Principal Business Project Manager

Requisition ID# 157157

Job Category: Project / Program Management

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Enterprise Project Governance (EPG) department supports decision-making and leads governance processes, standards, and reporting for major projects ($25M and greater) and major programs ($100M and greater) across PG&E on behalf of external customers and shareholders. EPG advises the Project Review Team (PRT), comprised of company directors and other leaders, on key considerations associated with major projects and programs, including safety, risk reduction, extent of condition, environmental and community impacts, long-term financial forecasting, and alignment with company objectives. The PRT approves approximately $2.5B in capital spend annually and oversees the performance of 90+ major projects and programs. The PRT also reviews Board-level projects ($250M and greater).

EPG is responsible for driving project management best practices across the company via governance oversight of enterprise project management standards and procedures, as well as reporting for governance committees, the Senior Leadership Team, and the Boards of Directors. In addition, EPG develops performance metrics and visual controls to support effective execution of project and program related capital investment plans to improve outcomes for our customers and reduce risk to the system.

Position Summary

This position leads the Monitoring and Compliance function for Enterprise Project Governance Standards and Controls. The objective is to help drive improvement in project governance, planning, and execution across the company by measuring adherence to Enterprise Project Management Standards through a repetitive and consistent process. The nature of the work requires a high attention to detail, ability to follow up and resolve issues with cross-functional contributors, and an understanding of project management metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs). The position has broad exposure to largest projects/programs and business issues across PG&E. The role also provides the opportunity to support the implementation of practical best practice standards and tools.

The role is classified as hybrid (0-3 days per week in office), working primarily from your remote office and in-person in the Oakland General Office to attend team meetings or as business needs require.

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

A reasonable salary range is:

Bay Area Minimum: $136,000.00
Bay Area Maximum: $232,000.00

Job Responsibilities

• Leads the EPG M&C (Monitoring and Compliance) function, including planning, framework development, stakeholder management, M&C implementation, and reporting.

• Creates and maintains EPG processes and guidance documents, in collaboration with the EPG team.

• Is responsible for gathering and analyzing data, summarizing findings, as well as making recommendations on governance requirements, and driving best practice.

• Advises the EPG team on matters that support strong corporate commitment to top quartile governance.

• Provides M&C updates at EPG Operating Reviews, as well as updates to the EPG Steering Committee, and the MPPC (Major Projects and Programs Command) Center, along with follow-up activities, in collaboration with the Senior Manager.

• Supports M&C updates to Board-level and SLT (Senior Leadership Team) reporting.

• Provides M&C updates to the Project and Program Management Playbook, with continuous improvement tasks aligned to lean basic plays, and support for optimal user experience.

• Leads M&C training, change management and communications.

• Analyzes end-to-end, complex Functional Areas processes and procedures to assess compliance with M&C guidance.

• Anticipates user concerns and questions, and provides proactive, timely and professional communications or delegates as appropriate.

• Identifies, proposes, and influences solutions to address M&C challenges.

• Performs assigned activities within the annual Tactical Implementation Plan; including complex analysis and quality review of data to support problem solving and accurate reporting.

• Presents findings and makes recommendations to management or others within organization.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor's Degree (Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Communications, or related discipline) or equivalent work experience

• 10 years of job-related experience, preferably at a utility or in the energy industry

• PMP Certification

Desired:

• Strong Microsoft Office and Teams skills, including Power BI

• High attention to detail, with the ability to summarize complex information into key messages.

• Excellent research and issue resolution skills

• Demonstrated ability to abstract or synthesize from one set of ideas or facts to another, identify causal relationships, recognize missing information, and anticipate obstacles.

• Demonstrated follow up tenacity with cross-functional contributors.

• Demonstrated strong knowledge of project management best practice.

• Demonstrated history of being proactive, self-leading and producing significant, high-quality deliverables

• Experience with Power BI, monitoring/compliance tools and data management systems.

• Able to present analysis and evaluation results and output in a cohesive, understandable, and actionable format to leadership.

• Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

• Applies understanding of project management best practices, terminology, and KPIs to drive better business decisions.

• Effectively copes with change, makes decisions and acts without having complete information and comfortably handles uncertainty.

• Ability to manage disagreements or conflicts in a positive, non-abrasive manner and is comfortable interacting with individuals at all levels.

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