Situation Awareness Technical Program Manager

Situation Awareness Technical Program Manager

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, and more enduring Oregon neighborhood. It is core to our DNA and has been since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities, and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic, and environmental progress. We are always looking for people passionate about leading and being part of teams that advance innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

Manages projects or programs related to energy storage, data science, analytics, fire science, wildfire, new or emerging technologies, or other specialty areas requiring a technical education or background, such as engineering or construction. Leads the strategy, evaluation, investment, deployment, and operational integration of wildfire situational awareness technologies that support wildfire risk mitigation, emergency response, and electric system resilience. Serves as the primary interface between wildfire operations, emergency management, technology vendors, data and analytics teams, and utility stakeholders to ensure emerging technologies deliver actionable intelligence and measurable operational value.

Oversees the lifecycle of wildfire intelligence capabilities, including detection, monitoring, forecasting, remote sensing, AI‑enabled analytics, camera networks, weather intelligence systems, satellite technologies, and decision‑support platforms from pilot through operational implementation.

Project Consultation and Planning – Responsible for leading a single major project or multiple moderate projects, such as business systems or process improvement, department reorganizations, strategy implementation, training, feasibility studies, and pilots. Serves as a company expert on related initiatives; develops best practices; consults with business unit leaders to ensure strategic alignment of program(s), understanding of dependencies and constraints, cost effectiveness and mitigation of negative operational and/or customer impacts.

Works with project sponsor to develop objectives and scope; assists in or develops business case/justification. Develops or oversees development of project plan(s), including work breakdown structure, schedule and cost baselines, overall budget management, dependencies and project roles and resource requirements; identifies project risks and mitigation strategies; partners and strategizes with Supply Chain, Legal, IT, Fleet and project sponsor on vendor contract negotiations.

Owns the wildfire situational awareness technology portfolio – Identification, evaluation, prioritization, and execution of strategic technology investments. Leads technology assessments, proof‑of‑concept initiatives, pilot programs, and operational demonstrations for emerging wildfire detection, monitoring, forecasting, intelligence, and response capabilities. Defines operational use cases, success criteria, performance metrics, and transition plans to ensure successful adoption of technology solutions into wildfire operations and emergency management functions.

Develops business cases and investment strategies to support wildfire technology modernization and operational readiness objectives.

Strategy and Team Leadership – Assists leadership in developing program strategy; leads multiple major projects/initiatives. Develops and maintains a multi‑year wildfire situational awareness technology roadmap aligned with wildfire mitigation, emergency management, regulatory, and operational objectives. Provides leadership in translating emerging technologies into operational capabilities that improve wildfire intelligence, detection speed, risk awareness, and decision quality. Provides staff leadership to team members;

facilitates team meetings; cultivates and reinforces group values, norms, and behaviors; provides guidance and motivation; ensures compliance with established project management methodologies and standards.

Project Controls – Establishes and maintains formal controls to manage and monitor project budget,…