Requisition ID # 146022
Job Category: Project / Program Management
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Information Technology
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland
Department Overview
The Enterprise Data Science Organization (EDSO) is both a “Delivery” team that is a sophisticated practitioner of data science and a “Center of Excellence” team that supports other practitioners in an enterprise-wide, Hub & Spoke analytics functional model.
As a Delivery team, EDSO uses industry leading data science and change management practices to drive PG&E’s transition to the sustainable grid of the future. EDSO works cross-functionally across the company to enable data driven decisions applying analytics, as well as improvements to relevant business processes. Deployed to some of PG&E’s highest priority arenas, EDSO does not specialize in a traditional utility domain, such as asset management or program administration, but instead specializes in extracting useful insights from disparate data sets and facilitating actions informed by these insights.
As a Center of Excellence team, EDSO listens to the needs of practitioners across the company, along with emerging industry practices, and builds standards, processes, tools, knowledge, and best practices that meet the current and future needs of the enterprise.
This team works on a wide variety of difficult problems, offering great variety in the work, and constant opportunity to explore and learn. Current and past engagements include:
- Creating wildfire risk models that are used by regulators and the utility to prioritize asset management
- Developing computer vision models that improve, accelerate, and automate asset inspections processes
- Predicting electric distribution equipment failure before it occurs, allowing for proactive maintenance
- Forming the analytical framework behind PG&E’s Transmission Public Safety Power Shutoff
- Optimizing non-wires alternative resource portfolios, like the Oakland Clean Energy Initiative, including location and resource adequacy considerations
- Analyzing customer demographic, program participation, and SmartMeter interval data to build program targeted propensity models, e.g. for customer owned distributed energy resource technologies
- Identifying and investigating anomalous customer natural gas usage, in order to resolve dangerous customer side leaks
Position Summary
The IT Project Manager for the EDSO Data Science Portfolio is responsible for the concurrent management of several data science and advanced analytics complex projects. This portfolio of projects is delivered by the central (i.e. “Hub”) data science organization. These projects are one-time, multitask jobs that have clearly defined start and end dates, a specific scope of work, a budget, required resources, and a specified performance objective to be achieved.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Coordinates current EDSO data science/algorithm delivery projects
- Explores new venues of work or partnership with business/functional areas across the company
- Engages in company-wide as well as function-focus portfolio development and decision-making processes
- Delivers actions and recommendations that impact achievement of department goals
- May act as a team lead and/or coach to developing employees
- Responsible for leading one or more projects typically between $100,000 – $10,000,000
- Gathers, defines, and documents project requirements
- Clearly defines and communicates roles, responsibilities, and expectations for all members of a variety of project teams
- Obtains and defines staffing requirements and forms project teams
- Independently plans all associated work to meet project goals
- Provides direction and leadership to project management analysts and schedulers
- Develops metrics, procedures, objectives, and methods to assess project progress while utilizing established standards and quality objectives
- Conducts project kick-off meetings
- Communicates individual project roles and expectations
- Ensures that all project team members have the tools and training necessary to perform effectively
- Records, tracks, and communicates issues, risks, changes, and status reports within a PG&E standard tool
- Accurately and consistently forecasts project resource, material, and contract costs within a standard PG&E tool(s)
- Drives all project related tasks to completion
- Develops and maintains up-to-date detailed project schedules and work plans
- Monitors critical project milestones, and identifies ways to resolve schedule issues
- Coordinates any required contract work within defined PG&E policy
- Conducts and site visits as necessary
- Assesses project performance and implements changes as necessary to ensure the projects remains within specified cost, schedule, scope, and quality objectives
- Communicates status of all projects to stakeholders and management
- Develops and maintains a productive working relationship with project sponsors, vendors, and key clients
- Resolves problems of project specific scope within procedural guidelines
- Exercises independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance with moderate scope and complexity
- Prepares all project documentation for closure, storage, and possible auditing activities, ensuring technical accuracy
- Consistently demonstrates advanced knowledge and technical competence
- Functions in a process-oriented environment
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 would not anticipate that the individual hired into this role would land at or near the top half of the range described below, but the decision will be dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.
A reasonable salary range is:
Bay Area Minimum: $144,000.00
Bay Area Mid-point: $194,000.00
Bay Area Maximum: $244,000.00
&/OR
California Minimum: $137,000.00
California Mid-point: $184,000.00
California Maximum: $232,000.00
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 Relationship
This position reports to the Director, Enterprise Decision Science/Data Science (EDSO) Products.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Minimum: BA/BS in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience
Desired: Advanced degree in Computer Science, Business, or equivalent
Experience
Minimum: 8+ years’ experience managing one or more complex IT product/software development cycles/projects. Experience with IT professional service agreements and materials logistics
Desired: Experience working in a PMO environment as Project. Lead or Project Manager for highly complex projects
License/Certification
Minimum: Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI.
Desired: Certification from an accredited program (e.g. Stanford Advanced Project Management Certificate Program, etc.) or equivalent.
Supervisory Responsibility
Often serves as a technical coach, trainer, or mentor for others. Recognized as “go to” expert among peers. Acts as lead on IT cross-functional projects/initiatives
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Minimum:
- Advanced and expert understanding of project management principles and methodologies
- Understanding of PG&E’s business, and IT strategies and objectives
- Workforce planning and resource management skills
- Ability to function and manage in a matrixed environment
- Understanding of IT roles and responsibilities at PG&E
- Excellent communication (oral and written) and collaboration skills
- Skill inventory and database experience
- Financial Acumen, team player, makes agreements
- Proficiency in negotiation and risk management
Desired:
- Skilled in using the following programs – HP Project and
- Portfolio Management Center (PPMC), IT Methodology, Microsoft Office Suite
Purpose, Virtues and Stands
Our Purpose explains “why” we exist:
- Delivering for our hometowns
- Serving our planet
- Leading with love
Our Virtues capture “who” we need to be:
- Trustworthy
- Empathetic
- Curious
- Tenacious
- Nimble
- Owners
Our Stands are “what” we will achieve together:
- Everyone and everything is always safe
- Catastrophic wildfires shall stop
- It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E
- A healthy environment and carbon-neutral energy system shall be the reality for all Californians
- Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors
More About Our Company
EEO
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition, protected veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the job.
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