Senior Program Manager EV
Company: Sedaa
Location: San Ramon
Posted on: May 8, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Title - Senior Program Manager (EV/Fleet expertise) Location
- Oakland, CA (Remote)
Description:
LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY, HYBRID, 2 DAYS PER MONTH CADENCE.
TOP THINGS:
Background in EV : Fleet gas to Electric
Project/program coordination
PM proven skills and technical knowledge in EV
Desired exp: Salesforce and PowerBI
Department Overview
The Clean Energy Transportation (CET) group is focused on
accelerating the adoption of clean vehicles in California and has
an ambitious goal of electrifying 3 million vehicles by 2030. CET
leads a -$0.5B portfolio of transportation electrification (TE)
programs to increase the adoption of clean vehicles in California
as we work to address one of the largest contributors to climate
change - and we need a motivated, organized strategic thinker to
help us expand this portfolio. We serve PG&E's customers by
deploying electric vehicle programs to increase access to charging
infrastructure, reduce total cost of electric vehicle ownership,
educating our customers and pursuing innovative strategies to
unlock additional benefits to EV drivers and the grid.
Position Summary
The Principal Program Manager will be responsible for establishing
core processes and laying the foundation for the launch of our
Transportation Electrification Advisory Services programs. This is
a temporary position, lasting approximately 6-8 months.
Team Overview:
Client believes that if properly managed, EVs can provide a
quadruple value stack of reliability, resiliency, affordability,
and lower GHG emissions for the grid and for our customers. The
first step in achieving that vision is facilitating the transition
to electric vehicles for our customers by simplifying the process,
educating customers on the benefits of EVs, and connecting
customers to available resources and incentives.
CET's EV Customer Programs team designs and implements client's
electric vehicle program portfolio, ensuring that these programs
serve.
Client's customers equitably, efficiently, and affordably while
enabling the achievement of ambitious clean energy transportation
adoption goals.
The Principal Program Manager will be responsible standing up our
upcoming advisory services programs aimed at providing
comprehensive guidance for customers throughout their TE journey to
enable the electrification of medium-and-heavy duty fleet vehicles.
The advisory services will include information and resources
related to site selection, fleet electrification planning, rate
selection, load management, vehicle to grid integrations, and
everything in between. The program will rely heavily on internal
cross collaboration efforts with Business Energy Solutions Account
Reps, Service Planning and Design, Distribution Planning, Vehicle
to Grid Implementation, Marketing, and IT.
The ideal candidate is highly organized, results driven, has fleet
electrification experience, or program/product management
expertise, and values customer centric approaches in developing
tools and resources.
Job Responsibilities
Benchmarking and Stakeholder Engagement: Conduct research on
existing TE Advisory programs to determine best practices and
develop coordination strategies for programs within PG&E
service territory
Process Development: Develop project and milestone timelines and
trackers. Work with CET PMO team to develop dashboards to track Key
Performance Indicators. Set-up and coordinate cross-collaboration
channels to advance cross-functional workstreams
Development of Customer Facing Products: Flesh out offerings based
on TEAS and TEF TA program decisions including making updates to
web tools, standing up internal processes. Conduct customer
interviews to gather feedback and iterate on program design.
Develop workflows and serve as the Salesforce and IT point of
contact for the development of program applications. Develops
Requests for Proposals and leads solicitation process
Communication: Communicate project scope and progress, through
written and oral communications, to CET leadership team, internal
stakeholders, and customers. Can differentiate between different
audiences and creates content accordingly. Build effective working
relationships across PG&E and external organizations to deliver
solutions to complex problems that arise during project
implementation.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Strong program development, program management and/or product
management expertise
Knowledge of existing electric vehicle and energy programs for
public-sector customers and the specific challenges these customers
face
Workload/time management skills, including the ability to work
independently and as part of a team.
Ability to develop working relationships with customers and
business partners ensuring that work plans and operations are
coordinated, aligned and support attainment of department and
company goals and objectives.
Ability to work constructively, drive progress and resolve
challenges across a large and complex organization and among
internal/external stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent. Master's degree preferred.
10 years of related work experience
Desired:
Advanced degree in public policy, business administration, or
environmental science / energy or similar
Understanding of utility/energy industry dynamics, trends, and
issues, including rate and legislative/regulatory matters and
business drivers
Subject matter expertise in transportation electrification and
advisory services
Ability to leverage strong strategic and analytical capabilities to
create compelling business cases based on complex business
environments and inputs to influence internal and external
leaders
Experience thriving in highly autonomous roles while delivering
high-impact results
Strong communication skills and experience engaging effectively
with regulators, customers, and industry stakeholders
Experience employing design thinking principles to execute on
strategy and program development
Ability to use understanding of the business to help drive
strategic decision making, and to recommend operational
improvements
Ability to lead the largest most complex projects across the line
of business supported
Adept at addressing issues with diplomacy and tact
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