Program Manager, Expert

PG&E; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary incentive compensation programs

Job summary

PG&E is seeking an Expert Program Manager in Oakland, California, to lead initiatives in transmission engineering reliability. This hybrid role involves collaborating with engineers and stakeholders to drive improvements in outage response and system resiliency.

The candidate should possess strong program management skills and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, ideally in electric transmission systems. PG&E offers competitive salaries and collaboration across diverse functional areas.

Qualifications

• 8 years of job-related experience.
• Experience with electric transmission systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead scoping, planning, execution, and sustainment of initiatives.
• Develop work plans, schedules, and reporting routines.
• Facilitate Problem Solving discussions and track progress.

Skills

Cross-functional program leadership

Program management discipline

Problem-solving

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Requisition ID# 173060

Job Category: Project / Program Management

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Fresno; West Sacramento

Department Overview

Transmission Line Engineering designs and supports the safe, reliable, and resilient operation of PG&E's electric transmission system. The department is responsible for transmission line engineering solutions that support capital projects, maintenance work, emergency response, regulatory commitments, and long-term grid reliability. The team partners closely with Maintenance & Construction, Asset Strategy, Protection, Operations, and other functional areas to identify system needs, develop practical engineering solutions, and support timely execution.

The Transmission Line Engineering Reliability team is a developing team focused on improving transmission system reliability through data-informed engineering, outage learnings, proactive risk identification, and targeted reliability improvements. The team will support both reactive outage response and proactive reliability planning by helping identify where transmission line conditions, asset health, clearances, protection performance, or recurring outage drivers may require action.

Position Summary

The Expert Program Manager will help stand up and lead key transmission engineering reliability initiatives for the Transmission Line Engineering Reliability team. This role will partner closely with transmission line engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to scope, develop, deploy, and sustain programs that improve outage response, reduce reliability risk, and strengthen the resiliency of PG&E's electric transmission system.

The initial focus of this role will include leading program management for transmission system modeling and analysis efforts that support Public Safety Power Shutoff scoping, outage response, risk identification, clearance and asset-condition analysis, and reliability-focused engineering solutions. The role will help translate technical analysis into actionable work plans, stakeholder alignment, resource plans, leadership updates, and measurable outcomes.

The successful candidate will have strong program management discipline, sound judgment, and the ability to operate in an evolving team environment where priorities, processes, and operating rhythms are still being developed. The candidate should be comfortable working across engineering, Maintenance & Construction, Asset Strategy, Protection, Operations, Reliability, contractors, and leadership to define problems, align stakeholders, remove barriers, and drive work to completion.

This position is hybrid, reporting to the assigned office 1-2 days per week, or as needed. This position may require travel for on-site meetings and may also require occasional irregular work hours to meet deadlines.

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 towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.

Bay Area Minimum: $129,000

Bay Area Mid: $168,000

Bay Maximum: $207,000

California Minimum: $123,000

California Mid: $160,000

California Maximum: $197,000

This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead scoping, planning, execution, and sustainment of transmission engineering reliability initiatives
• Develop work plans, schedules, milestones, targets, and reporting routines to manage initiative progress and outcomes
• Facilitate Problem Solving discussions and track progress
• Lead Waste Elimination efforts for Transmission Engineering and report out on progress
• Escalate missed attainments as needed, support catch back and containment plans
• Develop partnerships and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance and adequate resourcing
• Lead creative resolution of program risks and issues identified
• Ensure appropriate documentation governance, as necessary
• Lead of random quality checks/reviews
• Responsible for proactively managing regional compliance and escalating exceptions
• Facilitates all data request responses/responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Job-related experience, 8 years

Desired

• Experience with electric transmission systems, utility operations, maintenance, construction, asset management, or grid reliability work.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional programs from concept through implementation and sustainment.
• Experience developing work plans, schedules, milestones, performance targets, executive updates, and program governance routines.
• Familiarity with transmission line design, clearance analysis, PLS-CADD modeling processes, digital twin concepts, or related engineering tools.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to translate technical information into clear recommendations, decisions, and leadership updates.
• Demonstrated ability to build partnerships with internal teams, external stakeholders, contractors, and technical subject matter experts.
• Strong facilitation, problem-solving, organization, and follow-through skills in an evolving work environment.
• PMP certification, MBA, engineering background, or experience in a quantitative, analytical, compliance, quality, or continuous improvement discipline.