Requisition ID # 173131 Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations Job Level: Director/Chief Business Unit: Strategy & Growth Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: Oakland Department Overview The Strategy and Growth functional area is dedicated to long-term strategic and infrastructure planning. With electricity demand expected to double over the next 15 years, we’re building an energy system of the future for the world’s fourth-largest economy. It includes Energy Policy and Procurement, Strategy and Innovation, Integrated Long-Term Planning, and the Commercial Growth Organization. Position Summary The Director, Speed to Power—Flexibility Solutions is responsible for leading strategic initiatives that optimize and accelerate interconnection timelines, minimize uncertainty, and reduce execution risks across all commercial sectors. This Director’s experiences and integral involvement with large-scale energy customers will be the critical inputs to develop those strategic initiatives that enable a flexible prioritization of how the energy load is delivered. Developing programs that enable several delivery systems, such as on-site storage, software management, etc., accelerates access to power. This Director will understand how these “flexible load” methods can bypass queue bottlenecks while preventing rate hikes. The Director will work cross-functionally to ensure that flexibility-based strategies are seamlessly integrated across planning, engineering, and delivery, while maintaining a strong focus on customer outcomes and long-term grid resilience. The Director oversees, coordinates, and supports multifaceted projects to streamline approvals, interconnection processes, and ensure efficient project execution. 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. Reporting The Director, Speed-to-Power—Flexibility Solutions will report to the Senior Vice President, Commercial Growth Organization; and will build the team necessary to execute the mission. Job Responsibilities <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Accelerate In-Service Dates (ISDs) by enabling customers to connect ahead of full network build out using interim, flexible solutions.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead commercialization and go-to-market efforts for flexibility solutions that unlock grid capacity and improve speed-to-power for large loads. <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Responsibilities include planning, needs analysis, capturing voice of customer, establishing commercial terms, customer outreach, negotiations, and ensuring operational readiness and high-quality service.</li> </ul> </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Collaborate across teams to develop, test, and implement flexibility-based connection strategies. This includes launching and scaling programs such as FlexConnect (distribution) and T Flex (transmission) that allow customers to adjust load profiles to avoid network constraints until upgrades are completed.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Enable successful project execution by coordinating activities across planning, engineering, and delivery teams to enhance project health and speed-to-power outcomes.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Monitor and report on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to interconnection timelines and grid flexibility, providing actionable insights to senior leadership and stakeholders.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Identify regulatory and policy barriers affecting speed-to-power initiatives and advocate for solutions through engagement with industry groups, regulators, and government agencies.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Develop and manage risk mitigation strategies to reduce execution uncertainty and ensure compliance with safety and reliability standards throughout project delivery.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">This role requires regular travel throughout our service territory to support customer engagement, strengthen cross-functional collaboration, and provide on-the-ground coordination needed to advance projects, address challenges, and drive successful implementation of flexibility and interconnection solutions.</li> </ul> Key Competencies: <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strategic problem solving and analytical thinking to address complex energy and infrastructure challenges.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Adaptability and resilience in dynamic regulatory and operational environments.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Collaboration and partnership-building across internal and external stakeholders.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Effective project planning, prioritization and execution under tight deadlines.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Demonstrated expertise in grid flexibility, interconnection, distributed energy solutions and large-scale project delivery.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive complex initiatives.</li> <li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Expert knowledge of California Public Utility Commission General Orders GO 95, 128 and 165 requirements and bargaining unit contracts.</li> </ul> Background Qualifications Minimum <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Bachelors Degree in Business Administration or job-related discipline or equivalent experience.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">8 years of job-related experience.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">8 years of progressive leadership experience.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">5 years of utility/construction/urban planning experience including experience with service planning, estimating, project management, technical customer service, and/or other relevant experience.</li> </ul> Desired <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Master’s degree in Business Administration, Policy, Energy Management or related fields, is highly desirable.</li> <li style="margin:2.1pt 6.7pt 1.0 E-4pt 0.0px;text-align:justify;line-height:92%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'Arial Narrow', sans-serif">9 years prior supervisory/managerial experience of geographically dispersed teams</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Experience managing bargaining unit employees</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lean Six Sigma (LSS) certification, Green or Black Belt.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Construction management certification.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Project management professional – PMP.</li> </ul> Leadership Qualities PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities. Strategic Mindset <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.</li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Operates effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.</li> </ul> A Leader in the Community and Industry <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.</li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders.</li> </ul> Demonstrates Safety Leadership <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.</li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Creating and maintaining a speak up culture free of retaliation.</li> </ul> Influences and Inspires <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.</li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.</li> </ul> Optimizes Team Performance <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Building teams with a strong identity that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.</li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.</li> </ul> Values Inclusion and Respects Individual Differences <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.</li> </ul> Fiscally Responsible <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.</li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.</li> </ul> Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes safety, compliance, and ethics.</li> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.</li> </ul> Provides a High Level of Customer Service <ul style="margin-top:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in" type="disc"> <li style="color:black;text-align:justify;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:0.0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Building strong customer relationships and delivering hometown, customer-centric solutions.</li> </ul> Compensation 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. We estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed within the reasonable compensation range of $195,000 to $264,000. The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis. This leadership role is also eligible for an annual Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP) award, as well as the Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) grant.

Director, Speed-to-Power, Service Planning & Design (Oakland, CA, US, 94612) @ Pacific Gas And Electric Company

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