Principal Product Owner - Clean Energy Transportation

Requisition ID # 168544 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Clean Energy Transportation (CET) group is focused on accelerating the adoption of clean vehicles in California. CET leads a ~$0.5B portfolio of transportation electrification (TE) programs to increase the adoption of clean vehicles in California as we work to address one of the largest contributors to climate change – and we need a motivated, organized strategic thinker to help us determine how to expand this portfolio. We serve PG&E’s customers by deploying electric vehicle programs to increase access to charging infrastructure and reduce total cost of electric vehicle ownership, educating our customers, and pursuing innovative vehicle-grid-integration strategies to unlock additional benefits to EV drivers and the grid.

We focus on safety and quality, invest in our team’s success, solve problems, and strive to be better, work as an integrated team, and build trusted relationships. We collaborate and are intellectually curious. We are looking to collaborate with passionate, thoughtful people who want to make a real impact. Come join our team and help drive the transition to clean energy transportation.

Team Overview

PG&E believes that if properly managed, EVs can provide a quadruple value stack of reliability, resiliency, affordability, and lower GHG emissions for the grid and for our customers. The Vehicle Grid Integration Pilots and Analysis team (VGI team) leads a portfolio of VGI pilots, EV rates, data analysis, and strategy development all in support of identifying solutions to effectively integrate EVs onto the grid and unlock the full potential of EVs. Working closely with the Grid Innovation team at PG&E and external stakeholders such as EV and EVSE Original Equipment Manufacturers, distributed energy resource aggregators, advocacy groups, and the California Public Utilities Commission, the team is focused on testing novel technologies and strategies to understand customer behavior and preferences and identify a path to scale VGI for PG&E’s grid. 

Our values are: we collaborate, we’re intellectually curious, and we fail fast in order to address the pressing problems our customers, our grid, and our world is facing.

Position Summary

The VGI team is looking for a highly skilled Principal Product Owner to lead our EV rates and compensation strategy for residential EV customers and drive innovative solutions geared toward scaling VGI. The successful candidate will develop, coordinate, and execute impactful strategies and quantitative analyses to help inform rate planning and operations, customer product development, and VGI scaling strategies that support the overall goal of reaching 3M EVs and 550 MW of flexible load by 2030. This will involve working cross-functionally with other teams to gain alignment and inform the VGI team’s strategies as they relate to EV rates and VGI. This role will require a balance of being deeply analytical and a good communicator of complex concepts.

The successful candidate will lead the Contribution to Margin analysis, and other rates related analyses as they surface, to quantify the impact of EV load onto the grid and the impact of managed charging and V2X technologies in the future. This will entail working with internal and external partners to drive the analysis, document it, and communicate results. Additionally, they will work closely with VGI team members and teams across PG&E to execute a strategy behind the development of a managed charging product. This involves developing a road map and expanding it as the plan evolves, generating business cases in support of the product, and identifying clear opportunities to scale it. The successful candidate will also define and drive the regulatory path for the proposed product. The Product Owner will also serve as the expert on residential EV rates and weigh in on efforts requiring the VGI team’s input and participation.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location is in Oakland, CA.

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:

Bay Area: $147,000.00 to $218,900.00

Job Responsibilities

• Solves unique and complex problems, anticipating issues and developing innovative VGI solutions.
• Performs analysis on complex data models that have cross- functional impact.
• Develops executive and Board level materials and presents findings and recommendations to senior leaders to gain agreement.
• Works with senior management to drive strategic planning and decision-making.
• Interacts and partners with key regulatory agencies, including CPUC, CEC, CARB and industry groups and key market players to influence key decision makers and policy direction.
• Represents the company and the VGI team in regulatory proceedings, and at industry forums and events, to communicate our strategy and advocate for innovative solutions.
• Manages major cross-functional projects and initiatives across various teams and with external consultants, including managing contracts and deliverables.
• Conducts and uses research and data, including targeted customer research, to shape VGI products, direction, or program plans.
• Assimilates diverse information from multiple stakeholders, and synthesizes the information to design, prioritize, and pursue strategic alternatives.
• Serves as expert of residential EV rates and represents the VGI team in cross-departmental efforts.
• Program design – design customer programs to test findings from pricing strategy development

Qualifications

Minimum:

• High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
• Minimum of 7 years’ job-related experience

Desired:

• Bachelors degree in Business, Engineering, Environmental Studies, or related discipline or equivalent work experience is required
• Minimum of 8 years’ job-related experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of electric vehicles, managed charging, and/or V2X technologies.
• Excellent communication skills are required – i.e. the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and effectively both orally and in written documents.
• Strong analytic skills and the ability to grasp and solve complex problems.
• Detail oriented with excellent organization, prioritization, and time management skills.
• Advanced degree in public policy, business administration, or environmental science / energy or similar.