PG&E Corporation

Manager, Business Development and Portfolio Optimization

PG&E Corporation$144K — $244K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of eight years in a relevant role
  • Strong skills in investment planning and financial analysis
  • Proven leadership experience in teams or cross-functional initiatives
  • Master's degree in business, finance, engineering, or related field (preferred)
  • Familiarity with utility electric engineering and capital investment planning (desired)
  • Project management experience, PMP certification preferred (desired)

Responsibilities

  • Collaborates with senior leaders and partners on key project advancements and cross-functional issue resolution
  • Presents findings and actionable recommendations to executive leadership
  • Monitors and analyzes industry trends and emerging developments
  • Translates market trends into comprehensive strategic planning initiatives
  • Builds and maintains strong relationships with business units and external agencies
  • Oversees the creation of risk-based capital budgets aligning engineering with financial targets
  • Develops financial models and analyses to inform investment decisions and resource allocation
  • Tracks and reports on performance metrics, risks, and milestones to senior leadership
  • Recruits, trains, and mentors a high-performing team

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility between remote and office locations
  • Opportunity to lead a newly formed team focusing on performance optimization
  • Engagement in high-impact projects with senior leadership and cross-functional teams
  • Strategic role influencing long-term goals and operational success
  • Access to ongoing professional development and mentoring opportunities
Full Job Description
Requisition ID # 172686

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Strategy & Growth

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Dublin

Position Summary

The Manager, Business Development and Performance Optimization will build and lead a new team supporting the Electric Transmission and Distribution Engineering organization. The team will deliver investment planning and financial analysis and track the key milestones that drive performance. This role is critical to optimizing our electric engineering asset management work.

Leads the development and execution of strategic planning across the Company and its lines of business to achieve long-term goals and objectives. Partners with senior leaders to build long-term plans that mitigate risk while capitalizing on market trends and opportunities, and drives senior-level partnerships across key departments. Facilitates strategic planning, governance, and communication, ensuring that plans and programs support the organization's strategic, financial, and operational objectives.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and either Oakland General Office(OGO) or the Dublin Innovation Center up to 2 days a week and or as business needs require.

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

Job Responsibilities
  • Collaborates with senior leaders, lines of business, and partners to advance key projects and resolve cross-functional issues.
  • Presents findings and recommendations to officers and cross-functional leadership.
  • Monitors industry trends and emerging developments.
  • Translates market and industry trends into integrated strategic planning.
  • Builds and sustains relationships with internal business units and external agencies.
  • Oversees the development of risk based capital budgets that align engineering priorities with financial targets.
  • Builds financial models and analyses to support investment decisions, prioritization, and resource allocation.
  • Tracks key milestones and performance metrics, reporting progress and risks to senior leadership.
  • Recruits, develops, and mentors a high-performing team


Qualifications

Minimum:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Eight years of job-related experience
  • Strong investment planning and financial analysis skills
  • Demonstrated experience leading teams or cross-functional initiatives

Desired:
  • Master's degree in business, finance, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Knowledge of utility electric engineering, asset management, and capital investment planning
  • Project management experience, with PMP certification preferred


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Size
26,000 employees
Market Cap
$40.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.3 billion
Founded
1905
Revenue
$18.4 billion
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