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Principal Compliance Risk and Consultant, Governance and Strategy - Location Flexible

PG&E
United States, California, Oakland
Mar 12, 2026

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 risk and compliance professional to serve asGovernance and Strategy Principalwithin Electric Risk and Compliance. This role serves as astrategic enterprise leader responsible for shaping and elevating the most important risk and compliance topicsfor senior leadership consideration. ThePrincipalstewards'enterprise standards, narratives, and reporting frameworks that translate complex compliance, risk, and performance information intoclear,decision readyinsightsfor executive andofficer levelforums.

The Governance and Strategy Principalproactivelyshapethe enterprise risk and compliance agenda,anticipatingemerging risks, regulatory changes, andcross functionaldependencies to ensure leadership focusremainson material risks and strategic outcomes. The role leads theRisk and Compliance Committee (RCC)as a key governance forum to surface, frame, andalign onpriority issues requiring leadership awareness or decision.

Through close partnership with Electric Operations, Wildfire, Engineering, and other functions, thePrincipalsynthesizes diverse inputs into cohesive,enterprise levelnarratives, supporting alignment, leadership confidence, andtimelydecision making. Through these contributions, the role advances enterprise learning and transparency and reinforces a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

The selected candidate must live within PG&E's service territory.

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

  • Shape agendas for risk and compliance forumsfocusleadership discussion on highpriority, enterpriserelevant risks and compliance topics.
  • Lead executivelevel forums, including the RCC, to surface emerging risks, regulatory themes, and strategic issues requiring leadership alignment or action.

Enterprise Representation & Alignment

  • Serve as the enterprise lead for the Commitment Information Center (CIC), ensuring alignment between governance forums and commitment execution.
  • Ensure emerging risk and compliance themes translate into clear enterprise priorities, commitments, and decisions.

Governance & Compliance Strategy

  • Identify, frame, and elevate crossfunctional risk and compliance topics based on regulatory trends, performance signals, and enterprise priorities.
  • Strengthencommitmentmanagement practices to ensure consistency, effective change control, and alignment with strategic riskobjectives.
  • Advise crossfunctional teams on KPIs, KRIs, and maturity metrics to support leadership discussions grounded in risk exposure, trends, and tradeoffs.

Compliance Communication & Reporting Framework

  • Steward the enterprise framework for executivelevel risk and compliance communication, prioritizing materiality, relevance, and decision impact.
  • Establish narrative standards that clearly articulate why issues matter, what is changing, and what actions or decisions are needed.
  • Translate complex regulatory, compliance, and risk information into clear, structured insights that enable proactive leadership engagement.

Qualifications

Minimum:

  • Bachelor's degree inBusiness, Risk Management, Engineering, or related field.
  • 10+ years of relevant experience

Desired:

  • Master's degree in a technical or legal field, or equivalent advanced experience.
  • Advancedproficiencyinpolicy development, strategy, change management, and regulatory horizon scanning, withdemonstratedability toanticipateemerging risks and regulatory shifts.
  • Demonstratedstrategic leadershipin fosteringcross functionalalignment by driving collaboration, shared priorities, and cohesive execution across matrixed organizations.
  • Strong familiarity withcompliance frameworks, risk assessment methodologies, and enterprise risk governance practices.
  • Experience developing and coordinatingexecutive level,decision readymaterialsthat frame implications, tradeoffs, and recommended actions.
  • Exceptional facilitation, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to guide leaders throughcomplex, ambiguous, andforward-lookingrisk topics.
  • Deep knowledge of utility or energy industry drivers, issues, trends, and regulatory dynamics.
  • Experience working withCPUC, FERC, NERC, or similar regulatory bodies, including interpretation of regulatory expectations and enforcement signals.

Certifications & Licenses

  • Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)
  • Lean Six Sigma Certification
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • CRMP (Certified Risk Management Professional)
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