Senior Program Lead — Undergrounding & Risk Reduction

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Oakland (Hybrid) seeks a Manager/Principal to lead complex, cross-functional programs within the Underground Program. You will drive end-to-end planning, governance, and delivery, coordinating with Electric Operations to implement the Electric Undergrounding Plan and future-year initiatives.

The role emphasizes risk management, performance measurement, and effective governance, with a focus on safety, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or other relevant discipline.
• Eight years of relevant experience in electric construction, maintenance, service planning, compliance, financial planning or quality control/assurance.
• Knowledge of electric utility operations practices such as maintenance, estimating, design and planning.

Responsibilities

• Leads complex programs and strategic initiatives from definition through implementation, including scope, objectives, milestones, dependencies, risks, resources, governance, performance measures, and stakeholder alignment.
• Supports Electric Undergrounding Plan (EUP) implementation by coordinating cross-functional activities, monitoring commitments and risks, resolving delivery barriers, and providing clear program status and recommendations to leadership.
• Supports strategic future-year initiative planning by evaluating program needs, sequencing work, identifying dependencies and resource requirements, and translating strategic priorities into executable plans and roadmaps.
• Leads Process Confirmations to verify that program initiatives, process improvements, and countermeasures are implemented and working as intended; establishes check functions, measures adoption, evaluates effectiveness, and coordinates corrective actions when results are not sustained.
• Represents the Underground Program Management Office (UG PMO) on the CAP Review Committee and supports effective governance by reviewing proposals, assessing program impacts and dependencies, preparing recommendations, and tracking decisions and follow-through.
• Leads Value Stream Mapping for the UG PMO to identify waste, constraints, handoff gaps, and improvement opportunities; partners with process owners to prioritize, implement, and measure resulting initiatives.
• Leads departmental benchmarking by comparing performance, practices, processes, and capabilities with internal organizations, peer utilities, and relevant industry standards; identifies transferable leading practices and develops recommendations, targets, and action plans to improve program performance.
• Supports change management and communications planning for the Underground Program, including stakeholder analysis, impact assessment, engagement planning, leadership alignment, communication development, readiness assessment, adoption monitoring, and reinforcement.
• Develops and maintains program governance, integrated plans, decision logs, risk and issue management, performance dashboards, documentation, and executive-level reporting. Uses data and business analysis to track outcomes, quantify benefits, and recommend adjustments.
• Builds strong partnerships across functional teams and with internal and external stakeholders. Facilitates decision-making, clarifies ownership and accountability, and influences outcomes without direct authority while consistently promoting safe work practices.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or other relevant discipline

Job description

Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Oakland (Hybrid) seeks a Manager/Principal to lead complex, cross-functional programs within the Underground Program. You will drive end-to-end planning, governance, and delivery, coordinating with Electric Operations to implement the Electric Undergrounding Plan and future-year initiatives.

The role emphasizes risk management, performance measurement, and effective governance, with a focus on safety, stakeholder alignment, and continuous improvement across