Program Manager, Principal
 PG&E | |
 United States, California, Oakland | |
 Sep 10, 2025 | |
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Requisition ID# 167094 Job Category: Project / Program Management Job Level: Manager/Principal Business Unit: Electric Operations Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: Oakland Department Overview PG&E's Underground Program organization is working to reduce wildfire risk every day as we underground 10,000 miles of distribution lines. We are responsible for working across all internal teams and engaging external stakeholders to support successfully meeting our goals and reducing wildfire risk in our hometowns. We work in an exciting and fast-paced environment. Position Summary The Principal Program Manager for the Undergrounding Program helps lead a diverse and experienced team in the scoping, planning, execution, resourcing, continuous improvement, and program management of PG&E's System Hardening and Undergrounding program. This position will support all members of the Undergrounding Programs team including the Strategy, Innovations and Partnerships team, the Program Management & Analytics team, the Contracting & Commercial Strategy team, Underground Risk Team, and Community Rebuild team. This position will be an important member of the overall Undergrounding leadership team. This position will support any team needs as directed by the Sr. Director of the Undergrounding Program including in the areas of team engagement and morale, team coordination and partnership, benchmarking and partnering with numerous other PG&E departments on the 10K undergrounding mission. In particular this position will help the Undergrounding organization in three particular areas: 1) regulatory filings as a witness assistant to the Sr. Director of the Undergrounding Program where needed including the WMCE, WMP, EUP or other proceedings; 2) support for the coordination of PG&E's 10-year undergrounding plan filing (EUP), including coordinating ongoing strategic and tactical discussions with partners to support various deliverables require for filing; 3) lean operating system implementation including the shaping and management of Plans on a Page (PoPs), tactical implementation plans (TIPs), containment and countermeasure plans and others. This position will also be expected to operate as the official delegate for the Sr. Director, Underground Program on a regular basis including in external environments including benchmarking engagements, regulatory processes or customer / community communications. With big goals - 10,000 miles of distribution lines to undergrounding - and ambitious improvements expected - including driving the unit cost to around $2M per mile - this position will be critical to PG&E's success in delivering for our communities the long-term goals of the Undergrounding program. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory. The position will be required to participate in meetings and working sessions at the Dublin Innovation Center on a regular basis (approximately 2 days per week). Disclosure: PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of thejob posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will bebased on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience,market value, and geographic location. The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.This job is also eligible to participate inPG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs. Pay Range:
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