Program Manager - Workforce Support

Iberdrola; Town of Kirkwood (NY); On-site; USD 106,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Career advancement

Job summary

NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP in Kirkwood, NY seeks a Program Manager - Workforce Support to develop goals, manage executive reporting, and coordinate cross-functional teams ensuring workforce readiness and policy adherence. The role covers weather readiness, system planning, and staffing governance aligned with corporate priorities and budgets.

The ideal candidate demonstrates leadership, strong analytics, and communication skills, with budgeting, forecasting, and SAP reporting experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of related experience.
• Ability to prepare executive-level presentations, reports, and communications.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams.
• Experience supporting headcount planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Manage executive reporting and stakeholder communications by consolidating business updates, preparing leadership meeting materials, tracking strategic initiatives, and ensuring timely communication of key priorities and progress.
• Drive cross-functional alignment and operational efficiency by coordinating teams around shared goals, identifying organizational efficiencies, reducing duplication of effort, and ensuring consistent communication, training, and execution across departments.
• Develop program and departmental goals, performance measures, and reporting metrics that translate corporate priorities and new business initiatives into clear, measurable operating objectives.
• Support the preparation, coordination, and monitoring of weather and restoration readiness activities, including plans, resource requirements, status reporting, and follow‑up actions.
• Partner with System Planning, Projects, and other functions to coordinate interdependent business requirements, resolve issues, and support effective planning and project execution.
• Maintain program and project tracking for monthly workplan meetings, highlighting schedule, milestone, performance, risk, and action‑item status to support timely management decisions.
• Monitor adherence to applicable policies and work practices for expenditures and the use of company resources, identify exceptions or emerging risks, and support timely corrective action.
• Manage compliance with required training programs across Electric Operations, Planning, and Projects by monitoring completion, coordinating with functional leaders, identifying gaps, and supporting timely corrective actions to maintain workforce readiness and adherence to company requirements.
• Lead budget planning and performance tracking by monitoring budget‑to‑actual results, supporting forecasting, headcount planning, rate case assumptions and providing recommendations on efficiency opportunities using financial and SAP reporting data by identifying risks and variance drivers.
• Recommend process improvements that enhance reporting and governance effectiveness.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

SAP reporting

Microsoft Teams

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Program Manager - Workforce Support
Location: Kirkwood, NY
Reports to: VP, Electric Operations
Work Type: Office
The salary range for this position is based on experience level ranging from $106,000 to $132,500 plus up to 16% bonus

What We Offer:

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance‑based bonuses 12%
• 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career advancement pathways

Job Summary

This role supports NY Networks, primarily Electric Operations, Projects, Integrated Systems Planning, and Planning & Scheduling for RG&E and NYSEG. It develops goals and metrics aligned with corporate priorities, prepares executive presentations and reports, tracks programs for monthly workplan reviews, and supports weather readiness, system planning, project execution, training compliance, company policy adherence, and headcount governance through staffing analysis and vacancy tracking.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage executive reporting and stakeholder communications by consolidating business updates, preparing leadership meeting materials, tracking strategic initiatives, and ensuring timely communication of key priorities and progress.
• Drive cross-functional alignment and operational efficiency by coordinating teams around shared goals, identifying organizational efficiencies, reducing duplication of effort, and ensuring consistent communication, training, and execution across departments.
• Develop program and departmental goals, performance measures, and reporting metrics that translate corporate priorities and new business initiatives into clear, measurable operating objectives.
• Support the preparation, coordination, and monitoring of weather and restoration readiness activities, including plans, resource requirements, status reporting, and follow‑up actions.
• Partner with System Planning, Projects, and other functions to coordinate interdependent business requirements, resolve issues, and support effective planning and project execution.
• Maintain program and project tracking for monthly workplan meetings, highlighting schedule, milestone, performance, risk, and action‑item status to support timely management decisions.
• Monitor adherence to applicable policies and work practices for expenditures and the use of company resources, identify exceptions or emerging risks, and support timely corrective action.
• Manage compliance with required training programs across Electric Operations, Planning, and Projects by monitoring completion, coordinating with functional leaders, identifying gaps, and supporting timely corrective actions to maintain workforce readiness and adherence to company requirements.
• Lead budget planning and performance tracking by monitoring budget‑to‑actual results, supporting forecasting, headcount planning, rate case assumptions and providing recommendations on efficiency opportunities using financial and SAP reporting data by identifying risks and variance drivers.
• Recommend process improvements that enhance reporting and governance effectiveness.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare executive‑level presentations, reports, and communications.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and TEAMs.
• Experience supporting headcount planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance analysis activities.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Utility industry experience
• SAP reporting experience

Company: NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP

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Job Posting End Date: November-30-2026

About Us

We are one of the main energy companies in the world, a leader in renewables, which champions the energy transition towards a low‑emissions economy. We supply energy to nearly 100 million people in dozens of countries and develops its renewable, network and commercial activities in Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil and Australia and maintains markets such as Japan and Poland, among others, as growth platforms.

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