Requisition ID # 175465
Job Category: Project / Program Management
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Energy Delivery
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland; Pleasanton
Department Overview
The Gas Strategy Execution department shapes the long-term direction of PG&E’s natural gas system to ensure it remains safe, reliable, affordable, and aligned with California’s decarbonization goals. We translate policy, regulatory, and system needs into actionable strategies and investment plans that guide how the gas system evolves over the next decade and beyond.
Our team leads PG&E’s True North Strategy for Gas, integrating engineering, planning, operations, regulatory, and policy perspectives to inform system level decisions. We focus on:
- Developing long range gas system strategies and 10-year plans
- Identifying cost effective risk reduction and affordability opportunities
- Advancing methane reduction, RNG, hydrogen, and other decarbonization strategies
- Supporting load growth and system capacity needs, including large and emerging customers
- Establishing governance and prioritization frameworks to ensure investments deliver measurable value
Position Summary
The Senior Program Manager develops and maintains the portfolio that supports large load growth on PG&E’s gas distribution system, with a primary focus on data centers and other emerging high-load commercial and industrial customers. The position will also monitor project progress against key milestones, identifies risks and barriers, tracks performance metrics, and facilitates recurring operating reviews to drive accountability, escalate issues, and align cross-functional stakeholders on priorities and actions. The role provides leadership with visibility into customer demand, project status, infrastructure requirements, resource needs, and emerging risks.
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The role also develops and implements strategies, processes, governance structures, and infrastructure planning initiatives necessary to address increasing demand associated with data centers and other large commercial and industrial customers. The individual leads cross-functional teams, influences organizational priorities, evaluates infrastructure readiness, develops business cases, and provides strategic recommendations to leadership.
Location is flexible between Oakland and Pleasanton HQs, please note hiring leader will make final decision of what are appropriate headquarters for the role based on business need.
Position will require up to approximately 10% of travel time in work schedule.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory (Oakland or Pleasanton). 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 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:$105,000
- Bay Area Maximum:$169,000
This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
Job Responsibilities
- Applies advanced knowledge of Program Management to moderate to complex assignments and established programs. Works independently on most issues. Receives guidance from manager. May participate in the development of new programs.
- Manage programs, monitor and track work to ensure timeliness, quality and overall program budget.
