Director, Government Grants, Loans & Contracts Administration

Company

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest utility companies in the United States. Based in Oakland, the company is part of PG&E Corporation.

There are approximately 29,000 employees who carry out Pacific Gas and Electric Company's primary business—the transmission and delivery of energy. The company provides natural gas and electric service to approximately 16 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and central California.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and other energy companies in the state are regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. The CPUC was created by the state Legislature in 1911.

PG&E service area stretches from Eureka in the north to Bakersfield in the south, and from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Sierra Nevada in the east.  108,000 circuit miles of electric distribution lines and 18,000 circuit miles of interconnected transmission lines.  44,000 miles of natural gas distribution pipelines and 6,300 miles of transmission pipelines.  PG&E serves 5.6 million electric customer accounts. 4.6 million natural gas customer accounts.

Culture, Purpose, Stands – PG&E seeks to have leaders who embrace and support our safety culture, who are inspired by our virtues and who seek to deliver on our stands.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition, protected veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the job.

Department Overview

The Ethics, Risk and Compliance Department (ERC) provides integrated enterprise infrastructure, governance, guidance, oversight, and legal advice and counsel to help PG&E effectively manage enterprise and operational risks and conduct business with high ethical standards in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, procedures, and commitments.

ERC collaborates cross-functionally to provide governance, legal and technical analysis, as well as independent assessments related to risk and compliance for all functional areas within PG&E. This collaboration results in a broader awareness of risk, novel approaches to risk mitigation and controls, and improved compliance performance, to support a speak-up culture and accountability that are essential for future success. In addition, ERC ensures company strategy aligns with risk management best practices and is executed in accordance with the evolving regulatory landscape.

To ensure PG&E is meeting our compliance, risk, safety, and legal commitments, the department manages relationships and coordinates with key stakeholders and regulators and collaborates with cross-functional internal teams to promote insight and continuous improvement.

ERC fosters a culture of transparency that promotes the company’s Purpose, Virtues and Stands, so ethics, risk and compliance are central to our decision making. When behaviors are contrary to standards and expectations, ERC ensures deviations are investigated and addressed promptly in a transparent and equitable manner, and corrective actions are identified and implemented.

Position Summary

The Director, Government Grants, Loans & Contracts Administration leads a team responsible for developing and providing strategic direction and leadership for enterprise policies to ensure compliance with contract requirements.  This includes developing strong partnerships with other organizations with appropriate procedures, processes and tracking methods for operational and compliance government contracting activities. Oversees the reporting and governance process and provides insights to confirm the company is meeting all commitments and reducing risks related to government contracts. 

Reporting Relationship

The Director is a newly created role that reports to the Chief Risk Officer and Senior Vice President of Ethics and Compliance;  and will build and lead a team to administer Government Contracts as it relates to the Department of Energy’s Loans and Grants.

This position is a hybrid role, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a multi-year program and organizational strategy to ensure government award agreements, including contracts, grants, loans, and other funding agreements, are effectively managed and in compliance with all associated requirements.
• Lead a robust cross-functional program to manage the end-to-end lifecycle of government award agreements
• Develop comprehensive reporting capabilities for internal and external compliance, including standardized deployment of effective processes, guidance, tools and systems.
• Shape and improve government contract compliance governance and performance by providing key insights to decision makers.
• Leverage second and third lines of defense, including internal audit, enterprise compliance, and enterprise risk programs to implement risk-informed enterprise monitoring, detection, prevention and response efforts related to government contracting.
• Develop and implement government contracting management policies and general operational and compliance tracking.
• Benchmarking best practices within and outside the utility industry.
• Establish and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) that help monitor the progress of the company’s government contracting program and demonstrate a culture aligned with meeting our commitments.
• Help maintain oversight process with appropriate risk controls to ensure the enforcement of applicable policies and procedures.

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, finance, or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

Desired

• Experience managing government contracts such as grants and loans
• Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)
• Master’s Degree in business administration, finance, or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• 10 years of successful professional experience with risk management, compliance management, audit, insurance, and/or utility operations management
• Proven track record of successful leadership experience, leading and developing strong teams

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. 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.  To that end, we estimate the base salary would be between $175K to $295K; the Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP) target is 20%; and the Long Term Incentive Program (LTIP), dependent on VP level experience that we will discuss further if there is a fit.

Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.

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