Principal Manager, Systems Innovation

Southern California Edison (SCE); Pomona (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) seeks a Principal Manager, Systems Innovation to lead the development and adoption of next‑generation grid capabilities. You will partner across engineering, operations, IT, and regulatory teams to translate innovation into scalable outcomes that support reliability, affordability, wildfire risk reduction, and decarbonization.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership and cross‑functional execution.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of experience supervising a team and/or project management.
• Experience in strategy/management consulting, venture capital, investment banking, or corporate strategy.

Responsibilities

• Shapes SCE's overall strategy, leveraging analytical and creative skills to achieve business objectives.
• Directs delivery against KPIs, milestones, and contractual obligations for a portfolio of projects.
• Leads corporate development processes, including acquisitions, partnerships, and divestitures.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Business strategy

Acquisition/partnerships

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, or Business

PE license or relevant advanced certifications

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Principal Manager, Systems Innovation at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the power grid through innovation, advanced technologies, and forward‑looking strategies. In this role, you will lead the development and adoption of next‑generation grid capabilities—identifying where new technologies can deliver the greatest value and defining strategies to integrate them into SCE’s long‑term system vision. As a trusted technical and strategic leader, you will partner across engineering, operations, IT, and regulatory teams to translate innovation into scalable, real‑world outcomes that advance SCE’s objectives for reliability, affordability, wildfire risk reduction, and deep decarbonization. Your work will help ensure SCE evolves its grid to meet the demands of a clean energy future—adopting new technologies thoughtfully, strategically, and at scale. If you’re motivated by solving complex challenges and leading the transformation of critical infrastructure, this is your opportunity to help build the grid of the future.

As a Principal Manager, Systems Innovation, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• Shapes SCE's overall strategy, leveraging analytical, problem‑solving, critical thinking and creativity skills to help achieve the overall business objectives.
• Defines, articulates and adjusts corporate strategy and goals based on current and potential direction of the market, competitive landscape, and financial position of the business.
• Directs the delivery against key metrics, milestones, KPIs, and contractual obligations for a portfolio of projects to encompass expectation setting and management against quality, time and financial objectives.
• Manages all elements of the corporate development process, including target identifiction, target cultivation, strategic rationale, valuation, due diligence, negotiations, deal strategy contract management, and integration.
• Leads and oversees active corporate development processes, including acquisitions, partnerships, and divestitures, informing and partnering with internal and external stakeholders throughout the process.
• Develops and actively manages strategic acquisition funnels and pipelines at the business unit and enterprise level.
• Oversees and manages the annual strategic planning process for SCE ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
• Supports and contributes to the company's overall sustainability and ESG strategy, ensuring alignment with the company's business objectives.
• Leads and directs the creation, incubation, development, and commercialization of the company's new growth businesses.
• Designs and creates multiple innovation-led initiatives to improve workflow efficiency across the operations.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Seven or more years of experience supervising a team of direct reports and/or project management.
• Experience in strategy/management consulting, venture capital, investment banking, or corporate strategy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Engineering, Systems Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, or Business.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license or relevant advanced certifications.
• 10 or more years of progressively responsible experience in electric utilities, infrastructure‑intensive industries, advanced technology development, or system innovation, including substantial experience leading large organizations and cross‑functional teams to deliver measurable operational, financial, or strategic impact.
• Experience leading large, cross‑functional efforts with measurable operational, financial, or strategic impact.
• Experience leading business case development and investment strategies.
• Track record of technology evaluation, pilot execution, and transition to deployment or operational use.
• Experience working across engineering, operations, IT, cybersecurity, and external partners in a regulated or mission‑critical environment.
• Deep familiarity with advanced grid technologies, such as advanced sensing, AI/ML‑enabled analytics, digital twins, advanced communications, automation, DER integration, or customer‑edge technologies.
• Strong external engagement skills, including work with technology vendors, research institutions, national labs, or industry consortia.
• Ability to represent the organization in industry forums, executive briefings, or regulatory‑adjacent discussions.

Additional Information

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• Position will require up to 30% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
• Relocation may apply to this position.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at [e-mail] or [phone] and select option 2.