Principal, Electric Program Manager - Reliability (Flexible location)

Requisition ID# 175336

Job Category: Project / Program Management

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The System Performance, Reliability and Resiliency Strategy team, part of Electric Transmission and Distribution Engineering, leads the planning and coordination needed to advance PG&E’s electric reliability strategy. The team brings together forward-looking programs, technology, and infrastructure investments to modernize the grid and support safe, resilient, efficient operations.

Position Summary

Supports Distribution Reliability leadership in planning, implementing, and operating capacity and reliability programs and initiatives. Manages complex, cross-functional work associated with distribution planning, system improvements, and capital investments for substation and line capacity projects, helping ensure programs operate effectively and achieve established metrics and objectives. Partners with engineering teams, business partners, vendors, and key stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, monitor delivery, resolve issues, and promote a safe work environment.

• Translates distribution capacity, reliability, distributed energy resource integration, and capital investment priorities into coordinated program plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Develops program goals, performance measures, dashboards, and reporting that provide leadership with timely visibility into progress, risks, costs, and decisions.
• Coordinates across engineering, operations, regulatory, finance, vendors, and other stakeholder groups to manage dependencies, facilitate decisions, and resolve delivery barriers.
• Evaluates process, technology, and delivery gaps and implements improvements that streamline planning work, strengthen controls, and increase program effectiveness.
• Supports program governance, budget and forecast development, documentation, and operating practices needed for consistent execution.

This is a hybrid position, with work performed from a remote office and an assigned PG&E location based on business needs. The assigned work location will be within the Bay Area portion of PG&E’s service territory.

Salary

A reasonable salary range is:

• Bay Area Minimum: $144,000
• Bay Area Mid-Point: $194,000
• Bay Area Maximum: $244,000
• &/OR
• California Minimum: $133,000
• California Mid-Point: $180,000
• California Maximum: $226,000

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, collective bargaining agreements, and internal equity. Although we estimate that 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, taking into account these factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Job Responsibilities

• Supports the development and execution of short- and long‑range distribution capacity and reliability strategies, including investment plans and supporting materials for the General Rate Case and other regulatory proceedings.
• Manages program implementation and ongoing operations for distribution substations, line capacity, reliability improvements, distributed generation, and other grid modernization initiatives, coordinating scope, schedule, cost, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Establishes implementation plans, operating practices, policies, and procedures that support consistent execution, effective controls, and achievement of program objectives.
• Develops program measures and reporting, monitors capacity, reliability, financial, operational, and delivery performance, and recommends corrective actions based on trends, exceptions, and results.
• Develops and monitors budgets and forecasts, tracks expenditures against approved plans, and prepares variance explanations, investment support, and recommendations for leadership.
• Prepares technical analyses, business cases, presentations, and decision materials regarding distribution capital needs, priorities, risks, performance, and tradeoffs.
• Identifies internal and external stakeholders and maintains strong working relationships across engineering, operations, finance, regulatory, compliance, communications and marketing, strategic programs, and external partners.
• Develops and executes stakeholder communication and outreach plans, partnering with marketing, vendors, and external organizations when needed to reach the appropriate customer or stakeholder audiences in a timely manner.
• Manages vendor relationships, communicates requirements and priorities, provides work direction, monitors performance and deliverables, and addresses issues affecting program outcomes.
• Partners with Regulatory and Compliance teams to maintain adherence to applicable requirements and coordinates information for filings, data requests, audits, and meetings with regulators.
• Tracks engineering and planning commitments, escalates emerging issues, facilitates resolution of cross‑functional obstacles, and drives assigned process improvements through completion.
• Evaluates new partners, technologies, planning tools, and delivery channels that may improve program effectiveness; coordinates approvals, implementation, maintenance, user readiness, training, automation, and software support.
• Supports Emergency Operations Center activation and response during outages, severe weather, heat events, earthquakes, and other emergencies, as assigned.
• Provides work direction, coaching, and subject‑matter guidance to project team members and partners; promotes accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and safe work practices without direct responsibility for employee performance management.

Qualifications

Minimum

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

Desired

• Master’s degree.
• PMP Certification.
• Ability to understand the business to help drive strategic decision‑making and recommend operational improvements.
• Ability to lead the most significant, 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.