Enterprise Architect, Principal - Asset Management

Requisition ID # 170503 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview
Information Technology is a unified organization comprised of various departments which collaborate to effectively deliver high quality technology solutions. IT functions are to design, develop, operate and maintain the information and telecommunications systems that enable the Company to meet its commitment to customers: Keeping the Lights on and the Gas Flowing, delivering at a Reasonable Price, and Providing Simple and Convenient Options.

 

Position Summary

Enterprise Strategy & Architecture (ES&A) is a centralized architecture group within the Information Technology department. The group supports PG&E’s safety, reliability and affordability goals under the architecture mandate of Reuse, Rationalize, Optimize, and Standardize.

Reporting to the Lead Enterprise Architect, the successful candidate in the role will be a Master Planner with a big picture mindset responsible for turning the architecture vision for the business domains into reality by:

• Developing thorough understanding of the business processes, application portfolio and underlying IT infrastructure
• Suggesting technology needs to enable business maturity and help prioritize the right investments
• Create business architecture models to help connect business vision, goals and outcomes to corresponding technology implementation roadmaps
• Owning the architecture of a portfolio of applications
• Create enterprise strategy in alignment with PG&E’s True North Strategy Goals
• Helping build and maintain prioritized portfolio backlogs for business features and foundational or shared capabilities
• Enabling and empowering execution teams by delivering reusable architecture patterns, architecture building blocks, reference architecture, implementation best practices, and architecture decision frameworks
• Coaching, mentoring, and guiding the implementation teams throughout the value chain
• Collaborating with several teams within Business and IT on a regular basis

 

The successful candidate will have strong experience with diverse set of technologies and platforms with deep expertise in at least a few, highly analytical, and project management skills. You should also have strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills. Experience working with or in the utility industry is highly desirable but not required.

 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and our Oakland, CA office approximately 1 - 2 days per week, or more, based on business needs.

 

PG&E is providing the full salary/pay range for this position.  The actual amount 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 range to reasonably expect will be around the minimum and the midpoint $155,000 - $210,000.  The final decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to the factors above. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

 

Bay Area Min: $ 155,000

Bay Area Max: $ 265,000

 

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with senior business and IT leadership to develop technology roadmaps for Asset Management (Inspections, Risk Management, Analytics & Reporting, Digital Twins)
• Collaborate with business to enable their future goals by leveraging AI/ML/Gen AI technology
• Assess current IT application environment for asset and risk domain and develop future IT target architecture.
• Lead vendor assessments, support RFPs, and application rationalization efforts.
• Support IT strategic planning and portfolio modernization process.
• Coordinate roadmaps across enterprise groups to manage conflicts, redundancies, and interdependencies.
• Collaborate with domain enterprise architects to ensure strategies, standards, design patterns, and roadmaps are consistent and integrated.
• Support project delivery and provide enterprise arc