Senior Manager, Digital and AI Services

Southern California Edison; Rosemead (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work flexibility

Job summary

Southern California Edison is seeking a Senior Manager, Digital and AI Services to lead enterprise digital engineering, automation, DevOps, AI-enabled platforms, and governance for reliable, scalable technology delivery.

In this hybrid role, you will drive roadmaps, manage cross-functional teams, collaborate with business and cybersecurity stakeholders, and guide modernization efforts to reduce risk while delivering tangible business outcomes across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, or related field.
• Experience leading digital engineering, automation, DevOps, AI, or enterprise technology teams.
• Experience managing technology platforms, products, or shared services using agile or product-based delivery models.
• Experience with automation, low-code, workflow, or digital development platforms, including Microsoft technologies.
• Experience with software engineering and DevOps practices, including CI/CD, testing, release management, and code quality.
• Experience implementing AI-enabled solutions, digital assistants, intelligent automation, or generative AI technologies.
• Experience operating enterprise platforms with focus on reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
• Experience establishing technology governance, standards, operating models, and best practices.
• Experience managing vendor relationships, managed service providers, and technology contracts.

Responsibilities

• Presents business case justifications, and cost and benefit analyses for IT spending and initiatives.
• Oversees the implementation of software packages and custom applications across environments.
• Manages project plans and resource loading using solid project management principles.
• Develops and monitors software development policies to ensure data accuracy, security, and compliance.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to define business requirements for technology implementations.
• Directs end-to-end lifecycle activities from analysis to deployment and ongoing support.

Skills

Digital engineering

DevOps

AI

Platform governance

Vendor management

Cybersecurity awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, or related field

Tools

CI/CD

Power Platform

Azure

Microsoft technologies

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Senior Manager, Digital and AI Services at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll lead enterprise digital engineering, automation, low-code, DevOps, mobile, and AI-enabled technology platforms that enable secure, scalable, and efficient delivery of business capabilities across the organization. Drive platform strategy, operational excellence, governance, and continuous improvement while partnering with business, technology, cybersecurity, and vendor teams to deliver innovative solutions that improve reliability, productivity, and business outcomes.

As a Senior Manager, Digital and AI Services, 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

• Presents business case justifications, and cost and benefit analyses for IT spending and initiatives.
• Steers the implementation of solutions that include software packages and custom applications, across a variety of current and future systems environments.
• Oversees project plans and resource loading plans, following solid project management principles.
• Materializes outcomes for department strategies, visions, and objectives and turn them into effectively implemented tactical plans.
• Drives roadmaps being created, maintained, and executed to keep systems patched and updated for their area of responsibility.
• Drives long-range strategy and policy development to address complex business issues and provide leadership to cross‑functional teams.
• Introduces innovative technologies, methodologies and industry trends and looks for methods to leverage and benchmark them to improve current systems.
• Develops, implements, and monitors software development policies and controls to ensure data accuracy, security, and legal and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborates with various business stakeholders to define business requirements for technology implementations across departments.
• Directs the analysis, design, implementation, deployment and ongoing support of application solutions; responsible for the full range of life cycle activities.
• 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

• Five or more years of experience supervising a team of direct reports and/or project management. Experience in leading applications portfolio management.
• Experienced with IT portfolio management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Experience leading digital engineering, automation, DevOps, AI, or enterprise technology teams.
• Experience managing technology platforms, products, or shared services using agile or product-based delivery models.
• Experience with automation, low-code, workflow, or digital development platforms, including Microsoft technologies.
• Experience with software engineering and DevOps practices, including CI/CD, testing, release management, and code quality.
• Experience implementing AI-enabled solutions, digital assistants, intelligent automation, or generative AI technologies.
• Experience operating enterprise platforms with a focus on reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
• Experience leading platform engineering, application development, mobile, or digital workplace initiatives.
• Experience establishing technology governance, standards, operating models, and best practices.
• Experience managing vendor relationships, managed service providers, and technology contracts.
• Experience delivering business value through automation, process improvement, digital transformation, or AI adoption.
• Experience working in regulated industries such as utilities, energy, financial services, healthcare, government, or critical infrastructure.
• Demonstrated success leading technology modernization, organizational change, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity, privacy, risk management, compliance, and enterprise architecture principles.
• Relevant certifications such as SAFe, Scrum, Microsoft, Azure, GitHub, Power Platform, AI, DevOps, or related credentials.

Additional Information

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set 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.
• The primary work location for this position is Rosemead, CA (GO2). However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at (alternate work location).
• Position will require up to 10% 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.

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