PG&E Corporation

Principal Program Manager

PG&E Corporation$137K — $232K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 10 years relevant experience
  • Experience in managing/supporting maintenance and preventative work
  • Comprehensive understanding of utility operations
  • Proficiency in SAP/Foundry/Power BI for data management
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • PMP certification and/or MBA in quantitative/analytical discipline

Responsibilities

  • Manage targets, timelines, resources, and communication strategies
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance
  • Develop multi-year compliance plans to meet regulatory commitments
  • Lead resolution of program risks and issues
  • Ensure timely documentation governance and completion of high-priority notifications
  • Serve as liaison between CIRT/Inspections/Frontline and document changes in SAP
  • Conduct quality checks on closed notifications and orders
  • Proactively manage regional compliance and escalate exceptions as needed

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment
  • Opportunity for travel for on-site meetings
  • Potential for irregular work hours to meet deadlines
  • Engagement in cross-functional team leadership
  • In-depth involvement in compliance and quality assurance initiatives
Full Job Description
Requisition ID # 173027

Job Category: Project / Program Management

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Sacramento; 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; Oakland; 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; 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

Position Summary

The Principal Program Manager will be a cross-functional team member and Transmission Line and Substation (T&S) functional area compliance/quality subject matter expert. They will work as a liaison throughout the T&S functional areas, driving results in execution, proper documentation, proper notification management, data analysis and order closeout. The Principal Program Manager will work with all T&S regulators to ensure the team has appropriate targets, understanding of priorities, communication of changes to procedures, visibility into compliance dates/objectives and understanding of impacts that span all aspects of PG&E's business.

The successful candidate will have in-depth knowledge of PG&E's operations, be comfortable leading cross-functional teams, managing all aspects of a program including target setting/management and timelines, maintaining and pulling maintenance and asset data from SAP, maintaining strategic and analytical oversight, communicating with leadership as appropriate, developing partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to the appropriate work planning and execution processes.

This position may require travel for on-site meetings and may also require occasional irregular work hours to meet deadlines.

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.

A reasonable salary range is:
  • Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area) $144,000.00
  • Mid Base Salary (Bay Area) $194,000.00
  • Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area) $244,000.00


  • Minimum Base Salary (California) $137,000.00
  • Mid Base Salary (California) $184,000.00
  • Maximum Base Salary (California) $232,000.00


Job Responsibilities
• Manage targets, timelines, resources, strategy alignment, and communications
• Develop partnerships and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance
• Lead development of multi-year plans compliance plan to ensure PG&E is meeting or exceeding regulatory commitments and requirements
• Lead creative resolution of program risks and issues identified
• Ensure appropriate documentation governance, as necessary. Actively managing and ensuring timely documented completion of all notifications deemed high priority.
• Liaison between CIRT/Inspections/Frontline. Able to make any/all necessary changes on tags and will document all changes within SAP.
• Lead of random quality checks/reviews on closed out notifications and orders in SAP
• Responsible for proactively managing regional compliance and escalating exceptions
• Facilitates all data request responses/responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience

Desired:
• Experience managing/supporting maintenance and preventative work
• Comprehensive understanding of utility operations and work execution processes
• Experience with using SAP/Foundry/Power BI to pull and manage data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• PMP certification and / or MBA with an emphasis in a quantitative (e.g. Finance), analytical discipline, compliance and/or quality
• Prior experience LEAN Management tools
• Prior experience process mapping and supporting waste elimination
• Prior experience developing partnerships with external stakeholders for work execution

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