Join the Clean Energy Revolution
Become a Design-Programs & Systems Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll lead a team responsible for enabling planning and designing organizations through effective use, support, and continuous improvement of key systems and tools such as Design Manager (DM), Autodesk Utility Design (AUD), SPIDA calc, Transformer Connectivity (TCONN) and the Building Renovation and Project Planning Portal (BRP3), and related platforms.
This role oversees business requirements, testing, issue resolution, system enhancements, process documentation, training, and post-implementation support to ensure planning teams can execute their daily work efficiently and consistently. The manager serves as a strategic partner to planning, operations, IT, and senior leadership by aligning system capabilities, process updates, and communications with business priorities and operational needs. Success in this role requires strong leadership in a matrixed environment, the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously, and a commitment to high-quality customer support, sound decision-making, and team development.
As a Design-Programs & Systems Manager, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?
Responsibilities
- Manages the implementation of energy program requirements and delivers tangible reliability and cost saving results for the company, managing and tracking budget utilization to ensure efficient and effective use of resources and budgets.
- Manages the development, maintenance, and documentation of model input data and assumptions to ensure consistent use of data.
- Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to support the development of policies and guidelines that enable broader strategies and objectives.
- Identifies opportunities for improved analyses of data while prioritizing, developing and implementing improvements, including automated tools for monitoring and reporting operations data.
- Manages employee performance and establishes performance expectations and goals aligned with company objectives, policies and procedures.
- Provides leadership to teams responsible for the planning, scheduling, and closing of programs. Oversees contractor performance to ensure budget, schedule and quality performance objectives are met.
- Contributes and influences the appropriate management of a $500M budget through oversight of contractor performance in the areas of safety, compliance, customer satisfaction, financial, quality improvement, and schedule adherence.
- Develops and manages resource strategy to ensure both short-term and long-term success of the program. Manage contractor performance and develops and implements action plans/corrective action to ensure goals/targets are achieved.
- Leads the development of business requirements, testing and implementation of new technologies accordingly to the program.
- A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.
Minimum Qualifications
- Five or more years of combined experience performing or supervising energy delivery.
- Experience in preventing electrical service interruptions.
- Possess a valid Class C Driver's License
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education in a related discipline.
- Experience in a Design/Planning organization, with a broad understanding of Transmission/Distribution Planning business functions, capital work system flow (including the IPSEC model), and deep working knowledge of planning and design systems such as Design Manager (DM), Autodesk Utility Design (AUD), SPIDA, Transformer Connectivity (TCONN), SAP, Bluebeam, and cGIS.
- Experience leading large system, process, or software initiatives, including business requirements development, implementation, rollout, post-deployment support, migration testing, and enhancement prioritization.
- Demonstrated success partnering with IT developers and business stakeholders to resolve system issues, improve processes, and translate operational needs into sustainable technical solutions.
- Strong project leadership experience in a matrixed environment, including managing multiple concurrent initiatives, allocating resources, driving decisions, and delivering results on time.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing and governing process documentation, job aids, newsletters, training content, and communications for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and develop subject matter experts, support classroom or on-the-job instruction, and build a high-performing, team-oriented culture.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with experience identifying, managing, and resolving major or complex operational and system issues.
- Strong understanding of Distribution and/or Transmission Design Standards and related planning/design practices; knowledge of Design Manager pricing rules, meter service order creation, contract costs, and practical engineering principles is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain professionalism and effectiveness under heavy workload, while collaborating across cross-functional teams and supporting internal and external customers.
- Experience serving as a lead or senior SME for business process and system improvement efforts, with regular interaction with senior leadership.
- Project Management Professional certification.
Additional Information
- The position’s work mode is remote. Employee is able to work primarily at home or remote however, the employee may be expected to come to an SCE facility on occasion. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Hiring organizations can add further requirements related to specific jobs. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
- Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
- Position will require up to 20% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
- Relocation does not apply to this position.
- Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
About Southern California Edison
The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.
Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at [email protected] or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.