Expert, Program Manager: Distribution Inspections & Maintenance Strategy (Flexible location)

Requisition ID # 175115  Job Category: Project / Program Management  Job Level: Individual Contributor Business Unit: Energy Delivery Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cotati; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Houston; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Pleasanton; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Washington; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City     Department Overview   Welcome to Electric Asset Strategy (EAS). We are responsible for asset strategy, standards, procedures, and end-to-end risk management for 2.3 million structures across the electric distribution system. We deliver risk-informed strategic plans that leverage inspection insights and asset data to guide maintenance and investment decisions.   The Distribution Asset Risk Management (ARM) team—comprising Asset Failure Analysis (AFA), Asset Insights, and Inspections & Maintenance Strategy (I&M)—focuses on continuously improving how PG&E monitors and maintains its assets to support a resilient, reliable grid and help keep our communities safe.   Position Summary   The Program Manager, Expert will lead the development, implementation, and financial stewardship of I&M strategy programs for PG&E’s electric distribution assets. The role will translate regulatory requirements, asset condition insights, risk analysis, budget planning, accounting considerations, and operational constraints into executable multiyear strategies and work plans that improve safety, reliability, compliance, affordability, and risk-spend efficiency.   This position requires strong accounting, financial analysis, investment planning, and practical AI literacy to develop defensible budgets, forecasts, business cases, and funding recommendations. The successful candidate will play a leading role in Business Plan Deployment (BPD); annual and multiyear investment planning; cost and variance analysis; prioritization of competing capital and expense needs; and reconciliation of program scope, unit costs, work volumes, and financial outcomes. The role will use approved AI tools responsibly to accelerate research and synthesis, analyze structured and unstructured information, test assumptions, draft and quality-check work products, and