Principal Program Manager - Advanced Technology for Asset Strategy
Requisition ID # 169276
Job Category: Project / Program Management
Job Level: Manager/Principal
Business Unit: Electric Engineering
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: San Ramon; 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; 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; 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
Welcome to Electric Asset Management (EAM). We are responsible for electric system asset strategy, standards and procedures and risk management across Transmission, Distribution, and Substation asset families. Within EAM, the Distribution group delivers risk‑informed strategic planning and uses inspection insights and asset data to drive informed maintenance and investment decisions.
The Distribution Asset Risk Management (ARM) team—comprising Asset Failure Analysis (AFA), Asset Insights, and Inspections & Maintenance Strategy (I&M)—focuses on developing and continuously improving how PG&E monitors and maintains its assets to support a resilient, reliable grid and helps keep our communities safe.
Position Summary
Reporting to the Director of ARM, the Principal Program Manager will drive continuous improvement of ARM tools, processes, and technologies. This role collaborates extensively across the company and with external partners to evaluate new technologies, enhance operational efficiency, and integrate next‑generation solutions into I&M’s core workflows. The ideal candidate is a data‑savvy leader who thrives in fast‑paced environments and seeks to make a meaningful impact on grid safety, resilience, and customer service.
The I&M team plays a critical role in managing over 2.3 million distribution wood poles and 80,000 circuit miles of primary conductor. We are continually improving on inspection procedures based on testing insights, failure analysis, and SME input. The successful candidate will serve as a strategic integrator and technology champion to deliver several transformative initiatives.
- Asset Health Monitoring Technology Enablement: With the development of innovative new sensors and A.I./LLMs, we are reimagining the traditional maintenance approach and assessing opportunities to implement additional touchpoints and/or “continuous monitoring” on some of our assets to reduce failures and safely extend life, and to redeploy O&M resources to more surgically target known risk. You will work with PG&E’s various teams and 3rd party vendors to evaluate new technologies and then lead the strategic development and integration
- Reimagining Asset Maintenance: Improve prioritization and bundling of maintenance work to maximize risk reduction per dollar; evaluate and deliver on technology solutions to improve program efficacy
- Drone based GO165 Certification: Support execution of the most comprehensive study of drone based aerial inspection (vs ground) every in the utility sector, with the intention to approve drone-based data collection to meet criteria of GO165 detailed inspections. We will need to closely monitor effectiveness for implementation of this new technology
- Asset Knowledge Product Development: Liaise with the Data Management & Analytics team to guide development and adoption of analytics tools and data visualization products
- Propel Integration: Partner with the enterprise Propel program that is rebuilding PG&E’s backend data infrastructure. Ensure today’s key pain points are addressed in the build and lead system adoption and integration
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.
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: $140,000
Bay Area Maximum: $238,000
&/OR
California Minimum: $133,000
California Maximum: $226,000
Job Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with all strategic programs and partners, external and internal (Data Management & Analytics, Risk and Data Analytics, Continuous Monitoring, Remote Sensing PMO, Grid Innovation R&D, etc)
- Report-outs to leaders in EAM in WORs and MORs, and as needed to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT).
- Performs or leads feasibility analysis, business case development, develop project scope, and provide recommendations on the alternative solutions, project strategy and deliverable prioritization. Collaborates with Electric leadership on asset data management issues and initiatives.
- Recognized subject matter expert who represents PG&E in regulatory and/or industry forums on subject of expertise.
- 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.
- Organize and lead cross-utility project teams to influence utility, regulatory and/or industry decisions.
- Develops or provides significant input to PG&E leadership, other utilities with similar programs, industry and/or regulatory decision makers to influence market place and regulatory strategies impacting PG&E and its customers.
Qualifications:
Minimum:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- 10 years of related experience or equivalent
Desired:
- Master’s in Business Administration or other Advanced Degree
- Ability to comprehend complex systems and data infrastructure to help drive strategic decision making, and to recommend operational improvements
- Experience in working in large datasets, understanding the management or training in a.i. and/or large language models
- Experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analytics
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Highly skilled at leading cross-functional project teams. Experience leading cross cutting programs and/or technology deployments
- Travel may be required
- In depth knowledge of energy and/or electric utility industry processes, regulatory requirements, critical success factors, goals and initiatives.
- Ability to lead large and complex projects working with cross-functional teams