Program Manager, Principal

Requisition ID # 175188 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

Electric Transmission & Distribution ensures the delivery of clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California. The Electric Transmission & Distribution Team, comprised of roughly 10,100 coworkers, is responsible for ensuring the electric grid's reliability and resiliency through the ongoing maintenance and operations of PG&E's 100,000 miles of distribution lines and over 18,000 miles of transmission lines.

The coworkers of the Service Planning and Design organization (SP&D) support the business vision by delivering customers safe, reliable, and affordable electric and gas services in compliance with all applicable regulatory and internal requirements through the New Business Process. SP&D stands are to deliver new gas and electric service when customers want us to and we provide an amazing experience to all our customers. SP&D supports both gas and electric operations through its customer project management, design and estimating, dependency, construction, and clerical functions.

Position Summary

Manages aspects of the EGI training program implementation and operations. Ensures program is developed and operating effectively. Leading change management with internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring the training roadmap is fully implemented and operational.

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.

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.

Bay Minimum: $144,000
Bay Maximum: $244,000

&/OR

CA Minimum: $137,000
CA Maximum: $232,000

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

Job Responsibilities

• Recognized 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.
• Developing, measuring, and reporting on the success of the program.
• Develops or provides significant input to PG&E leadership, other utilities with similar programs, industry and/or regulatory decision makers to influence program strategies impacting PG&E and its customers. 
• Develop and implement EGI training strategy
• Supports effective roll outs of process and system improvements through communication, coordinate and deliver training for the estimating program, and drive development of new resources and tools.
• Influence decisions, providing recommendations for change that will lead to the success of the estimating training program and cost effectiveness.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Job-related experience, 10 years
• Travel may be required up to 15%

Desired:

• Masters Degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification
• PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification
• 2 years of EGI or Engineering experience
• 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.)
• Deep knowledge and expertise of business and or industry drivers
• Ability to lead large and complex projects working with cross-functional teams 
• Ability to create compelling business cases based on complex business environments and inputs
• Adept at addressing issues with diplomacy and tact