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PG&E

Electric and natural gas utility

Sr. Manager - FERC investigations, Location Flexible

Full-TimePosted on 10/12/2026
$143k - $257k/yr
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD
Oakland, CA, USA
HybridHybrid role with occasional travel to other PG&E service-territory facilities; travel is about 10–30%.
Risk & ComplianceRegulatory Compliance & Ethics

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
  • At least 8 years of experience with electric utility or related programs.
  • At least 5 years of experience as a program or project manager.
  • Travel to other facilities for meetings and site visits about 10–30% of the time to meet business needs.
Responsibilities
  • Direct holistic multi-year strategy for risk strategies, models, and methodologies.
  • Stand up the new Electric Compliance Assurance FERC team and transition it to steady-state.
  • Ensure a framework for implementing tools and processes to improve the quality and timeliness of reports and deliverables.
  • Determine effective department metrics to measure performance against annual or longer-term goals and objectives for time-bound projects or ongoing operational work; regularly present the department scorecard to senior management and adjust it based on business needs.
  • Develop and refine the team’s scope and processes, including how to prioritize scope.
  • Manage the team’s investigations of areas of interest for FERC compliance, including work with PG&E’s Legal team when needed.
  • Perform technical reviews of investigation reports of varying risk; manage preparation of Apparent Cause Evaluations, Workgroup Evaluations, or similar evaluations, including identifying corrective actions and gaining senior-leadership consensus to mitigate risk.
  • Manage identification and summaries of compliance-risk concerns, including forecasts of potential Notices of Violation, self-reports, or equivalent matters.
  • Manage preparation and submission of responses to data requests.
  • Prepare and present summaries of findings and risks to senior and executive leaders.
  • Own regulatory compliance for the department’s programs and work with regulators and other internal lines of business to address regulatory rule changes and update supporting processes.
  • Resolve complex organizational situations and escalations to Director-level, Vice President-level, and higher leadership.
  • Manage staff through recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and rewards and recognition.
  • Validate policy implications pertaining to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Electric Delivery.
  • Partner with functional-area compliance teams on risk-mitigation strategies affecting Federal Energy Regulatory Commission compliance.
  • Investigate potential self-reports to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Office of Enforcement.
  • Develop investigation forms for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission compliance.
  • Prepare and respond to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission data requests.
Desired Qualifications
  • A PhD or master’s degree or equivalent experience.
  • Advanced experience of 5–12 or more years in regulatory oversight, audit readiness, and leadership.
  • Deep understanding of California and federal regulatory programs related to electric operations, with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission experience preferred.
  • Knowledge of operations, maintenance, and engineering program processes and procedures.
  • Ability to prepare materials for and communicate or present highly complex findings to senior and executive leaders with clarity and gain consensus on a path forward.
  • Experience in compliance investigations, self-reports, or similar matters.
  • Strong program management, project management, internal consulting, change management, and process-improvement skills.
  • Ability to diagnose organizational problems, develop business-minded solutions, and optimize customer satisfaction.
  • Ability to partner with senior leaders across various teams.
  • Experience standing up new teams from concept through steady-state.
  • Root Cause Analysis certification, such as TapRooT, Cause Mapping, or equivalent.
  • Professional Certified Investigator certification from ASIS.
  • Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator certification.
  • Lean Six Sigma certification.
  • Project Management Professional certification.
  • Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional certification.
  • Professional Engineer license.

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PG&E is a regulated electric and natural-gas utility serving northern and central California. Pacific Gas and Electric Company generates and delivers electricity and distributes natural gas through extensive energy networks. Its customers include households, businesses, institutions, and communities across its service territory. Utility operations integrate power generation, grid and gas infrastructure, wildfire and emergency work, customer programs, engineering, and regulatory compliance. Roles span line and gas work, engineering, vegetation management, generation, customer service, technology, safety, and corporate functions.

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