Program Manager

Location: Hybrid/Mostly Remote – Open to local and non-local candidates; PG&E service territory preferred
Pay Rate: $99/hr
Duration: Through 12/31/2026
Schedule: Full-time, mostly remote with occasional onsite requirements at the Oakland General Office based on business needs

About the Role:
PG&E is looking for a Senior Program Manager to help develop and implement a Project Quality Review Program supporting Major Projects and Programs. This role will partner with Enterprise Project Governance (EPG) to establish a repeatable quality assessment process that evaluates project and program management deliverables before Governance Review Board (GRB) reviews.

The ideal candidate has advanced project/program management experience, strong project governance and controls knowledge, and experience with quality reviews, documentation assessments, process mapping, and executive-level governance. Utility industry experience is strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and document a standardized project quality review and governance readiness process
• Establish review methodologies, governance procedures, scoring criteria, reviewer instructions, and reporting standards
• Assess project and program documentation against PG&E project management standards
• Independently review scope management, change control, RACI, project charters, business cases, project management plans, schedules, cost forecasts, risk registers, resource plans, and other project controls documentation
• Evaluate and validate existing project controls documentation review checklists and scoring methodologies
• Identify gaps in project management, controls, documentation, and governance deliverables
• Recommend improvements to review methodologies, scoring models, checklists, and governance processes
• Conduct governance readiness reviews prior to GRB submissions
• Provide practical recommendations to project teams to improve readiness before formal governance reviews
• Track recurring gaps and identify portfolio-wide opportunities for process improvement
• Prepare quality assessment summaries, findings, and executive-ready reports for EPG leadership
• Identify systemic issues, trends, and improvement opportunities across the Major Projects portfolio
• Support presentations and reporting to executive leadership and governance bodies
• Help transition the quality review function into a sustainable EPG operating model

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of related project/program management experience
• Advanced knowledge of Project or Program Management
• PMI certification required
• Experience reviewing project controls deliverables, governance documentation, project readiness, or quality assessment materials
• Strong understanding of project controls, including scheduling, cost management, risk management, scope management, change control, resource management, and performance metrics
• Experience developing governance frameworks, standards, procedures, checklists, scoring models, or assessment methodologies
• Strong process mapping and process definition experience
• Strong project documentation quality control experience
• Ability to communicate findings and recommendations to various levels of management
• Experience supporting or facilitating executive reviews and governance decision-making
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects with demanding timelines
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills
• Experience with project health assessments, audits, stage-gate reviews, quality assurance reviews, or governance readiness reviews preferred
• Experience with Board-level or executive-level capital project governance preferred
• Knowledge of estimating practices and Earned Value Management (EVM) principles preferred
• Utility industry experience strongly preferred

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