Requisition ID # 175468
Job Category: Project / Program Management
Job Level: Manager/Principal
Business Unit: Customer & Corporate Affairs
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland
Department Overview
The Customer & Corporate Affairs (C&CA) organization plays a critical role in advancing customer trust, regulatory outcomes, public policy engagement, brand reputation, and internal enterprise alignment. The Office of the President/Executive Vice President (EVP) of C&CA provides strategic direction, operating rhythm, and leadership tone for the organization.
The Office of the President team partners closely with leaders across PG&E to ensure cohesive execution, strong internal engagement, and effective external presence. This includes coordinating executive engagements, enabling high impact coworker experiences, and supporting the EVP with disciplined business operations and performance management.
Job Summary
The Principal Program Manager is a senior, execution ‑ oriented leader who operates as a key orchestrator and advisor within the Office of the President & EVP, Customer & Corporate Affairs. This role works with the Chief of Staff to support the EVP’s agenda by designing and running engagement strategies, leading complex initiatives and enabling effective execution across both internal and external arenas.
This role is intentionally broad and flexible. While individual assignments may emphasize internal coworker engagement or external executive support , the Principal Program Managers is expected to operate fluidly across both domains as business needs arise.
The role reports to the EVP’s Chief of Staff and exercises significant influence through lateral leadership, trusted execution, and strong cross ‑ functional partnerships.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland General Office once per week and based on business needs.
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.
This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
A reasonable salary range is:
Bay Area Minimum: $144,000
Bay Area Maximum: $244,000
Key Responsibilities
Executive & Organizational Engagement
Orchestrate executive ‑ level engagements on behalf of the Office of the President, spanning internal coworker forums and external engagements.
Design and run complex meetings and experiences including leadership meetings, all ‑ coworker meetings, offsites, and strategic working sessions.
Prepare briefing materials and run ‑ of ‑ show content to support executive effectiveness.
External Support & Executive Enablement
Support external ‑ facing engagements for the President/EVP of C&CA, including speaking engagements, events, site visits, and stakeholder interactions.
Coordinate preparation of talking points and briefing materials in partnership with Communications and enterprise teams.
Staff executive engagements as needed to ensure seamless execution and follow ‑ through.
Support preparation of materials for the Board and other senior forums.
Strategic Program & Initiative Leadership
Lead complex, cross ‑ functional initiatives involving multiple enterprise partners.
Anticipate issues, surface risks, and develop solutions in fast ‑ moving or ambiguous environments.
Exercise sound judgment and discretion on sensitive or high ‑ visibility work.
Business Operations, Metrics & Performance
Partner with C&CA Business Operations leadership on metrics reporting, budget attainment, and operational discipline.
Engage in problem ‑ solving related to metrics, business operations, or emerging performance issues as they…