Program Manager, Principal - Location Flexible

Requisition ID # 165103 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Operations - Other

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; 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; 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

 

 

Team Summary: Help us change the electric utility industry from the inside! Join the System Procedures and Practices (SP&P) within Grid Operations Applications and Transformation (GOAT) – a small, high-performing team within Pacific Gas & Electric Company that is modernizing its grid operations capabilities.

 

The mission of the SP&P team is to:

• Establish governance and processes for safe, compliant, reliable, and event-free operation of the Electric GRID.
• Support Project Management and Delivery governance to achieve organizational objectives.
• Build and deploy operational data stewardship and reporting solutions and enable data-driven decision making.
• Develop standards, implement best practices, and drive continuous improvement in systems management.

 

Position Summary

This role will work closely with PG&E and external partners to facilitate program and provide leadership guidance and support stakeholder engagement, communications, and program management functions, in the following areas:

 

1. Process: Develop and establish comprehensive practices and procedures for all systems supported by the GOAT organization.

 

2. Business operations:

• GOAT project management
• GOAT finance management
• GOAT business analysis
• GOAT work prioritization and tracking
• GOAT Investment planning
• Develop and maintain the GOAT website
• Knowledge repository and knowledge management
• Implement LEAN practices.
• Facilitate continuous improvement and innovation inside the GOAT organization and potentially for the whole ESO
• Facilitate and drive knowledge management and knowledge sharing
• Manage change

 

A strong applicant will be highly organized and motivated, with a strong track record of success in building consensus and managing many moving parts within matrixed teams. The Program Manager will work closely in collaboration with cross functional stakeholders in various company divisions and with vendor and industry stakeholders to support effective project and program management and alignment with external dependencies. The role will also serve as a liaison to key