Manager Origination

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Manager, Origination & Structuring
Strategic Role in Enabling Clean, Reliable, and Customer-Aligned Energy Solutions

The Manager, Origination & Structuring plays a critical leadership role in advancing Portland General Electric’s clean energy transformation and delivering on the company’s strategic resource, customer, and policy objectives. This position is responsible for shaping and executing commercial strategies that support cost-effective resource development, transmission expansion, and customer-driven clean energy solutions, while navigating complex regulatory, policy, and market dynamics.

The role leads origination and negotiation of structured energy transactions—including power purchase agreements (PPAs), asset acquisitions, and joint development partnerships—to secure flexible, reliable, and emissions-free energy supply. It oversees commercial structuring to optimize risk allocation, capture federal and state incentives, and ensure alignment with PGE’s integrated resource and capacity planning.

This leader also plays a key role in enabling infrastructure investments by advancing regulatory strategies that support regional transmission development and integration of clean resources. The position works cross-functionally with internal teams—including legal, regulatory, external affairs, and planning—and engages with counter parties, developers, policymakers, communities, and regional market participants to influence transmission policy and market design.

In addition, the Manager is accountable for supporting the development of customer-facing clean energy products that empower large and small customers to meet their decarbonization goals. This includes structuring offerings such as voluntary renewable programs, subscription-based supply models, and customized solutions for large loads and emerging sectors.

By bridging commercial execution, policy enablement, and customer priorities, this role is instrumental in positioning PGE to deliver on affordability, reliability, and clean energy leadership, while unlocking value for customers and supporting sustainable growth.

Job Function Summary

Leads commercial and strategic approach for maximizing value and effectively managing risks associated with PGE’s power supply portfolio. Develops structured proposals for deals involving any combination of energy (electric, gas and services) that provide mid- to long-term strategies for fueling power plants and effectively managing power supply portfolio. Develops models and market strategies to assess economic value and price risks inherent in complex transactions and negotiations across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

Manage Origination, Structuring and Resource Strategy Functions and Staff :Manages one area within Commercial Initiatives; oversees full origination process over areas managed, including planning and oversight, research and analysis, negotiations, and transactions; ensures contracts and agreements align to Integrated Resource Plan and overall company goals; oversees portfolio management; participates in development of long term goals for area overseen; represents PGE or manages staff in representing PGE with stakeholders, regulators and other key constituents;

provides direction and management to team.

Manage Resource Procurement and Power Supply Asset Disposition Strategy : Participates in development of strategies specific to area overseen; provides guidance to team in reducing cost and minimizing risk to provide a long-term energy supply in alignment with PGE plans; ensures contracts mitigate cost-recovery and shareholder risk; collaborates with others within PGE including…