Hybrid Principal Electric Program Manager

at Pacific Gas and Electric Company

• Job title: Principal Electric Program Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $144,000 - $244,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ERP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Oakland, United States

About the role

• Electric Program Manager managing engagement strategies for wildfire mitigation programs at PG&E. Overseeing stakeholder outreach, regulatory compliance, and project management to meet commitments.

Responsibilities

• The Electric Program Manager develops and manages engagement strategies for wildfire mitigation programs, including stakeholder outreach and regulatory compliance.
• The incumbent provides overall process and project management for oversight, governance, communication, training, and reporting for the program, with the goal of meeting or exceeding internal and external commitments.
• They manage and/or administer a company program, a grouping of project work or a special external offering with an assigned/designated annual financial budget.
• To act as Liaison/Regulatory lead with internal stakeholders in the on-going development of wildfire and regulatory communication materials.
• To develop strategies and coordinate regulatory communications and filings and work with agency stakeholders and joint utility partners on PSPS process improvements.
• To support engagement with regulatory agencies—The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Safety Enforcement and Safety Policy Divisions and the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (OEIS).
• Ensure required filings, reports and responses are thorough, accurate, and delivered to the appropriate parties on time.
• To apply lean program management to the most unique and complex problems.
• To work autonomously and to demonstrate program leadership with internal & external stakeholders to support company goals.
• May design and develop new, complex programs.
• To coordinate with joint utility partners, functional areas within the Community Wildfire Safety Program, Program Management Office, or other partner organizations, in developing engagement strategies on the most complex wildfire-related topics.
• To serve on Liaison team on-call roster to support Emergency Operations Center activation. Depending on nature of project work, may occasionally require travel across the service area.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 10 years of total related experience
• In depth knowledge of electric utility operations and regulatory processes and requirements
• Team leadership and collaboration skills.
• General financial management & budgeting skills and business acumen.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, influence skills.
• Basic negotiation skills.
• Analytical problem solving and decision-making ability.
• Knowledge and experience with lean project management and processes
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
• Expert in PowerPoint
• Strong presentation development and delivery skills
• May need knowledge of various enterprise resource planning (ERP) system modules.
• Emergency management training.