What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Manager - Work Management, Project Governance and Assurance position at Southern California Edison?
Join the Clean Energy Revolution
Become a Principal Manager - Work Management, Project Governance and Assurance at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this role, you will help enable the efficient delivery of more than $4 billion annually in capital infrastructure—work that powers electrification and supports California’s clean energy goals. You will lead the enterprise standards behind execution: strengthening project governance, modernizing best‑in‑class project management processes, and elevating QA/QC across teams delivering SCE’s portfolio of transmission, substation, and distribution projects. This is a high‑visibility leadership opportunity with direct impact on how SCE plans, governs, and delivers critical infrastructure at scale.
As a Principal Manager - Work Management, Project Governance and Assurance, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?
Responsibilities
- Plays a critical role in driving strategic change and innovation within the organization. Performs as visionary leader with a strong background in project management, stakeholder engagement, work management and business transformation.
- Engages and influences senior management stakeholders to gain support and alignment for the transformation efforts.
- Ensures that the organization is ready to adopt and implement new business initiatives, technologies, or processes as part of Work Management efforts.
- Leads collaboration and coordination among team members, departments, and external stakeholders involved in the work process and management.
- Oversees the monitoring and progress against Work Mangement targets, identifies areas of improvement and makes necessary adjustments.
- Leads any change management that impacts work activities, assesses the impact of changes and communicates updates to stakeholders.
- Establishes and leads a culture of continuous improvement by soliciting feedback, gathering lessons learned and implementing process enhancements.
- A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity
Minimum Qualifications
- Seven or more years of experience supervising a team of direct reports and/or project management experience.
- Experience in utilizing business operations software and systems (for example: ERP Systems, CRM systems).
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated people leadership experience, including leading and developing managers and/or senior advisors and building high‑performing teams through coaching, clear expectations, and accountability
- Project Management Professional, QA/QC, Lean Six Sigma certifications
- Experience leading or contributing to enterprise or portfolio level project management systems and standardized delivery frameworks
- Background in quality, continuous improvement, operational excellence, or corrective action programs
- Familiarity with project governance models, stage gate reviews, and portfolio risk management
- Demonstrated ability to influence cross functional organizations without direct authority
- Experience driving change management, adoption, and organizational transitions
- Exposure to regulated, capital intensive environments (e.g., utilities, infrastructure, large programs)
- Strong systems thinking and executive communication skills, with the ability to translate insights into actionable improvements
Additional Information
- This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
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- Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
- The primary work location for this position is Pomona, CA.
- Position will require up to 20% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
- This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.
- Relocation does not apply to this position.
About Southern California Edison
The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.
Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.
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