Sr. Manager, FERC investigations - Location Flexible

Requisition ID # 172755 

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance; Engineering / Science; Maintenance / Construction / Operations 

Job Level: Senior Manager

Business Unit: Strategy & Growth

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Pleasanton; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramenti; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City

Department Overview

The Electric Compliance Assurance department is part of the Electric Risk & Compliance organization, where together we will embed compliance and risk in all that we do and achieve regulatory outcomes that support the business’ needs. The work of this department is critical in our efforts to find compliance challenges and identify areas of risk so that we can fix them. The main functions of this department are identifying areas of compliance risk and opportunities to mitigate those risks, including through incident reporting and investigations, overseeing Electric Operations and Power Generation CAP, and validating the controls on the organization.

Position Summary

PG&E is seeking an experienced business professional to lead the new Electric Compliance Assurance Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Team. The team is responsible to increasing our compliance maturity as it relates to FERC within electric operations.

As the Senior Manager of Electric Compliance Assurance FERC, you will stand up, or continue to stand up, and oversee this new team. With deep technical, regulatory, and operational expertise, you bring a structured approach to provide oversight of functional area compliance maturity for FERC. Tasks of this team may include some of the following, or similar tasks:

• Validating policy implications pertaining to FERC and Electric Delivery
• Partnering with Functional Area Compliance Teams on risk mitigation strategies impacting FERC compliance
• Investigating potential self-reports to FERC Office of Enforcement
• Developing Investigation Forms for FERC Compliance
• Prepare and respond to FERC data requests

Your work strengthens PG&E’s safety culture and compliance posture and reinforces PG&E’s commitment that Everyone and Everything is Always Safe, advancing enterprise learning, transparency, and continuous improvement across investigations.

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.

Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area) $151,000.00

Mid Base Salary (Bay Area) $204,000.00

Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area) $257,000.00

Minimum Base Salary (California) $143,000.00

Mid Base Salary (California) $194,000.00

Maximum Base Salary (California) $244,000.00

Location of this position is flexible within PG&E service territory and will require occasional travel to other areas around PG&E’s service territory. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and assigned office based on business needs.

Reporting Relationship

This position reports to the Director, Electric Investigations

Job Responsibilities and Expectations

• Direct holistic multi-year strategy for risk strategies, models and methodologies.
• Stand up new Electric Compliance Assurance FERC team and transition to steady-state.
• Ensure framework for implementing tools and processes to improve quality and timeliness of reports/deliverables.
• Determine most effective department metrics to measure performance against annual or longer-term goals and objectives for time bound projects or ongoing operational work. Regularly presents department scorecard to senior management and adjusts based on business needs.
• Develop/refine scope and process of team, including how to prioritize scope.
• Manage team to investigate areas of interest for FERC Compliance, which may include working with PG&Es Legal team.
• Perform technical review of investigation reports of varying risk. Manage team to prepare Apparent Cause Evaluations (ACEs), Workgroup Evaluations (WGEs), or similar, including identifying corrective actions and gaining consensus with senior leadership to mitigate risk.
• Manage team to identify and summarize compliance risk concerns, including forecasting potential Notices of Violation (NOVs), self-reports, or equivalent.
• Manage team to prepare and submit responses to data requests.
• Prepare and present summary of findings and risk to PG&E to senior and executive leaders.
• Responsible for the regulatory compliance of the department’s programs. Work with regulators and other internal LOBs to ensure department meets regulatory rule changes, updating supporting processes as appropriate.
• Effectively maneuver through complex organizational situations without disruption, routinely resolving escalations to Director-level, Vice President-level and above.
• Manage staff to accomplish results through effective recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management and rewards and recognition.

Background Qualifications

  Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 8 years of experience with electric utility or related programs
• 5 years of experience as a program or project manager
• Travel to other facilities for meetings and site visits about 10-30% of time to meet business needs

Desired

• PhD or Master’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• Advanced experience (5-12+ years) in regulatory oversight, audit readiness, and leadership.
• Deep understanding of California and Federal regulatory programs related to Electric Operations (FERC experience preferred).
• Knowledge of operations, maintenance, and engineering program processes and procedures.
• Proven ability to prepare materials for and effectively communicate/present highly complex findings to senior and executive leaders with clarity, gain consensus on path forward.
• Proven experience in compliance investigations, self-reports, or similar.
• Strong program management, project management, internal consulting, change management, and process improvement skills.
• Proven ability to diagnose organizational problems and develop business-minded solutions and to optimize customer satisfaction.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders across various teams.
• Proven experience standing up new teams from concept through steady-state.
• Certification in Root Cause Analysis (e.g., TapRooT®, Cause Mapping, or equivalent)
• Professional Certified Investigator (PCI – ASIS)
• Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator (CFEI)
• Lean Six Sigma Certification
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)
• Professional Engineer (P.E.)