Head of Distributed Intelligence & Edge Platform

PG&E; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 251,000; Full time

Job summary

PG&E is seeking a Manager/Principal to serve as the product owner and technology leader for the Electric AMI Distributed Intelligence ecosystem. This hybrid role will define strategy, governance, and deployment approaches and scale DI across the meter fleet.

Expect collaboration across IT, operations, and external partners while shaping the DI roadmap. The position requires deep experience in distributed systems, edge computing, and enterprise integration, with a focus on reliability,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of relevant IT, Operational Technology, utility technology, product management, or enterprise systems experience.
• 7 years working directly with complex enterprise technology platforms, distributed systems, AMI technologies, utility operational systems, or related solutions.
• Demonstrated track record supporting complex and high-profile technical support and administration of critical infrastructure, monitoring and management systems (e.g., network, transport, systems, APM, automation, provisioning, configuration management, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, governance, and lifecycle management of PG&E's Distributed Intelligence ecosystem.
• Lead integration of Distributed Intelligence capabilities across grid operations, analytics, and enterprise systems.
• Govern application deployment, release management, platform performance, and operational readiness.
• Drive operational excellence, reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement of DI services.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and develop business cases supporting grid modernization initiatives.
• Manage vendor partnerships and influence product roadmaps to meet PG&E business objectives.
• Establish deployment governance and risk management frameworks for meter-hosted applications.
• Provide cross-functional technical leadership and stakeholder engagement across business and IT organizations.
• Represent PG&E as a Distributed Intelligence leader in industry forums, utility collaborations, and strategic technology initiatives.
• Define enterprise architecture, standards, cybersecurity, and operating models for meter-based applications and edge computing platforms.

Skills

Distributed Intelligence

Edge computing

Enterprise integration

Stakeholder engagement

Product management

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

PL/SQL

Transact SQL

SOAP

REST

XML

XSD

Kafka

Databricks

Job description

PG&E is seeking a Manager/Principal to serve as the product owner and technology leader for the Electric AMI Distributed Intelligence ecosystem. This hybrid role will define strategy, governance, and deployment approaches and scale DI across the meter fleet.

Expect collaboration across IT, operations, and external partners while shaping the DI roadmap. The position requires deep experience in distributed systems, edge computing, and enterprise integration, with a focus on reliability,