Director, Clean Energy Transportation

Requisition ID # 165185 

Job Category: Customer Support / Operations; Energy Services / Trading 

Job Level: Director/Chief

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Utility Partnerships and Innovation Leadership team is focused on the creation of transformative, scalable solutions to interlocking utility challenges through the development of third-party partnerships and the deployment of new technology and solutions that directly accelerate PG&E’s long-term strategy. Our team helps California meet its clean transportation goals and works to address one of the largest contributors to climate change. We do this by focusing on safety and quality, investing in our team’s success, solving problems, and striving to be better, working as an integrated team, and building trusted relationships. We are looking to collaborate with passionate, thoughtful people who want to make a real impact in leading the most exciting transition the utility sector has experienced in decades.

Position Summary

The successful candidate will lead a team responsible for Electric Vehicle (EV) and Vehicle-Grid-Integration (VGI) corporate strategy, policy advocacy, and various enterprise EV and VGI programs, pilots and initiatives. This includes regulatory, strategy development, stakeholder outreach, program design, development, management and implementation of various infrastructure, customer experience, incentive, rate, and future programs. This position will act as the company’s thought leader and primary point of contact for EV & clean transportation internally and externally.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work headquarters in Oakland.

Reporting Relationship

The Director, Clean Energy Transportation, will report to the Senior Director, Electrification & Decarbonization.

Job Responsibilities

The Director will lead the implementation of PG&E’s EV Programs (SB 350, Low Carbon Fuel Standard, EV rates, V2X Pilots and Emerging Programs) and other electrification/clean transportation efforts. Responsibilities include:

• Team Leadership
  • Provide vision and guidance to the team to create an exciting and productive environment to which employees want to join and contribute toward business targets.
  • Direct resources to meet safety, compliance, labor, and budget goals.
  • Manage metrics and reporting, leveraging Lean, to demonstrate continuous program improvements.
  • Embody and scale breakthrough thinking.
• Strategy and Policy Development
  • Shape and execute how PG&E can ‘unleash the full potential of EVs’ through the enterprise 10-year strategic plan.
  • Engage cross-functionally to change the business to build, deploy, invest, serve and create an electrified future.
  • Align key leadership across the business to drive breakthrough decision making and change management.
• Program Administration
  • Administer and efficiently deliver all aspects of current and future electric vehicle/clean transportation programs, including safety, financial performance, compliance, operations, stakeholder management, and customer service.
  • Ensure program adherence to regulatory compliance policies and support regulatory activities.
  • Improve the overall customer experience of and satisfaction with the electrification journey.
  • Develop and utilize data, analysis, models, metrics, and reports to guide program administration.
  • Implement and optimize the Lean Operating System in all aspect of the department.

• Industry and Stakeholder Leadership
  • Lead PG&E’s vision and strategy to with electric vehicles/clean transportation.
  • Lead PG&E’s regulatory, strategy, and industry efforts to ensure success of programs and influence the EV/clean transportation landscape toward common objectives.
  • Represent PG&E nationally and statewide to advocate for and advance our interests in clean transportation.
• Communications
  • Support preparation and presentation of data and information to key stakeholders, legislators, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), county officials, and other external events.
  • Coordinate with local and regional stakeholders, including other utilities, environmental NGOs, and federal, state, and local government in conjunction with PG&E regulatory, strategy and policy leaders as needed.

Leadership Qualities

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities.

Strategic Mindset

• Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.
• Operating effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively building formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
• Creating and maintaining a speak up culture free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

• Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.

Optimizes Team Performance

• Building teams with a strong identity that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Diversity and Creates Inclusion

• Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Fiscally Responsible

• Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner

• Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes safety, compliance, and ethics.
• Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.

Provides a High Level of Customer Service

• Building strong customer relationships and delivering hometown, customer-centric solutions.

Compensation

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.​

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $174,000

Bay Area Maximum: $ 296,000

Background Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Policy, Law, or other relevant degree or equivalent years’ related work experience.
• 10 years of related work experience.
• Three years supervisory/managerial experience.

Desired:

• Advanced degree in engineering, policy, law, business, or similar.
• Utility and/or clean energy industry experience.
• Experience with pre-construction activities and understanding of construction management.
• Experience managing and improving processes.
• Managerial experience which includes development and performance management.
• Strong strategic and analytical capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills and experience engaging effectively with a range of stakeholders (e.g., technical staff or C-level executives).
• Experience building a cohesive, motivated, and talented team that delivers results which advance the EV/clean transportation mission – drive employee engagement, performance, and foster the career development of team members.
• Proven ability to design & implement programs and drive continuous improvement.
• Knowledge and skills to develop operating policies and procedures; ability to monitor operations, identify and implement metrics, operational changes, and improvements in support of business strategies, goals, and objectives.
• Ability to encourage employees to identify work process and system improvements, incorporate benchmarking and best practices, champion and overcome resistance to and facilitate change.
• Ability to develop working relationships with customers and business partners ensuring that work plans and operations are coordinated, aligned and support attainment of department and company goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of regulations, regulatory agencies, legislative bodies, and the regulatory and legislative environment that impact clean energy programs.
• Ability to represent the company with external stakeholders (e.g., regulators, customers, or industry representatives), as needed.
• Ability to work constructively, drive progress and resolve challenges across a large and complex organization and among internal/external stakeholders.
• Ability to work in an ambiguous environment.
• Ability to make intense, demanding work fun.