Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Requisition ID # 171796 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Senior Manager

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Procurement Organization includes strategic sourcing professionals, procurement operations, analysts, supplier diversity, and the center of excellence. Our mission is to deliver cost-effective and valuable supply chain services through strategic, diverse, and sustainable business solutions. Our work requires close collaboration with all lines of business, finance, and our suppliers. 

Position Summary

The Sr Manager of Procurement Strategic Initiatives PMO will lead and oversee PG&E’s Procurement Excellence PMO.  In this role, they will drive 2026 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 leader will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align Procurement Excellence strategies with broader PG&E objectives, provide strategic guidance to senior leadership, and drive continuous improvement across the procurement lifecycle.

The ideal candidate will bring a combination of strategic vision, operational expertise, and strong leadership skills to influence stakeholders; while building organizational capabilities, motivate a team of highly effective leaders, and deliver measurable value through Procurement initiatives.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work headquarters in Oakland.

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 around the minimum and the midpoint <$159,000 - $215,000>.  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: $ 159,000

Bay Area Mid: $ 215,000

Bay Area Max: $ 271,000

Reporting Relationship

The Sr Manager will report to the Senior Director of the Procurement Excellence Center and serve as a key partner in shaping PG&E’s Procurement strategy.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversees strategic planning, learning strategy, communications, industry benchmarking and workforce strategy and development.
• Collaborates with leaders and Corporate Communications resources to develop and implement internal and external marketing communications related to brand promotion.
• Leads the development of the Five-Year Strategic Plan for the LOB.
• Incorporates market and industry trends into strategic planning and development of Five-Year Strategic Plan. Provides oversight of status reports to senior leaders, conveying key strategic industry information.
• Partners with senior leaders of Workforce Planning and Human Resources regarding talent implications of long-term strategic plan. Delivers workforce strategy for LOB, considering labor trends, talent acquisition strategy, and implications for other departments.
• Partners with Directors/Senior Directors across the LOB to review operational and financial information and to execute on workforce strategy and development.
• Delivers Board of Directors’ presentations.
• Fosters and sustains relationships with external peers for benchmarking, analyzing trends/developments and proactively planning for challenges and risks.
• Serves as lead for internal, external and branding communications; single point-of-contact for advertising, media, and all internal communications development including quarterly newsletters, employee messages and conference presentations.
• Leads and influences staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and rewards and recognition.

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, economics, business administration or comparable quantitative field or equivalent related work experience.
• 10 years of relevant work experience with steady progression of responsibilities.
• 4 years of supervisory/managerial experience.

Desired

• Master's degree in engineering, economics, business administration or equivalent quantitative field.
• Process Improvement certification.
• Workforce Planning certification.
• Utility, energy or regulatory industry experience.
• Knowledge of the utility or energy industry drivers, issues and trends.
• Competency in strategic business planning theories, concepts, practices, methods and techniques.
• Creative and strategic data analysis, benchmarking, monitoring and business/financial analysis skills including knowledge of varied analytical methods.
• Analytical problem solving and decision-making skills to develop comprehensive solutions.
• Knowledge of human performance analysis and improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to influence across a diverse set of stakeholders.
• Creative and innovative solution-based thinking to implement new programs/processes or organizational improvements.
• Knowledge of change management and process improvement principles, concepts and practices.