Principal Product Owner, Electric T&D Propel

Requisition ID # 175224 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Dublin; Pleasanton

Department Overview

Electric Transmission & Distribution (T&D) ensures the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric T&D is responsible for every aspect of PG&E’s electric distribution and transmission operations, including planning, engineering, maintenance and construction, asset management, business planning, restoration, and emergency response.

Electric T&D Propel drives the strategy, planning, and execution of strategic initiatives that enable the Propel program. The team serves as the primary coordinator across Electric T&D, IT, Asset Management, Engineering, and implementation partners to deliver business capabilities, ensure organizational readiness, and achieve business outcomes. 

About Propel 

Propel is the business and technology modernization program that will lead our migration to the latest version of SAP, called S/4HANA. Through this transition we will standardize end-to-end processes, clean our technology core, and enable modernization and breakthrough. 

Position Summary

The Principal Product Owner is a senior individual contributor responsible for shaping product strategy, driving business transformation, and delivering SAP-enabled capabilities that support Electric Transmission and Distribution operations. This role serves as the primary product leader for a portfolio of capabilities spanning work and asset management, integrated planning, work execution, asset maintenance, compliance, and operational analytics. 

The Principal Product Owner partners with Electric Operations leadership, business stakeholders, architects, delivery teams, and implementation partners to define product vision and translate into functional requirements to ensure that Propel delivers measurable business value. 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location 2-3 days a week.

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 Area Minimum: $151,000

Bay Area Mid:$204,000
Bay Maximum: $257,000

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

Job Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Portfolio Leadership

• Develop and maintain the multi-year product roadmap for assigned Electric T&D domains to inform product development.

• Serve as the business owner for a portfolio of SAP Propel capabilities that enable Electric T&D.

• Establish product success metrics and track business value realization.

• Provide product feedback and customer insight to support product development.

• Lead Electric T&D PI Planning

Business Transformation

• Lead cross-functional efforts to redesign electric operations business processes to adapt to SAP Propel.

• Drive adoption of enterprise-standard processes and capabilities enabled through SAP Propel.

• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, improve user experience, enhance data quality, and reduce manual effort.

• Advocate for solutions that improve safety, reliability, compliance, productivity, and Electric T&D customer outcomes.

Product Ownership & Delivery

• Translate strategic objectives into product roadmaps, epics, features, and prioritized backlogs.

• Provide direction and guidance to product owners, business analysts, and agile delivery teams.

• Partner with architects and technology teams to ensure scalable, sustainable solutions.

• Participate in design reviews, testing strategy, release planning, and deployment readiness activities.

• Ensure delivered capabilities meet Electric T&D business requirements and expected outcomes.

Business & Stakeholder Engagement

• Build trusted relationships with leadership and operational leads across Electric Operations.

• Facilitate alignment across Electric T&D organizations.

• Lead stakeholder workshops, decision forums, and product governance discussions.

• Communicate product strategy, roadmap progress, risks, and outcomes

Data, Analytics & Continuous Improvement

• Define KPIs and operational metrics that measure product effectiveness and business performance.

• Leverage operational insights and user feedback to prioritize enhancements.

• Drive continuous improvement and innovation across assigned product areas.

• Support reporting and analytics solutions.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
• Job-related experience, 7 years

Desired:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience as Product Owner, Agile environment, 5 years
• Agile Certification
• Experience with SAP, SAP S/4HANA, Work and Asset Management, Enterprise Asset Management, or utility business processes