Senior Program Manager – Wildfire Analytics - Portland, United States - Portland General Electric Company

Description

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We're always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

About us:

The Wildfire Mitigation & Resiliency team is at the forefront of driving resiliency and reducing risk for all hazards within our company and communities to create a safe, secure, sustainable, and reliable future. Specifically related to wildfire, we reduce this risk by creating resilience through proactive planning, analytics, technology, operational excellence, strategic partnerships, and compliance.

We are seeing a passionate and experienced Senior Program Manager to join our dynamic team. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Utility wildfire mitigation and resiliency programs.

About you, do you have:

• Experience with development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of a comprehensive program responsible for the planning, development, implementation, and execution of companywide Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS) events; wildfire mitigation & resiliency compliance program; and mitigation and resiliency projects to ensure the safety of PGE customers and communities. (Wildfire Operations Program Manager)
• Experience with development of wildfire risk modeling, risk mitigation and other T&D capital programs, weather station deployment strategies, and utility ignition management programs. (Wildfire Analytics Program Manager)

Responsibilities:

• Leading a single major project or multiple moderate projects. Types include, but are not limited to, business systems or process improvement, department reorganizations and strategy implementation, training, feasibility studies and pilots.
• Serves as a company expert on related initiatives; develops company best practices; consults with business unit leaders to ensure strategic alignment of program(s), understanding of dependencies and constraints, cost effectiveness and mitigation of negative operational and/or customer impacts of business initiatives and projects; works with project sponsor to develop objectives and scope; assists in or develops business case/justification.
• Develops or oversees development of project plan(s) including WBS, schedule and cost baselines, overall budget management, dependencies and project roles and resource requirements; identifies project risks and mitigation strategies; partners and strategizes with Supply Chain, Legal, IT, Fleet, and project sponsor on vendor contract negotiations.
• Assists leadership in developing program strategy; leads multiple major projects/initiatives in completing strategic projects. Provides staff leadership to team members; facilitates team meetings, cultivates and reinforces group values, norms and behaviors; provides guidance and motivation to team on performance and productivity issues; ensures compliance with established project management methodologies and standards; takes corrective action as needed.
• Establishes and maintains formal controls to manage and monitor project budget, scope, quality, schedule, and risks across the portfolio of projects, and overall program completion that is on time and within budget. Negotiates necessary project changes with project managers and project sponsors. Maintains, adjusts, and updates overall project and program plans as needed.
• Develops communication plans and strategies; coordinates with project managers, business unit managers and change managers to provide timely, accurate communication of project and program plans and status to internal and external stakeholders. Develops and promotes adherence to communication and reporting standards to reduce inefficiencies and potential inaccuracies resulting from developing customized communications, reports, or materials for different audiences on demand.
• Leads and/or facilitates BPI activities; assists managers and subject matter experts to identify, understand and improve or revise processes, practices and policies; assists managers in establishing process controls in order to measure baseline and post-improvement performance to monitor success of improvement initiatives.
• Acts as a change agent, systematically driving continuous improvement.
• Assists in developing program level governance to ensure standards, methodologies and policies are adhered to and proper documentation is maintained. Ensures all project documents are catalogued and archived in a secure and efficient manner; documents and files all "lessons learned" along with all project artifacts.
• Develops and maintains key relationships across the business, including with senior executives; provides subject matter expertise for project management and/or process improvement. Collaborates with, mentors and/or assists in training other PMs or leads to continually improve project standards and methodology.
• Partners and participates with customers and/or other utilities to strengthen and create opportunities to share best practices.

Qualifications

Required:

• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, business, communications, or fire science. ABET accredited engineering program preferred or equivalent experience.
• Typically, Eight or more years in related field.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of electric utility systems (general)
• Experience managing major projects in a matrixed organizational structure
• Providing oversight to other project/program managers
• Experience with a utility wildfire mitigation and resiliency program
• Experience with development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of a comprehensive program responsible for the planning, development, implementation, and execution of companywide Public Safety Power Shut-off (PSPS) events; wildfire mitigation & resiliency compliance program; and mitigation and resiliency projects to ensure the safety of PGE customers and communities. (Wildfire Operations Program Manager)
• Experience with development of wildfire risk modeling, risk mitigation and other T&D capital programs, weather station deployment strategies, and utility ignition management programs. (Wildfire Analytics Program Manager)