Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Engineering, Business, or Information Technology., Extensive experience in program or project management, especially in the energy or utility sector., Strong understanding of electric operations, grid infrastructure, and related IT systems., Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills..

Key responsibilities:

Manage the portfolio of IT projects supporting Electric Operations, including distribution, transmission, and substations.

Lead and coordinate project managers, track project delivery, and ensure business outcomes are met.

Forecast future IT demand and support business planning and rate case preparations.

Oversee IT project initiation, funding, staffing, and contract activities, maintaining communication with senior management.

Job description

A seasoned Principal Program Manager to support the portfolio of all IT projects that support the Electric Operations team

Manage the portfolio of all IT projects that support Electric Operations
- Distribution
- Transmission
- Substation - up through the handoff to Construction, plus select high profile projects in support of Gas and ongoing Electric Operations

Key current project responsibilities are:
- Substation design engineering (two projects)
- Joint Pole and tenant pole compliance with CPUC Decisions (two projects)
- Integrating grid monitoring sensors into systems of record (GIS; SAP)
- Monitoring health for key substation equipment and predicting potential failures
- Integrated Grid Planning for Electric and Gas: optimizing future investments in the energy grid.

Manage project managers for these applications
- track delivery
- review deliverables
- ensure focus remains on business outcomes
- monitor financials
- coordinate with key business project stakeholders.

NOTE: Portfolio consists of three programs: Electric Work Management; Asset Management; Investment Planning.

Forecast future demand:
- Lead role in future year business planning (BPD) for IT work for Electric Operations, Asset Management, Investment Planning
- Support General Rate Case preparation for IT portfolio for Electric and related future IT work.
- Forecast ongoing IT support costs for projects once they transition to fully operational
- Work with business partners to define future IT work they will be requesting.

Handle IT project initiation process:
- funding approval and transfer;
- approval from PROPEL and ELEVATE;
- required assessments and approvals;
- identify project staffing needs and find staff.

Lead contract activities in support of projects: from initial vendor SOW creation through negotiations(jointly with Sourcing), management approvals, and the mechanics of actually completing the contract and generating the Purchase Order.