Procurement Strategic Initiatives Program Manager, Principal

Requisition ID # 166603 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview 

The Procurement Organization includes a staff of more than three hundred sourcing managers, buyers, and analysts. Our mission is to deliver cost effective and valued procurement services through strategic, diverse, and sustainable business solutions. Our work requires close integration with all lines of business, finance, and our suppliers.

The Procurement Excellence Center (PEC) is a strategic function dedicated to driving procurement transformation, operational efficiency, and value creation across the organization. Within the Procurement organization, the PEC establishes best practices, standardizes processes, and leverages advanced analytics and market intelligence to enable data-driven decision-making. The PEC collaborates with all Procurement teams to enhance capabilities, improve performance, and optimize costs. Key focus areas include market intelligence and analytics, digital procurement transformation, risk management, supplier relationship management, governance, and capability development.

Position Summary 

The Procurement Strategic Initiatives Program Manager, Principal is responsible for driving elements of the 2025 and long-term transformation initiatives to elevate PG&E's procurement function to best-in-class standards by implementing standardized processes, tools, frameworks, systems, and governance. This will enable PG&E to serve its hometowns safely, efficiently and affordably. 

This individual will collaborate with cross-functional teams to lead various strategic initiatives, set initiative goals and strategies, drive strategy implementation, and support continuous improvement across the procurement lifecycle.

The ideal candidate is an organized and results-oriented, self-starter with a strong ability to influence without authority, solve critical strategic problems, and remain detail-oriented while delivering to a broader goal.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland.

 PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of the job posting. This salary 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, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​ This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.  

Pay Range display: 

Bay Area – $140,000 to $207,900

Reporting Relationship

The Procurement Strategic Initiatives Program Manager, Principal will report to the Director, Procurement Strategic Initiatives.

Job Responsibilities

• 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.
• Support the development of Five-Year Strategic Plan for the LOB
• Incorporates market and industry trends into strategic planning and development of Five-Year Strategic Plan.
• Creates status reports to senior leaders, conveying key strategic industry information

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor degree or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of related experience or equivalent

Desired

• Master’s degree preferred
• PMP Certification
• Management Consulting experience
• Deep knowledge and expertise of Utility and/or Procurement industry drivers
• Ability to use understanding of the business to help drive strategic decision making, and to recommend operational improvements
• Ability to lead the largest most complex projects across the line of business supported (i.e. Customer Care, Human Resources, etc.) or other cross-functional teams
• Ability to create compelling business cases based on complex business environments and inputs
• Adept at addressing issues with diplomacy and tact
• Analytical problem solving and decision-making skills to develop comprehensive solutions
• Creative and strategic data analysis, benchmarking, monitoring and business/financial analysis skills including knowledge of varied analytical methods
• Organized thinker with the ability to learn quickly and exhibit comfort with ambiguity
• Ability to lead without direct authority
• Strong attention to detail