Director, GIS Program Delivery

Requisition ID # 166972 

Job Category: Information Technology 

Job Level: Director/Chief

Business Unit: Information Technology

Work Type:

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

PG&E IT is a unified organization composed of various departments which collaborate effectively to plan, deliver, and operate high quality technology solutions. The Geographic Information System Center of Excellence (GIS CoE) has the responsibility for maintaining and operating IT GIS applications that support Gas, Electric, Power Generation, IT Fiber, and other functional areas while also delivering IT projects and solutions in support of company business goals and priorities.

Position Summary

As the Director of GIS Program Delivery, you will focus your efforts on directing PG&E’s journey to modernize our GIS ecosystem under our multiyear Elevate Program. The tagline of the Elevate program is: enabling geospatial intelligence to power our future. And, as the Director of the program you will help lead internal IT and external program resources, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and application owners to drive the implementation of a modern and scalable enterprise-wide GIS.

The successful candidate will help:

• Plan for and structure the program delivery of Elevate for success with quality, scope, schedule, and budget being paramount;
• Oversee all technical workstreams for Elevate (Esri configuration/development, infrastructure, cybersecurity, architecture, data);
• Lead the technical delivery of design and several releases that will span from 2025 to 2029;
• Implement a spatial-data ecosystem that ensures consistency, reliability, compliance, customer satisfaction, and unlocks real value;
• Ensure that there is alignment of the technical solution to business objectives and changes.

The ideal candidate should have a long history of helping deliver GIS projects and programs and experience with Esri’s Utility Network (UN) Model. This position will be based at PG&E headquarters in Oakland, California.

Reporting

This position reports to the Sr. Director, GIS Center of Excellence; and will build and lead a team of project managers to execute the work.

Job Responsibilities

• Project Management Excellence : Lead multifaceted, cross-functional teams throughout an entire implementation lifecycle.
• Establish rigorous project delivery standards and oversee financials, resource allocations, vendor selections, and contract negotiations.
• Successfully execute project management methodologies that encompass planning, design, configuration, testing, training, and post go-live support.
• Ensure smooth transition of deliverables to 24/7/365 operational support.
• Verbal and Written Communication Skills : Effective in explaining complex technology solutions in clear and concise terms, establishing strong rapport in all directions, and persuading others.
• Program Risk : Proactive identification of potential implementation risks, driving the formulation and application of robust mitigation strategies, minimizing disruptions and delays, and safeguarding program timelines and objectives.
• Business Partnership : Serve as a trusted advisor to business process owners/leaders to support their mission.
• Understand the value drivers of the business and ensure technology solutions are scalable, reliable, and can expand to new operating models and processes.
• Vendor Partnership : Manage large System Integrator (SI) external vendor(s) as an extension of the IT team to ensure successful implementation and integration with existing systems.
• Support several complex contract negotiations and value-driven procurement practices.
• Experience with establishing vendor management guidelines and executing robust processes to support them.
• Financial and Resource Management : Ability to manage large program budgets (over $100M) and hundreds of resources while ensuring on-time delivery of milestones and maintaining high quality.
• Mentor and coach high-performing teams by promoting collaboration, professional growth, and a results-driven culture.
• Lead a diverse team of GIS analysts, developers, engineers, people leaders, and project managers.
• Provide continual guidance, feedback, and performance evaluations to team members.
• Technical Competence, Managing Complexity, and Driving Standardization : Innovate and introduce transformational opportunities while driving best practices, limiting customizations, and reducing reliance on third-party tools.
• Implement a vast ecosystem of data integrations/conversions/migrations/replications.
• Solid understanding of Esri architecture and how to plan releases/promote changes through development, QA, and production.

Leadership Qualities

PG&E expects its leaders to conduct themselves with the highest ethics and integrity and to embody specific leadership qualities.

Transformational Leadership

• Demonstrates a holistic view of engineering, asset, and work management and delivers a compelling enterprise vision of how technology platforms can contribute to growth and performance.
• Creates long-term goals that inspire others and demonstrate innovative thinking.
• Plots a path from the present to the future and understands what must be true to get there.

Strategic Mindset

• Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.
• Operates effectively, even when things are not certain, or the way forward is not clear.

A Leader in the Community and Industry

• Effectively builds formal and informal relationship networks inside and outside the organization.
• Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates Safety Leadership

• A safety champion in words and deeds with respect to both employee and public safety.
• Creating and maintaining a speak up culture free of retaliation.

Influences and Inspires

• Using various- communications that convey a clear understanding of the needs of different audiences.
• Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related dynamics.

Optimizes Team Performance

• Building teams with a strong identity that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Creating a climate where people are developed and motivated to do their best to help the organization.

Values Inclusion and Respects Individual Differences

• Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Fiscally Responsible

• Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
• Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Leads Ethically and in a Compliant Manner

• Sponsoring and sustaining a high integrity speak-up corporate culture which prioritizes safety, compliance, and ethics.
• Building on necessary level of industry, company, and subject-matter expertise, including laws and regulations.

Provides a High Level of Customer Service

• Building strong customer relationships and delivering hometown, customer-centric solutions.

Compensation

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.

Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range (mid-range $250K), the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors. The base compensation range for this role is $186K to $300K. This leadership role is also eligible for an annual Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP), as well as the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

• Minimum of 10 or more years of experience in progressively responsible information technology and leadership positions in relevant area of support including at least 2 years in leadership role

• 7+ years of experience in Technology/GIS leadership roles, preferably in utility, energy, or infrastructure sectors
• PMP or comparable project management certification
• Experience with 5+ large scale/full-cycle technology implementations for a utility pertaining to critical asset and particularly spatial data
• Fluency with GIS product architecture of Esri and other utility GIS applications/platforms
• Implementation of cloud-based GIS architectures and integrations
• Track record of managing multidisciplinary teams and complex technical programs
• Willingness to fully relocate to San Francisco Bay area and commute into Oakland, California office at least 3 days a week

Desired

• Master’s degree in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Knowledge of utility operations and asset management principles
• Experience in regulatory environments (e.g., CPUC, FERC, NERC)
• Proven experience with ArcGIS Utility Network, including deployment, modeling, and integration best practices
• Familiarity with relevant spatial software stack (Esri suite and data models, Schneider, Safe Software FME, Integrations with SAP, ADMS, etc.)
• Certification in GIS and/or Esri ArcGIS technologies