Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Principal Product Manager

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Oakland • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $140,000 - $207,900 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead end-to-end development of PG&E-owned microgrid projects, from concept through commissioning.
  • Define project scope, design, and objectives aligned with utility goals.
  • Develop and secure consensus on detailed work plans, including schedule, cost, resources, and contingency planning.
  • Manage vendor integration, RFOs, and bilateral negotiations for third-party products and services.
  • Track performance, mitigate risks, and ensure lessons learned are captured for continuous improvement.
  • Act as primary point of contact for community microgrid project developers (CMPDs).
  • Co-develop project scope and objectives with CMPDs, ensuring compliance with PG&E technical requirements.
  • Drive successful outcomes for PG&E-community partnerships under CMEP and MIP programs.
  • Establish repeatable frameworks and processes to enable rapid scale-up of microgrid deployment.
  • Identify gaps and implement solutions to streamline project delivery and improve efficiency.
  • Lead complex cross-functional meetings and maintain alignment among diverse stakeholders.
  • Translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences and vice versa.
  • Communicate project status, risks, and strategic implications to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Represent PG&E in external forums, regulatory proceedings, and industry working groups.
  • Identify barriers to microgrid deployment and advocate for technical/regulatory innovations.
  • Contribute to shaping PG&E’s medium- and long-term microgrid vision and roadmap.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Business, Economics, Marketing, Psychology, or related.
  • 10+ years of job-related experience.
  • Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives with minimal oversight.
  • Demonstrated experience with major construction project development.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of the electric system.
  • A strong applicant will be organized and motivated, with a strong track record of success in building consensus and managing many moving parts within matrixed teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to create scalable processes for emerging technologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to be creative, versatile, efficient and productive in the face of ambiguity and change.
  • Strong verbal / written communication and presentation skills.
  • Experience mentoring or coaching peers and junior staff.
  • Working technical knowledge of overall utility electric grid design and operations, solar PV, inverters, energy storage, conventional generation, microgrid controllers.
  • Knowledge of microgrid projects and requirements relevant to various PG&E functional areas.
  • Familiarity with California utility regulations, regulatory processes and policy context.
  • Policy experience on Electric Rule 21, Wholesale Distribution Tariff, and other interconnection tariff issues.
  • Master’s in business administration, Engineering or other Advanced Degree.
  • 2+ years of experience in electrical project management in the context of utility operations.
  • Awareness and familiarity with tools / applications regularly used by electric distribution or transmission system Operators, Operating Engineers, and Planning Engineers such as: SCADA, Outage Management System (OMS), Distribution Management System (DMS), Power Flow modeling tools (e.g., CYME), Geographic Information System (GIS), operational data historian (e.g., OSISoft Pi).
Benefits
  • This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
project managementconstruction project developmentelectric system knowledgemicrogrid designsolar PVinvertersenergy storagemicrogrid controllersprocess scalabilityregulatory compliance
Soft skills
leadershiporganizational skillscommunication skillsconsensus buildingproblem-solvingcreativityversatilityefficiencymentoringpresentation skills
Certifications
Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of ScienceMaster’s in Business AdministrationAdvanced Degree