Principal Program Manager - Advanced Technology Asset Strategy

Requisition # 169276

Job Category:
Project / Program Management

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit:
Electric Engineering

Work Type:
Hybrid

Job Location:

San Ramon;
Alameda;
Alta;
American Canyon;
Angels Camp;
Antioch;
Auberry;
Auburn;
Avenal;
Avila Beach;
Bakersfield;
Balch Camp;
Bay Point;
Bear Valley;
Belden;
Bellota;
Belmont;
Benicia;
Berkeley;
Brentwood;
Brisbane;
Buellton;
Burney;
Buttonwillow;
Calistoga;
Campbell;
Canyon Dam;
Canyondam;
Capitola;
Caruthers;
Chico;
Clearlake;
Clovis;
Coalinga;
Colusa;
Concord;
Concord;
Corcoran;
Cottonwood;
Cupertino;
Daly City;
Danville;
Davis;
Dinuba;
Downieville;
Dublin;
Emeryville;
Eureka;
Fairfield;
Folsom;
Fort Bragg;
Fortuna;
Fremont;
French Camp;
Fresno;
Fresno;
Fulton;
Garberville;
Geyserville;
Gilroy;
Goodyear;
Grass Valley;
Guerneville;
Half Moon Bay;
Hayward;
Hinkley;
Hollister;
Holt;
Houston;
Huron;
Jackson;
Kerman;
King City;
Lakeport;
Lemoore;
Lincoln;
Linden;
Livermore;
Lodi;
Loomis;
Los Banos;
Lower Lake;
Madera;
Magalia;
Manteca;
Manton;
Mariposa;
Martell;
Marysville;
Maxwell;
Menlo Park;
Merced;
Meridian;
Millbrae;
Milpitas;
Modesto;
Monterey;
Montgomery Creek;
Morgan Hill;
Morro Bay;
Moss Landing;
Mountain View;
Napa;
Needles;
Newark;
Newman;
Novato;
Oakdale;
Oakhurst;
Oakland;
Oakley;
Olema;
Orinda;
Orland;
Oroville;
Palo Alto;
Palo Cedro;
Paradise;
Parkwood;
Paso Robles;
Petaluma;
Pioneer;
Pismo Beach;
Pittsburg;
Placerville;
Pleasant Hill;
Point Arena;
Potter Valley;
Quincy;
Rancho Cordova;
Red Bluff;
Redding;
Richmond;
Ridgecrest;
Rio Vista;
Rocklin;
Roseville;
Round Mountain;
Sacramento;
Salida;
Salinas;
San Bruno;
San Carlos;
San Francisco;
San Francisco;
San Jose;
San Luis Obispo;
San Mateo;
San Rafael;
Sanger;
Santa Cruz;
Santa Maria;
Santa Nella;
Santa Rosa;
Selma;
Shaver Lake;
Sonoma;
Sonora;
South San Francisco;
Springville;
Stockton;
Storrie;
Taft;
Tracy;
Turlock;
Twain;
Ukiah;
Vacaville;
Vallejo;
Walnut Creek;
Wasco;
Watsonville;
West Sacramento;
Wheatland;
Whitmore;
Willits;
Willow Creek;
Willows;
Windsor;
Winters;
Woodland;
Yuba City

Department Overview

Welcome to Electric Asset Management (EAM). We are responsible for electric system asset strategy, standards and procedures and risk management across Transmission, Distribution, and Substation asset families. Within EAM, the Distribution group delivers risk informed strategic planning and uses inspection insights and asset data to drive informed maintenance and investment decisions.

The Distribution Asset Risk Management (ARM) team-comprising Asset Failure Analysis (AFA), Asset Insights, and Inspections & Maintenance Strategy (I&M)-focuses on developing and continuously improving how PG&E monitors and maintains its assets to support a resilient, reliable grid and helps keep our communities safe.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Director of ARM, the Principal Program Manager will drive continuous improvement of ARM tools, processes, and technologies. This role collaborates extensively across the company and with external partners to evaluate new technologies, enhance operational efficiency, and integrate next generation solutions into I&M's core workflows. The ideal candidate is a datasavvy leader who thrives in fastpaced environments and seeks to make a meaningful impact on grid safety, resilience, and customer service.

The I&M team plays a critical role in managing over 2.3 million distribution wood poles and 80,000 circuit miles of primary conductor. We are continually improving on inspection procedures based on testing insights, failure analysis, and SME input. The successful candidate will serve as a strategic integrator and technology champion to deliver several transformative initiatives.

• • Asset Health Monitoring Technology Enablement: With the development of innovative new sensors and A.I./LLMs, we are reimagining the traditional maintenance approach and assessing opportunities to implement additional touchpoints and/or "continuous monitoring" on some of our assets to reduce failures and safely extend life, and to redeploy O&M resources to more surgically target known risk. You will work with PG&E's various teams and 3rd party vendors to evaluate new technologies…