Wildfire Operational Strategies, Senior Advisor

Wildfire Operational Strategies, Senior Advisor – Southern California Edison In this influential role, you'll serve as a trusted advisor and hands‑on problem solver, bringing structure, analytics, and field‑informed insight to identify operational wildfire risk vectors and drive mitigations from concept through approval to implementation. You'll use your continuous improvement mindset to partner across the company and with key external stakeholders to translate lessons learned into scalable, repeatable practices, strengthening SCE's industry‑leading wildfire mitigation programs with solutions that can serve as a model for utilities across California and, potentially, beyond. Responsibilities Supports the development of critical regulatory and legislative initiatives to facilitate the execution of the strategic plan. Identifies system risks and evaluates risk‑reduction benefits of proposed mitigation strategy projects in the capital investment strategy. Leads the development and management of Protection and Control Asset strategies for programmatic investment decisions. Evaluates SCE's enterprise‑level risks and provides suitable mitigation options to senior management. Provides strategic and regulatory analysis for the company, specifically including competitive positioning, price forecasting, financial analytics, and regulatory planning scenario evaluations. Provides analyses, evaluation and management recommendations on key strategic initiatives. A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity. Minimum Qualifications Ten or more years of experience in strategic planning, setting strategies at the department or organization level. Preferred Qualifications Five or more years of project management experience Familiarity with Grid Operations and/or PSPS protocols Demonstrable understanding of risk frameworks, assessments, and tradeoffs Strong data analytics skills and experience with multiple analytic tools Experience writing regulatory testimony or other material for external consumption Additional Information This position's work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs. Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. The primary work locations for this position is Irwindale, CA and Pomona, CA. Position will require up to 20% travelling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory. This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position – Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un‑escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties. Equal Opportunity Employer Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at View email address on click.appcast.io or (626) 302‑3456 and select option 2. #J-18808-Ljbffr Southern California Edison (SCE)