Program Manager, Expert

Requisition ID# 168243

Job Category: Project / Program Management

Job Level: Individual Contributor

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, Undergrounding and our Electric Partners in Wildfire Emergency & Operations (WEO). The Electric Operations Safety Excellence (EOSE) team partners with the Enterprise Health and Safety (EH&S) team to provide strategic guidance to improve our safety culture and performance.

Position Summary

Manages aspects of program development, implementation, and operations, focused on providing safety support for Electric Functional Division leaders in alignment with the PG&E Safety Excellence Management System (PSEMS). Oversees administration of projects requiring advanced organizational skills, critical thinking skills, a background in project management, Electric Operations or Wildfire Emergency & Operations, Lean Implementation and safety. Collaborate with Electric or WEO Functional Division leaders, key stakeholders, EH&S partners, and applicable subject matter experts (SMEs).

Supports Electric functions to achieve safety excellence by:

• Developing, measuring and reporting on success of programs managed
• Identifying and maintaining strong working relationships with all strategic programs and partners
• Identifying stakeholders and communicate within and outside of PG&E
• Developing and/or implementing policies and procedures
• Identifying new partners, technologies, and delivery channels
• Recognized subject matter expert providing guidance and counsel to EO leadership 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 EO and company goals
• Leads development of program goals and metrics to meet EO and company goals and objectives
• Collaborates across the organization to ensure alignment of goals to support the program
• Responsible for utilizing other departments and teams to meet program goals
• Organizes and leads project teams to influence safety program direction and decisions
• Develops or provides significant input to PG&E leadership

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) $ 122,000.00

Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area) $ 173,800.00

OR

Minimum Base Salary (California) $ 116,000.00

Maximum Base Salary (California) $ 165,000.00

Job Responsibilities

• Applies broad expertise and advanced knowledge to wide-ranging issues.
• May act as a team lead and provide direction to less experienced employees.
• Works with Directors and Managers across functions to influence safety decisions.
• Communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences using a variety of media.
• Integrates industry knowledge related to data into everyday business practices and decision making.
• Creates new and complex data models to facilitate business decisions.
• Provides direction on overall program.
• Develops new or revises existing scopes of work to ensure compliance standards and deliverables are established.
• Solves unique and complex problems, anticipating issues and developing innovative solutions
• Demonstrates strategic leadership with internal stakeholders to support EO/WEO and company goals
• Leads development of program goals and metrics to meet EO/WEO and company goals and objectives
• Collaborates across the organization to ensure alignment of goals to support the program
• Responsible for utilizing other departments and teams to meet program goals
• Organizes and leads project teams to influence safety program direction and decisions
• Develops or provides significant input to PG&E leadership
• Travel within PG&E service territory may be required to support programs

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business.
• 8 years of related experience or equivalent

Desired:

• Master's Degree in job-related discipline
• PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification
• Two years professional experience in Safety
• 10 years of related experience or equivalent
• 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 Electric line of business.
• 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
• Experience working with vendors and supply chain
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification
• American Society of Quality Certification (Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, or CMQ-OE)
• Strong analytical problem solving and decision-making ability
• Strong Communication and Presentation Skills