Principal, Compliance Risk and Consultant - Governance (Flexible Location)

Requisition ID# 169639

Job Category: Compliance / Risk / Quality Assurance

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland; Fresno; Rocklin; Sacramento

Position Summary

PG&E is seeking an experienced governance and compliance professional to serve as Governance Principal within Electric Compliance and Risk. As the Governance Principal, you will provide organizational leadership and partner closely with risk and compliance teams and other cross-functional stakeholders to elevate the effectiveness of risk and compliance forums. You will lead the management of the Risk and Compliance Committee (RCC) as a platform to surface emerging risks, regulatory shifts, and strategic topics for leadership alignment. Your work will build strong partnerships across Electric Operations, Wildfire, Engineering, and other functions to synthesize key risk and compliance topics, anticipate regulatory changes, and promote enterprise-wide trust and credibility.

In addition to leading governance forums, the Governance Principal will play a critical role in electric commitments management, ensuring that commitments are clearly owned, transparently tracked, and effectively governed. They will partner with functional leaders to strengthen commitment protocols, reinforce changecontrol rigor, and drive alignment between commitments, regulatory expectations, and enterprisewide compliance objectives. Furthermore, the Governance Principal will consult on the development and implementation of key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics, advising leaders on best practices for measuring performance and compliance, ensuring metrics are aligned with regulatory requirements and strategic goals, and promoting data-driven decision-making throughout the organization.

Through your contributions, you will advance enterprise learning, transparency, and continuous improvement,supportstrategic decision-making,andfostera culture of innovation and accountability.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of thejob posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will bebased on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience,market value, geographic location, and internal equity.Although we estimatethe successful candidate hiredinto this rolewill be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decisionwill be made on a case-by-casebasis related tothese factors.

A reasonable salary range is:

Minimum Base Salary (Bay Area) $132,000.00
Mid Base Salary (Bay Area) $179,000.00
Maximum Base Salary (Bay Area) $226,000.00

Minimum Base Salary (California) $125,000.00
Mid Base Salary (California) $170,000.00
Maximum Base Salary (California) $215,000.00

Responsibilities

Forum Leadership & Facilitation

• Curate and lead effective risk and compliance forums, including agenda design, coordination of cross-functional input, and follow-throughdecisions.

• Facilitate executive-level meetings, especially leveraging RCC, to elevate high-priority risks, regulatory obligations, and decisions for leadership alignment.

Enterprise Representation& Alignment

• Serve as the lead representative for the Enterprise Commitment Information Center (CIC).

• Ensure strong alignment and information flow between RCC and CIC, supporting enterprise-wide compliance and risk managementobjectives.

Governance & Compliance Strategy(Commitments and KPI/Metrics)

• Develop and coordinate presentation materials for management and senior executives.

• Strengthen commitment management protocols, ensuring consistency, changecontrol rigor, and integration with enterprise risk and compliance processes.

• Consultwith crossfunctional teams to develop, refine, and align KPIs, KRIs, and maturity metrics that reflect strategic compliance and riskobjectives.

• Define governance protocols for metric validation, change control, and cross-functional accountability.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent working experience

• 10+ years of relevant experience

Desired:

• Master's degree in a technicalor legal field.

• Advanced proficiency in data governance, change management, and regulatory horizon scanning.

• Demonstrated ability to build cross-functional partnerships and drive enterprise-wide initiatives.

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks and risk assessment methodologies.

• Experience developing and coordinating executive-level presentation materials.

• Strong facilitation, communication, and influencing skills.

• Knowledge of utility or energy industry drivers, issues, and trends.

• Experience working with CPUC, FERC, NERC, or similar regulatory bodies.

• Proven experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise KPI frameworks and metrics.

• Familiarityin BI tools (Power BI/Tableau) and presentation design.

Certifications & Training Requirements:

• Ongoing training in regulatory compliance, risk management, and governance best practices.

• Commitment to continuous professional development in utility industry regulations and enterprise risk management.

• Certification and Licenses:

• Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)

• Lean Six Sigma Certification.

• Project Management Professional (PMP)