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Principal Portfolio Manager- Region 5

Pacific Gas and Electric Company
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Nov 2025
💰 $238,000/yr($133,000/yr$238,000/yr)

About the role

Requisition ID # 168333 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Fresno; Oakland

 

 

Department Overview

PG&E’s Corporate Real Estate Strategy and Services (CRESS) organization is responsible for governing, planning, acquiring, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining 7 million square feet (sq. ft.) of facilities throughout PG&E’s 72,000 square mile service territory.  These facilities include but are not limited to service centers, data centers, contact centers, office buildings, shops, warehouses, construction and equipment yards, vehicle maintenance garages, and meeting and training facilities.

 

Position Summary

Leads end-to-end real estate capital plan project planning to support delivery by the Enterprise Project Management team.  Supports project planning to develop overall scope, conceptual estimate, and timeline based on project requirements gathered through discovery with PG&E functional areas.  Collaborates with stakeholders and the CRESS strategy team to translate business needs and workplace requirements into real estate solutions (projects) that align with long-term business and real estate portfolio strategic plans.  Will serve as a liaison between PG&E’s Functional Areas and the CRESS team.  Will routinely work with other project stakeholders such as IT, Corporate Security, Materials, and Fleet to maintain real estate and facilities strategic focus aligned with all company workplace objectives.  Understands the Functional Area business needs and provides solutions to achieve their operational objectives through real estate capital investment.

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.

 

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $140,000

Bay Area Maximum: $238,000

California Minimum: $133,000

California Maximum: $226,000


This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your Region 5 (Fresno) work location based on business need.

 

Job Responsibilities

  • Responsible for oversight and planning of CRESS Capital Project initiatives with typical budgets of $5-$100M spanning several years.  Accountable for project initiation, planning/analysis, and preliminary design to support transition to the EPM PM team for design/build or other delivery method.  Works with multi-disciplinary stakeholders and project teams to define scope, budget, schedule, and resource needs. Manages project quality and controls project risks and variables. Ensures realization of project objectives and expected benefits.
  • Maintains overall governance of project funding, forecasting, accruals, and payments through planning and with direct connection to EPM PM during delivery.  Responsible for accurate financial reporting for all projects within the respective portfolio.
  • Actively identifies projects risk during planning and assists with updating project risk registers during delivery with the intent to release contingency when appropriate to allow investments elsewhere in the portfolio
  • Leads and builds consensus with CRESS Strategy, Facilities Services, Occupancy Planning, and other Functional Area key stakeholders in Operations, IT, Corporate Security etc. that have a common interest in facilities. 
  • Works on developing site plans identifying key requirements through project planning, such as type and amount of space, workplace amenities, technology, security, etc. and overseeing development of target value designs aligned with workplace design guidelines.
  • Effectively leads and manages, pre-project planning, conceptual studies, business case development, defining project objectives and desired outcomes, project governance and execution.
  • Accountable for and provides continuous guidance to project teams relative to project governance, reporting, budgeting, cost and schedule control, change management and communications, safety culture, risk management and project/design standards compliance.
  • Manage client relationships with project business sponsors to set appropriate expectations and deliver on commitments.
  • Promotes innovation, standardization, efficiency, affordability, and continuous improvement.
  • Applies best practices in design, construction delivery, sustainability, project deliver

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