Principal Electric Program Manager (Electric Program Management)

Location: Hybrid in Oakland, California, with 0–3 days per week in the office; attendance may be required at the Oakland General Office, San Jose Office, San Ramon Conference Center, or Dublin office.

Salary: $144,000–$244,000 annually; the expected range is from the minimum to the midpoint, $144,000–$194,000. The role is also eligible for discretionary incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global operates electric utility programs and supports large commercial customers across its service territory.

What you will do

• Lead and coordinate interconnection studies, tariff application reviews, contract development, and solutions for large-load and data center customers.
• Manage complex, cross-functional electric programs and initiatives with significant operational, financial, regulatory, or industry impact.
• Develop program strategies, work plans, forecasts, budgets, performance metrics, dashboards, and variance explanations.
• Present complex matters, recommendations, progress updates, business cases, and solutions to senior management, officers, external agencies, and stakeholder groups.
• Improve processes, procedures, policies, controls, communication, training, customer satisfaction, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Lead benchmarking, contractor procurement, resource planning, technology improvements, and implementation of new program practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• At least 10 years of job-related experience.
• Advanced program management knowledge, with the ability to work autonomously on unique and complex problems and operate effectively under ambiguity.
• Experience leading cross-functional programs, managing budgets and forecasts, developing performance metrics, and presenting to senior leadership.
• Ability to collaborate with internal departments, customers, external agencies, government relations, regulatory stakeholders, contractors, and partner organizations.
• Ability to develop strategies, business cases, communication and training plans, process improvements, and regulatory support materials.
• Ability to coach and mentor less experienced employees; the role may supervise 1–2 direct reports and lead work teams.
• Some travel may be required.

Nice to have

• Experience in electric maintenance and construction.
• PMP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with primarily remote-office work and regular in-person meetings based on business needs.
• Opportunity to work with large commercial and data center customers across the service territory.
• Participation in discretionary incentive compensation programs.
• Cross-functional collaboration with utility departments, partner organizations, external agencies, and industry stakeholders.