Senior Program Manager

Requisition ID # 175010 

Job Category: Project / Program Management 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Gen Counsel, Ethics, Risk & Compliance

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Projects and Financial Management team within PG&E’s Government Funding Office (GFO) partners with subject matter experts across PG&E to plan, execute, and manage government‑funded awards—including loans, grants, and contracts.

The GFO administers PG&E’s $15B loan with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), delivering $1B in customer savings while maintaining strict compliance with all loan requirements.

As a member of this team, you will work closely with talented and mission-driven colleagues across Finance, Major Projects, Procurement, Environmental, Legal, and Policy to ensure successful award execution and compliance. Our work enables California’s economic prosperity while helping reduce customer costs. Together, we deliver outcomes that create long‑term value for both customers and investors.

Position Summary

The Senior Program Manager will play a critical role in identifying, vetting, and submitting PG&E projects for inclusion in PG&E’s DOE loan. This role requires the ability to collaborate effectively with Project Managers, Program Managers, Environmental teams, and Procurement partners to gather and synthesize the data and documentation required for loan and grant submissions.

In addition, this role will support continuously improving our processes for submitting DOE loan projects and ongoing compliance – and support enhancements to dashboards and AI tools.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and PG&E’s Oakland-based headquarters on business needs or company requirements. 

PG&E is providing the full salary/pay range for this position. The actual amount paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The range to reasonably expect will be around the minimum and the midpoint. The final decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to the factors above. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Bay Area Min: $105,000

Bay Area Mid: $137,000

Bay Area Max: $169,000

Job Responsibilities

• Support program management for DOE Loan project submission and compliance.
• May also support program management for grants and other government awards.
• Partner with workstream stakeholders (e.g., Project Management, Program Management, Environmental, Procurement, and other functions) to gather required data and documentation for DOE loan project submission and ongoing compliance
• Identify, vet, and submit eligible projects to the DOE loan
• Serve as a key point of contact for communicating DOE loan requirements, timelines, and expectations to internal partners
• Serve as a key point of contact for communications with DOE regarding project submissions
• Collaborate with team members to continuously improve the DOE loan project submission process
• Support the end-to-end program lifecycle, from project identification through receipt of DOE loan authorization
• Partner with the team to enhance dashboards and AI tools
• Develop recurring and ad‑hoc reports, summarize findings, and provide actionable business insights and recommendations
• Communicate findings, risks, and recommendations clearly to multiple levels of management

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 6 years of related experience or equivalent

Desired

• Experience in Project Controls, Project Management, Program Management, or similar discipline
• Experience with major construction projects and environmental permitting
• Previous experience within regulated electric or gas utility and/ or government funded projects
• Experience with Analysis for Office (AO Reports), Power BI, Salesforce, SAP, Snowflake, Microsoft CoPilot, Microsoft Dataverse, and P6
• Master’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Public Policy, Sociology, Engineering, Physics, or a related field—or equivalent experience