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ACTUAL TITLE: Principal Program Manager-IT Investment Management REQ ID# 166049 (TO MAINTAIN CANDIDATE OWNERSHIP: PLEASE DO NOT ASK YOUR CANDIDATES TO APPLY DIRECTLY TO CLIENT'S CAREER PAGE UNTIL THEY ARE SELECTED FOR INTERVIEWS)

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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