Senior Manager, Workplan Data Platforms and Engineering

Requisition ID # 172767 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Senior Manager

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Pleasanton; Oakland; San Ramon

Department Overview

The men and women of Electric Operations ensure the delivery of safe and reliable electric service to our customers. Electric Operations 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.

Portfolio Operations within Electric Operations is accountable for the delivery of greater than $7B in annual Capital work, encompassing Distribution, Substation & Transmission work. Workplan and Data Management is Portfolio Operations’ centralized data insights and analytics team focused on in-depth assessments of Portfolio and Program Management work delivery to aid PPM in the execution of our annual work portfolio and associated goals.

We provide one source of truth for the data, with a common set of tools, methodology, and analytics. Our span extends from portfolio planning in collaboration with our partner organizations on thorough daily workplan management to ensuring consistent, efficient data support needed for all P&C groups involved in work execution.

Position Summary

The Senior Manager, Workplan Data Platforms & Engineering, is responsible for leading the strategy, architecture, and execution of data management across the Workplan ecosystem for both Distribution and Transmission & Substation. This role oversees Workplan databases, leads a team of data engineers and data professionals, and develops a multi-year roadmap to mature data capabilities, improve data quality, and enable scalable reporting and analytics.

This leader partners closely with business stakeholders, program managers, and technology teams to ensure Workplan data is accurate, timely, and aligned to operational and planning needs across Transmission & Substation (T&S) and Distribution.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location at least 2 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: $144,000

Bay Area Mid:$194,000
Bay Maximum: $244,000

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

Job Responsibilities

Workplan Data Platform Ownership

• Own the architecture, performance, and reliability of Workplan databases and supporting systems (e.g., Snowflake, SAP integrations, Power BI dataflows).

• Oversee data flows, integrations, and backend logic that support Workplan ingestion, transformation, and reporting.

Data Engineering Leadership

• Lead and develop a team of data engineers, analysts, and technical contributors responsible for data pipelines, transformations, and automation.

• Set engineering standards for scalable data pipelines, data modeling, and data quality enforcement.

• Oversee design and implementation of:

• Automated data ingestion and transformation workflows

• Data models supporting reporting and analytics

• Data quality monitoring

• Partner with engineering and IT teams to modernize tooling and leverage cloud platforms.

Data Strategy & Roadmap Development

• Develop and execute a multi-year data roadmap aligned to Workplan strategy and enterprise data priorities.

• Define and prioritize initiatives across:

• Data architecture and integration

• Reporting and self-service analytics

• Data governance and standards

• Automation and efficiency improvements

• Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve scalability through tooling and automation (e.g., self-service tools, standardized data models).

Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Alignment

• Serve as the primary point of escalation for complex data issues, discrepancies, and data-related decision-making.

• Communicate data strategy, system health, and key risks to senior leadership.

• Establish and enforce data governance frameworks, including:

• Metadata and data dictionary management

• Best practices for Data Architecture and Data Pipelines to reduce technical debt

Tools, Analytics & Innovation

• Enable self-service analytics capabilities for business users i.e. Powerpages, Streamlit, Fabric Data Lake Houses

• Evaluate and implement new technologies to enhance data capabilities and scalability.

• Promote innovation in how data is used to drive decision-making across the organization.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s Degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience

• Job-related experience, 8 years

• 3+ years of leadership experience managing technical teams

Desired:

• Experience managing enterprise data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, SAP, cloud data ecosystems)

• Strong understanding of data architecture, data modeling, and data governance frameworks

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders

• Bachelor’s Degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience

• Prior experience with Electric / Gas Distribution or Electric Transmission programs or projects.

• Masters Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience

• Leadership experience, 5 years