Strategic Planning Consultant

Title: Strategic Planning Consultant Location: Oakland, CA (Remote) Duration: 10+ Months Possibility of extension or potential hire

Job Description:

• Oakland, CA (Remote)

TOP THINGS:

• Understanding of PSPS, past experience and understanding of the regulatory environment.
• Duties Assisting with the regulatory filing related to PSPS events.
• Specific skills or certifications required Regulatory Reporting experience (Related job posting, see below)
• Start date ASAP
• Work schedule 8-4:30pm

Department Overview

• Years of drought, extreme heat, and 129 million dead trees have created a "new normal in California that requires to change its approach to how it designs and operates the electric system.
  Extreme weather events driven by climate change are causing unprecedented wildfires.
• The company continues to bolster wildfire prevention and emergency response efforts, putting in place new and enhanced safety measures, and hardening its electric system to help reduce wildfire risks and keep customers safe.
• A key tool in the CWSP portfolio is the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) Team, designed to de-energize portions of s system during extreme weather conditions, to mitigate the risk of catastrophic fire.
• Preparing for PSPS events is a significant effort as works in partnership with its customers, regulatory entities, civic leaders, and community leaders to reduce wildfire threats.
• The dedicated Project Management Office (PMO) works to effectively manage PSPS readiness across workstreams, and oversees a number of activities, including:
• PSPS Program design and decision making process
• PSPS regulatory compliance reporting
• PSPS Restoration strategy
• Training for and execution of PSPS events within the Emergency Operations Center environment
• Stakeholder engagement

Summary

• Provides strategic planning and analyses, and policy development. Develop strategies to support programs and initiatives incorporating understanding of customer needs, industry direction, business impacts and company vision.
• Work with regulators, utility industry peers and/or internal departments to influence the company and/or regulatory and industry efforts around current and future priorities, funding constraints and future business needs.
• Influence company and/or regulatory and/or industry priorities considering inputs from customer research, business impacts and strategies and priorities.

Responsibilities:

• Applies depth and breadth of knowledge of Program Management to the most unique and complex problems.
• Works autonomously. Anticipates issues and develops innovative solutions. Demonstrates program leadership with internal & external stakeholders to support company goals.
• Undertakes assignments of the highest complexity and impact to ***.
• Coaches, mentors and trains others in strategy development and implementation of Lean tools and practices.
• Evaluates and develops new analytic methods and tools, processes, procedures for the department.
• Solves unique and complex strategic issues and problems.
• Manage major cross-functional projects and initiatives.
• Works with all levels of leadership (up to and including EVP) across functions to influence decisions.
• Anticipates issues and develops innovative solutions.
• Continually applies and guides others to apply understanding of company goals and strategies.
• Leads peers and partner organizations to develop and implement new and/ or improved processes, procedures, policies, controls and best practices to improve customer satisfaction, efficiencies, regulatory compliance and reduce costs.
• Represents the program as a subject matter expert and stakeholder on process improvement teams, regulatory filings, and various stakeholder groups.
• Supports the GRC witness with testimony development by providing data and request response support.
• Recognized subject matter expert who may represent *** to external agencies on sensitive or complex issues.
• Partners with Government Relations or other partner organizations in developing messaging and strategy.
• Leads development of testimony on complex analysis and policy issues.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Business, Finance, Sociology, Policy,
• Engineering, Physics or other related fields or equivalent work experience
• Job-related experience, 8 years

Desired:

• Graduate Degree in Economics or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
• Job-related technical experience, 10 years