Requisition ID # 163914 

Job Category: Business Operations / Strategy 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

Department Overview

Utility Partnerships & Innovation (UPI) is responsible for the creation of transformative, scalable solutions to interlocking utility challenges through the development of third-party partnerships and the deployment of new technology that directly accelerates PG&E’s long-term strategy.  The Electrification & Decarbonization team within UP&I is focused on the development, creation, and implementation of transformative, scalable solutions to drive the vehicle and building electric transition. This includes regulatory, strategy development, stakeholder outreach, and program design, development, management and implementation of various infrastructure, customer incentives, rates, and future programs.

 

We focus on safety and quality, invest in our team’s success, solve problems, and strive to be better, work as an integrated team, and build trusted relationships. We collaborate and are intellectually curious. We are looking to collaborate with passionate, thoughtful people who want to make a real impact. Come join our team and help drive the transition to an electrified California.

 

Position Summary

PG&E’s Building Electrification & Efficiency Strategy (BE&ES) team is tasked with iterating and executing on PG&E’s strategy that recognizes building electrification as one of the least cost ways for PG&E to achieve a net zero energy system by 2040 – five years ahead of California’s carbon neutrality goal. Achieving this goal will require a holistic plan for PG&E to electrify buildings that supports our customers, manages energy affordability, and meets our climate goals.

 

To execute on this strategy, the BE&ES team will focus on these strategic workstreams:

Build:  reimagining how we build and plan for integrated electric and gas systems to support building electrification at scale, Create: creating a repeatable and scalable pathway to enable widespread electrification via partnerships and policy advocacy,.  Invest: investing in sustainable funding approaches that can benefit all customers to enable PG&E and California’s vision of an equitable, affordable, decarbonized, and resilient state, Serve:  working to serve the electrification customer experience in a way that inspires joy and builds trust; and,  Deploy:  strategizing how we can enable and deploy interoperable pro-electrification technologies at scale.

 

This role will lead the Build workstream, focusing on building toward optimized and integrated electric and gas system planning, to support PG&E’s building electrification strategy. The successful candidate will have strong knowledge of utility electric and gas system planning and operations to be able to work cross-functionally with internal teams to identify solutions that will increase the maturity of PG&E’s cross-commodity integrated planning, driving toward an electrified future and a managed transition of the gas system.  This work is highly cross-functional by nature and requires collaboration across PG&E, therefore we are looking for an innovative, problem solver that will be able to navigate both internal and external stakeholders building consensus and developing novel solutions.

 

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The preferred work location is Oakland, CA.

 

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. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed between the entry point and the middle of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​ This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. 

 

A reasonable salary range is:​

Bay Area Minimum: $136,000

Bay Area Maximum: $232,000

 

 

Job Responsibilities

Drive enterprise-wide strategic alignment that can enable building electrification at scale, including integration of building electrification into PG&E’s True North Strategy and ensuring that PG&E’s Net Zero Plan is integrated into BE strategy Work with internal teams such as electric distribution planning, gas system planning and strategy, gas engineering, and service planning & design to develop innovative solutions that support the advancement of building electrification including an optimized integrated electric and gas system investment plan, operational efficiencies, and improved business processes Serve as the primary point of contact for building electrification strategy in PG&E’s integrated energy planning process Support drafting and reviewing of PG&E’s regulatory comments in regulatory proceedings that impact the advancement of building electrification, including but not limited to the Building Decarbonization Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR), the Gas System Planning OIR, and the High-DER OIR. Provide supporting technical quantitative and qualitative analysis to support the design, test and evaluation of strategies Develops executive and Board level materials and presents findings and recommendations to senior leaders to gain agreement Works with senior management to drive strategic planning and decision making.

 

Qualifications

Minimum:

Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Sociology, Policy, Engineering, Physics, or other related fields or equivalent work experience Job-related experience, 8 years

 

Desired:

Advanced degree in engineering, public policy, business administration, or environmental science/energy or similar degrees Experience in a regulated environment Subject matter expertise in building electrification

 

Desired Characteristics:

Management skills and abilities: Leads and manages project teams and major cross-functional initiatives Leads business process improvements for analysis or advocacy activities Proficiency in managing multiple assignments simultaneously, prioritizing, and delivering quality results on time Can effectively communicate with credibility, confidence, and clarity on highly complex ideas to diverse audiences using a variety of media Flexibility in project communication, execution, and problem solving, particularly when coordinating across various stakeholders Handles multiple projects and stakeholders and pushes for pace with self-directed drive Demonstrates a strategic mindset to be able to see ahead to future possibilities, and translate them into breakthrough strategies  Bias toward action Innately curious Converts ambiguity into structure and coherent strategies Possesses a solutions-oriented mindset History mentoring and teaching others as well as desire to continue to do so Technical knowledge, skills, and abilities: Understanding of California regulatory context, specifically related to building electrification and decarbonization Understanding of retail and wholesale electric markets Understanding of gas system planning Experience working on a Utility General Rate Case Demonstrated understanding of regulated utility financial structures Demonstrated experience applying analytical tools, methodologies, and frameworks to business or policy issues in the electric or natural gas industries Proficiency with tools and methods for project management and continuous improvement Demonstrated experience improving processes and/or application of Design Thinking principles Experience with Lean Principles

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