Program Manager, Principal

Requisition ID # 169374 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Electric Operations

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Dublin; 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; 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; Houston; 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; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; 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 Safety and Compliance Strategy department provides safety and compliance oversight for Electric Transmission, Substation, Distribution, System Inspections and Undergrounding.  The Electric Operations Safety Excellence team partners with the Enterprise Health and Safety (EH&S) team to provide strategic guidance to improve our safety culture and performance.

Position Summary

The Principal Program Manager (Change Manager) is a recognized subject matter authority responsible for designing and implementing strategies that drive organizational change and safety excellence. This role provides guidance to leadership, manages complex programs, and ensures alignment with PG&E’s Safety Excellence Management System (PSEMS). The position requires advanced organizational skills, critical thinking, and expertise in change management, project management, and Lean methodologies.

This position supports Electric Operations by:

• Develop complex change management approaches, plans, and tactics for large and complex change management initiatives to support Electric Operations
• Able to navigate the organization and understand complex inter-relationships of various groups, operations, systems or processes to be able to identify risks, impacts and strategies that will help drive change management strategy and plans
• Advise and communicate risks and strategies to senior leadership
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Lead development of change management programs, goals, and success measures
• Oversee tasks and activities pertaining to projects requiring advanced organizational and analytical skills
• Mentor less experienced change management practitioners and provide subject matter expertise
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices across teams and the organization

The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory and will be agreed upon by the successful candidate and hiring leader.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and assigned location, subject to change per business needs.

PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of the job posting. This salary 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, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

A reasonable salary range is:

Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area)           $ 140,000.00

Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area)          $ 207,900.00

OR

Minimum Base Salary (California)           $ 133,000.00

Maximum Base Salary (California)          $ 198,000.00

Job Responsibilities

• Recognized subject matter expert who represents PG&E in regulatory and/or industry forums on subject of expertise.
• May manage major cross-functional projects and initiatives.
• Coaches and mentors less experienced employees.
• Solves unique and complex problems, anticipating issues and developing innovative solutions.
• Demonstrates strategic leadership with internal stakeholders to support Company goals.
• Leads development of program goals and metrics to meet company goals and objectives.  Collaborates across organization to ensure alignment of goals to support program. 
• Responsible for utilizing other departments and teams to meet program goals. 
• Organize and lead cross-utility project teams to influence utility, regulatory and/or industry decisions.
• Leads large statewide energy efficiency programs or efforts on behalf of PG&E to resolve issues and conflicts or to educate other parties.
• Develops or provides significant input to PG&E leadership, other utilities with similar programs, industry and/or regulatory decision makers to influence marketplace and regulatory strategies impacting PG&E and its customers.
• Travel may be required.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor degree or equivalent experience
• 10 years of related experience or equivalent

Desired:

• Experience in coaching, mentoring and training others within the scope of change management
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Prosci Change Management Certification or other industry recognized certification
• Two years progressional experience within a Safety related field
• Ability to use understanding of the business to help drive strategic decision making, and to recommend operational improvements.
• Ability to lead the largest most complex projects across the line of business supported (i.e. Customer Care, Human Resources, etc.)
• Deep knowledge and expertise of business and or industry drivers.
• Ability to lead large and complex projects working with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to create compelling business cases based on complex business environments and inputs.
• Adept at addressing issues with diplomacy and tact.