Quantitative Analyst, Principal

Requisition ID # 172826 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Customer & Corporate Affairs

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview

 

 

The Rates department within PG&E’s Customer & Corporate Affairs organization develops and provides expertise on gas and electric customer rates in regulatory proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). 

 

With a primary focus on ensuring fair, equitable, and stable rates for our customers, the Rates department designs rate plans, conducts cost of service analyses, forecasts revenues, and analyzes trends and drivers impacting customer rates and bills.  We support other organizations in understanding energy usage in order to enhance various programs and policies that support our customers.

 

Position Summary

 

 

 

PG&E is seeking a highly motivated Principal-level Quantitative Analyst in the Electric Rates, Analysis, and Planning team with a unique combination of data analysis, visualization, and interpretation and Lean management skills. The Principal Quantitative Analyst will lead technical teams to conduct detailed quantitative analysis in support of regulatory proceedings and strategic initiatives, while integrating and advancing Lean management principles across the department to drive continuous improvement, standardization, and effective execution. The Principal Quantitative Analyst drives company-wide rate-related initiatives, conducts detailed rate analysis and develops actionable insights to present to senior leadership; develops testimony in regulatory proceedings involving PG&E’s electric rates; and responds to internal and external data requests regarding rate trends, analysis, and benchmarking.

 

The successful candidate will embody a balance of analytic capability, ambition, intellectual curiosity, structured thinking, written and verbal communication skills, and team-orientation.

 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland General Office once per week and based on business needs.  

  

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.  

 

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.  

 

A reasonable salary range is: 

Bay Area Minimum:     $147.000
Bay Area Maximum:    $253.000

 

 

Qualifications

Minimum

 

 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics or Econometrics, Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Applied Sciences, Statistics, Business or equivalent field.
• 8 years of job-related experience, or a master’s degree and 7 years of job-related experience, or a doctorate and 5 years of job-related experience.

 

 

Responsibilities

 

• Develops key insights from rate-related analysis to influence executive decision making and regulatory proceedings.

• Creates impactful materials and presents findings to senior leaders.
• Champion the use of Lean management playbook tools to strengthen problem‑solving, accountability, and continuous improvement across the Rates organization.

• Leads and collaborates with teams across the company to develop, confirm, and pursue rate-related initiatives.
• Organizes and presents expert testimony on complex and controversial issues involving rates.
• Applies breakthrough thinking to solve unique and complex technical issues and provides findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Collaborates with and directs other team members in the development of new analytic to