Asset Risk Program Manager, Portland, OR or Salt Lake City UT #112340

$115,900 - $136,300/Yr

PacificCorp - Portland, OR

Full-time - Mid Level

Portland, OR

Utilities

About the position

The Asset Risk Program Manager at PacifiCorp is a pivotal role responsible for the development and coordination of an integrated risk strategy that aligns various programmatic efforts related to wildfire risk, reliability, and resilience within a unified framework. This position is essential in ensuring that the organization effectively identifies, quantifies, and mitigates risks associated with electric transmission and distribution assets. The Asset Risk Organization plays a crucial role in enhancing system performance and reliability while also focusing on wildfire risk reduction. The manager will oversee the development, approval, tracking, and reporting of cross-functional work aimed at achieving strategic objectives outlined in the integrated risk strategy. In this role, the program manager will be tasked with preparing a comprehensive risk strategy for electric system resilience. This includes creating an integrated framework for risk assessment, data analysis, and strategic planning. The manager will collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders to implement operational and engineering risk mitigation programs, ensuring that all initiatives are aligned with the company's strategic goals. Regular interaction with PacifiCorp executives will be necessary to communicate progress, secure approvals for business proposals, and facilitate strategic decision-making. Additionally, the Asset Risk Program Manager will support regulatory activities by preparing testimony, responding to data requests, and engaging with regulators and other utilities. The role also involves conducting benchmarking with other utilities to identify best practices and lessons learned, which will be incorporated into the integrated risk strategy. Participation in workshops, conferences, and regulatory meetings will be essential to stay informed about risk strategy and mitigation planning developments. The manager will also identify and prioritize business requirements for technology support in program execution, tracking, and reporting, working closely with the Palantir Foundry product team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and formalize strategic objectives for operational and engineering risk mitigation programs including wildfire risk, reliability, and resilience.
• Prepare a risk strategy for electric system resilience including an integrated framework for risk assessment, data analysis, strategic objectives, and a strategic plan of actions and milestones.
• Develop and manage implementation of operational and engineering risk mitigation programs in collaboration with internal and external working groups.
• Interface with PacifiCorp executives on a regular basis to communicate progress, gain approval on business proposals and obtain strategic decisions.
• Support regulatory activities by writing testimony, responding to data requests, and meeting with regulators and other utilities.
• Coordinate across program and project teams to track, record, and report on progress toward company strategic objectives.
• Conduct benchmarking with other utilities to identify best practices and lessons learned to incorporate into the integrated risk strategy.
• Participate in internal and external workshops, conferences, and regulatory meetings related to risk strategy and mitigation planning.
• Identify and prioritize business requirements for technology support of program execution, tracking, and reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Environmental Policy, Sustainability, Energy Resilience, or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 7 years utility experience in engineering, operations, operational risk management, or business planning.
• Demonstrated knowledge of electric utility risk environment including wildfire risk, climatological risk, and natural disaster risk.
• Experience participating in regulatory processes including preparation of filings, delivering presentations, and responding to stakeholder feedback.
• Management skills including the ability to initiate and establish objectives, develop and execute policy, direct and prioritize resources, and recommend and oversee development or implementation of systems, programs, or processes.
• Leadership and teamwork skills to negotiate with and influence peers and senior officers on policy and strategic issues.
• Communication and interpersonal skills including ability to manage and motivate employees, use oral and written communication to create a vision, communicate strategy, and effectively interface with other Company leaders.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in Business Administration, Environmental Policy, Sustainability, or Energy Resilience.
• Knowledge of the company's strategic plan, regulatory and political environment, as well as the company's policies, procedures and practices, and applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid bereavement leave