management, strategic programs, and business and technology partners.
• Developing and implementing GIS data monitoring standards, governance processes, procedures, and standard work.
• Coordinating the prioritization, escalation, and resolution of data quality issues that affect asset information and downstream business processes.
• Supporting the development and implementation of automated monitoring capabilities, data quality rules, dashboards, and reporting.
• Identifying opportunities to improve monitoring capabilities through new technologies, tools, processes, and data sources.
• Driving continuous improvement of the GIS Data Monitoring Program to support accurate, complete, and reliable asset information.

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

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:​

Bay Area Minimum: $​144,000

Bay Area Maximum: $244,000

&/OR​

California Minimum: $​137,000

California Maximum: $232,000

Job Responsibilities

• Recognized data subject matter expert who represents PG&E in regulatory and/or industry forums on subject of expertise.
• May manage major cross-functional projects and initiatives 
• Coaches and mentors less experienced employees
• Solves unique and complex problems, anticipating issues and developing innovative solutions
• Demonstrates strategic leadership with internal stakeholders to support Company goals.
• Leads development of program goals and metrics to meet company goals and objectives.  Collaborates across organization to ensure alignment of goals to support program. 
• Responsible for utilizing other departments and teams to meet program goals. 
• Organize and lead cross-utility project teams to influence utility, regulatory and/or industry decisions.
• Leads large statewide energy efficiency programs or efforts on behalf of PG&E to resolve issues and conflicts or to educate other parties.
• Develops or provides significant input to PG&E leadership, other utilities with similar programs, industry and/or regulatory decision makers to influence market place and regulatory strategies impacting PG&E and its customers.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Job-related experience, 10 years

Desired:

• Primarily office environment with extensive use of personal computers, telephone conversations, conference calls and in person meetings.
• Travel may be required.
• Experience with GIS Data and Asset Data
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and drive outcomes across cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority, building alignment and accountability among business, technical, and data stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication skills, with demonstrated ability to develop concise reports, presentations, and recommendations and effectively communicate complex data, risks, trends, and decisions to senior-level leadership.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale data quality, data governance, GIS, or asset information initiatives, including establishing monitoring frameworks, performance measures, controls, and sustainable operating processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to evaluate complex data quality issues, identify systemic trends and root causes, assess business impacts, and translate findings into prioritized actions.
• Demonstrated strategic program leadership, including the ability to establish a vision and roadmap, coordinate work across multiple organizations, manage competing priorities, and drive continuous improvement from concept through implementation.
• LEAN Six Sigma experience
• Data analytics skills
• Strong intrapersonal skills/ability to lead through influence
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Strong communication skills and problem solving skills