Program Manager, Principal

Requisition ID # 171731 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Enterprise Transformation

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Enterprise Transformation Office (ETO) leads PG&E’s next phase of companywide change, helping the company turn its bold 10-year True North Strategy into sustained performance with predictable outcomes. Building on a strong foundation established over the past five years, ETO orchestrates high-value, enterprise-wide initiatives by aligning shared teams, systems and priorities around a common direction. ETO provides the standards, tools, guidance and partnerships needed to move complex work forward with clarity, discipline and speed. 

ETO exists to help PG&E operate as one enterprise—delivering durable results for customers, coworkers and shareholders. 

The portfolio governance team within ETO plays a critical role in ensuring PG&E is prepared to execute—strengthening enterprise capability, leadership alignment and readiness as transformation scales. 

Position Summary

The Portfolio Governance Principal is responsible for orchestrating the governance and oversight of the organization’s most critical transformation initiatives. This role ensures that all programs within the transformation portfolio are strategically aligned, well-governed, and executed with discipline and transparency. Acting as a central integrator across program leads, this position enables the enterprise to deliver on its strategic ambitions through structured governance and proactive risk management.

This position plays a key role in translating strategic intent into operational reality by establishing governance frameworks that guide decision-making, prioritization, and execution rigor ---helping to ensure that transformation efforts are agile and responsive to changing business needs. Through robust stakeholder engagement, this position fosters a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

This role works closely with program leaders and functional stakeholders to ensure transformation efforts are prioritized, risks are escalated, decisions are made quickly, and programs deliver measurable value.  

This position manages the Enterprise Transformation Roadmap; establishes and ensures governance is running smoothly and effectively; is critically focused on understanding enterprise-wide elements of the programs within the portfolio to ensure programs leads are supported and gaining value through well-run orchestration. 

The position will have the opportunity to have a lot of fun and exercise creativity as we create a culture of transformation leaders through programming, education, speakers, and staying at the forefront of developments in Enterprise AI strategy.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland, CA, approximately 2 days on average per week, or more, based on business needs or company requirements.

Job Responsibilities

Governance Frameworks

• Roadmap creation/maintenance: Build and maintain Integrated Enterprise Roadmap ​(includes opportunity to design future state through tool(s) selection)

• Owns team visual management, creates communication visuals, and runs effective operating reviews with programs leads ​
• Owns Transformation Command Center and internal partner collaboration (TNS/Comprehensive Value Delivery/Org Readiness)​
• Design and implement governance structures, policies, and standards to guide transformation program execution

• Facilitate governance & decision making across programs through RAPID escalation forms, portfolio governance cadence, and standards
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, and decision rights across the transformation portfolio

Risk Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks across the transformation portfolio, ensuring proactive issue resolution and escalation protocols
• Develop and maintain a risk register and mitigation plans for high-impact initiatives
• Could play a key role as surge/strike team support for high-value programs
• Escalate critical issues as required​

Performance Tracking

• Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and success metrics for transformation
• Lead the development of dashboards and reporting tools to provide real-time visibility into portfolio health and progress
• Conduct continuous improvement initiatives; interpret ongoing pulse check results and iterate methodology as required given feedback​​

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with executive sponsors, program leads, and functional stakeholders to ensure alignment and buy-in
• Communicate portfolio status, risks, and outcomes to senior leadership and governance bodies
• Identifies new partners, technologies, and delivery channels

Team Leadership

• Works with all levels of management and senior leadership across functions to influence decisions
• Fosters a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to team members

Qualifications

Minimum:

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

Desired:

• Passion for change management and coworker engagement   
• Easily coordinates across many different stakeholders 
• People-oriented with ability to build strong relationships and influence coworkers  
• Experience in transformation, program governance, or enterprise portfolio management
• Proven success in leading governance for large-scale, cross-functional transformation initiatives
• Strong understanding of strategic planning, risk management, and performance measurement frameworks
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience in matrixed organizations
• Strategic Thinking: Strong ability to align transformation initiatives with long-term business objectives​ ​
• Decision-Making: Proficiency in developing governance frameworks that support structured decision-making while maintaining agility ​
• Performance Management: Capability to track performance and drive cross-functional collaboration for optimal execution ​
• Communication/Credibility: Ability to work with senior leaders across PG&E; gravitas required to influence and lead challenging discussions; speaks truth to power​
• Bias to action: Comfort with ambiguity, makes decisions even with imperfect information, take prudent risks where necessary to drive the business, focused on impacts and outcomes​

PG&E is providing the full salary/pay range for this position.  The actual amount 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 range to reasonably expect will be between the minimum and midpoint listed below.  The final decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to the factors above. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

Bay Area Min: $144,000.00

Bay Area Mid: $194,000.00

Bay Area Max: $244,000.00