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Requisition ID:
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Requisition Title:
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ACTUAL TITLE: Principal Program Manager-IT Investment
Management REQ ID# 166049
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HM: Karen McKean /Recruiter: Valeri Smith External Link:
https://careers.pge.com/job/Oakland-Principal-Program-Manager-IT-Investment-Management-CA-94612/1300344600/?feedId=306700
Oakland, CA, US, 94612
Requisition ID # 166049
Job Category: Project / Program Management Job Level:
Manager/Principal Business Unit: Information Technology Work Type: Hybrid Job
Location: Oakland
Department Overview
The IT Investment Management Department provides
planning, product, business, and operations management analysis and support in
the following areas: planning, research support, project intake, data analysis
and reporting, resource management, regulatory strategy, process governance,
budgetary requirements and spend, in support of business decision making,
strategy, and operations. Provides input, support, and analysis to general IT
business processes, assists in the development of a prioritized budget for the
IT organization and works with other financial or data personnel to ensure
accurate and timely operations, budget, and/or project management. May also be
involved in business process improvement, quality control, special projects,
and other initiatives.
Position Summary
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing
Programs supporting projects/initiatives within the IT Office of the CIO (OCIO)
and the overall management of prioritizing ~$1.4B technology investments across
IT and the enterprise. Their role is key to executing and delivering the
overall IT technology portfolio strategy to ensure we provide executive
management and business clear insights into the drivers of business, financial
and compliance performance and risk.
The
program manager aids in business plan deployment, investment planning and
regulatory support.
Key activities are
to manage day-to-day activities to ensure organizational goals and requirements
are met with Planning/Prioritization of our technology investments.
Requires collaboration with all levels of
leaders, peer and cross functional teams to provide end-to-end program support,
operational financial support and analysis and governance.
The program manager will support
implementation of our key activities to prioritize technologies, cost
reductions through key initiatives, increasing productivity and facilitating
organization and business effectiveness through oversight and governance.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office
and the Oakland General Office (OGO) 2-3 days a week and or 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. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will
be placed between the entry point and the middle of the range, 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:
Bay Area Minimum:
$140,000
MIDPOINT:
$189,000
Bay Area Maximum:
$238,000
Job Responsibilities
Ensures projects, programs and key initiatives are
operating effectively. Responsibilities typically include some or most of the
following in support of Program Management to ensure attainment of program
metrics/objectives.
Oversee and/or executes all aspects of the budgeting,
forecasting, and reporting processes - ensure accuracy and predictability of
results and key metrics to enable planning our investment strategies with
measurable outcomes, risks and assumptions
Support/oversee centralization and organization of siloed
datasets and systems to deliver insights cross-functionally
Support regulatory strategy and planning as it relates to
planning/prioritization of technology investments for IT
Supports the design and delivery of reports and insights
that analyze business functions and key operations and performance metrics.
Analyzes portfolio financial performance and recommends
changes to achieve goals; uses reporting tools to monitor portfolio activities,
and regularly brief IT and business leaders on portfolio performance to enable
investment strategies for planning up to 10-year horizons
Liaise closely with Finance and other Business Units to
ensure accurate & robust budget monitoring
Develops relationship across IT and our business units,
with the goal of growing meaningful relationships that will facilitate
collaborations and communications.
Manages the assessment of risks and the execution of
plans to mitigate the risks for IT’s investment plans
Communicates and champions the requirements necessary to
execute the IT investment portfolio.
Develops, prioritizes, coordinates and communicates the
goals and processes necessary for implementing the prioritization of the
investment portfolio
Ensures compliance to Standards/regulations and
governance processes.
Manages the identification, analysis, valuation and
execution of system investments for program/project delivery and support
operations; supports the management of the execution of technology roadmaps
Proactively engage with cross functional leadership to
identify opportunities for business improvement and optimization
Support the team who manages state and federal rate cases
and regulatory proceedings (GRC, TO, RAMP, and others) planning, and testimony
development for IT as it relates to Planning/Prioritization of IT investments
Support and drive interdependency with the team who
defines and implements ongoing processes to support integrated regulatory
planning
Support the IT line organizations to understand roles and
responsibilities, process, content, deliverables and timeframes around rate
case planning to ensure alignment with Planning/Prioritizing IT investments
Manages the assessment and mitigation of risk. Analyzes,
prioritizes and consolidates this risk and assesses its potential impact to the
organization/business as well as on each project individually and within the
program as a whole.
Highly skilled in PowerPoint and Excel with ability to
develop executive level presentation materials
Utilizes various tools and techniques for estimating
costs associated with a project/program including physical, financial, and
human capital costs.
Leads the effort in creative approaches to problem
solving and quality deliverables supporting business needs
Accountable for negotiating conflicts and ensuring
identified issues are resolved.
Provides leadership and motivation to team members
Ensures that the project/program/initiative outcome
reflects the goals of the organization/business.
Monitors program results against technical
specifications.
Ensures appropriate resources are assigned to each
project/program/initiative.
Develops and manage to a set of meaningful metrics to
demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of the team on a monthly,
quarterly, and yearly basis.
Develops and manages department budgets, regularly
monitoring expenses against forecast, providing explanation or justification
for budget items and/or variances.
Identifies new partners, technologies, and delivery
channels.
Strong communication skills (oral and written) across
internal and functional areas, providing information or exchanging data
together with ability to communicate up to executive level leaders
Qualifications
Minimum:
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
Job-related experience, 10 years
Desired:
Masters Degree in Business Administration or job-related
discipline or equivalent experience
Regulatory background/experience
People Leadership experience, IT-Information Technology
and Finance
PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management
Professional certification
Ability to foster a work environment in which individuals
collaborate in pursuit of a common mission and mutual goals
Extensive knowledge of spreadsheet software, data
visualization tools,
Extensive knowledge of financial modeling methodologies
& techniques
Experience in program management, financial management,
& product/project analysis
Proficient in conceptualizing creative solutions, as well
as documenting them and presenting/selling them to senior management
Demonstrated ability to develop and manage to budgets
Demonstrated ability to explain necessary trade-offs and
balances between immediate and tactical needs or issues with PG&E leaders
Capability to track program/project benefits realization
and lessons learnt activities to feed into ongoing improvements
Experience leading teams, people, projects, and
developing people and their careers
Organized, strategically focused, detail oriented, and
able to deal with ambiguity in a constantly evolving environment
Highly collaborative, able to work cross-functionally;
possessing the ability to forge relationships and partner effectively
Utility industry experience
Lean Six Sigma Certification
Requisition Start Date:
07/07/2025
Requisition End Date:
07/06/2027
SAP Organization Unit:
CC/CRE, IT/SC, HR & Finance
Site:
Oakland
General Office (OGO) Campus
Building:
Oakland
General Office (OGO)
Posting Information
Requisition Owner:
Juanito Lara
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