Communication Executive Jobs in California (NOW HIRING)

Requisition ID # 173945
Job Category: Corporate Affairs / Communication
Job Level: Manager/Principal
Business Unit: Customer & Corporate Affairs
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland; Sacramento
Department Overview
PG&E's Marketing and Communications function shapes how PG&E communicates with the people it serves in Northern and Central California and the company's workforce. The function's responsibilities include keeping customers, coworkers and others informed about PG&E's progress in delivering safe, reliable energy; ways the company is helping customers save money on their bills; and how PG&E is harnessing innovation to achieve its bold climate goals. Additionally, the function drives marketing efforts to encourage customer participation in programs that promote energy efficiency, provide income-qualified bill discounts, and support electric vehicle owners, among others.
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated communications professional to join our team in leading and executing external executive communications, primarily for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Executive Vice President (EVP) of Energy Delivery.
The Executive Communications Principal will be responsible for planning, delivery and measurement of communications programs, including press, social media, owned content, public speaking and related activities.
The successful candidate's work will support company goals of building trust in PG&E, and securing favorable media, social media engagement, and related metrics. Your work will educate and inform a broad range of stakeholders including the general public, media, elected officials, regulators, and coworkers.
This role will require strong collaboration and consultation with the CEO's Chief of Staff, and with an array of leaders and coworkers across the organization.
Additionally, you will utilize your expertise as a communicator to facilitate and build strong cooperative relationships with others to help guide key decisions within the company, and to package and present information accurately and at times to advocate for positions with critical internal/external audiences.
The position is hybrid working from your remote office and in person at your assigned headquarters location based on business needs. The assigned headquarters can be either in Oakland or Sacramento based on mutual agreement with the hiring manager and successful candidate.
The position will require travel at least 25% of the time. You must also be willing and able to serve in an on-call capacity as part of an emergency response team, including nights, weekends and holidays.
Job Responsibilities

• Develop a strategic communications plan to support and advance the platform of the CEO and EVP of Energy Delivery in alignment with key business and communications partners.
• Develop messaging for communications with external audiences.
• Create original content, including executive briefing documents, talking points, social media content, news releases, internet content, etc.
• Develop and maintain relationships with media and develop responses for and respond to media inquiries.
• Maintain relationships and provide counsel to PG&E's functional business areas and other internal/external leaders on how to address and resolve key issues.
• Partner with various PG&E leadership levels, functional business areas, and external leaders to remain current on challenges and opportunities affecting the company and coworkers.
• Coordinate with wider Customer & Corporate Affairs team to ensure consistency and pacing of communications.
• Partner closely with the Chief of Staff to the CEO and EVP of Energy Delivery to ensure alignment of internal and external messaging.
• Measure effectiveness of communications tactics.

Qualifications
Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, English, advertising, marketing, public relations, or related discipline or equivalent work experience.
• 10 years of related experience in corporate communications, executive communications, journalism, or politics.
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a trusted advisor to senior executives, providing strategic counsel in high-visibility, fast-moving, and highly sensitive environments.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business, policy, and operational issues into clear, concise, and compelling communications for diverse audiences including narratives, executive remarks, keynote speeches, briefing materials, talking points, and other leadership communications.
• Demonstrated storytelling ability across print, video, digital, and social platforms, with sound judgment about audience, tone, and reputational impact.
• Experience engaging directly with media and preparing executives for interviews, high-stakes inquiries, and public-facing communications.
• Experience leading communications across multiple channels, including web, print, video, live events, and executive forums, with the ability to align messaging across platforms.
• Executive presence, sound judgment, and the ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and rapidly changing circumstances with confidence and discretion.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel as needed.

Desired

• Experience leading executive communications, crisis communications, issues management, or other high-stakes communications in complex, high-profile environments.
• Experience in energy, utility, public affairs, or other highly regulated sectors, with an understanding of complex stakeholders and reputational dynamics.

Compensation
PG&E is providing the full salary/pay range for this position. The actual amount paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity,specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The range to reasonably expect will be around the minimum and the midpoint of the range. The final decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to the factors above. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.

• Bay Area Min: $144,000
• Bay Area Mid: $194,000
• Bay Area Max: $244,000

Purpose, Virtues and Stands
Our Purpose explains "why" we exist:

• Delivering for our hometowns
• Serving our planet
• Leading with love

Our Virtues capture "who" we need to be:

• Trustworthy
• Empathetic
• Curious
• Tenacious
• Nimble
• Owners

Our Stands are "what" we will achieve together:

• Everyone and everything is always safe
• Catastrophic wildfires shall stop
• It is enjoyable to work with and for PG&E
• Clean and resilient energy for all
• Our work shall create prosperity for all customers and investors

More About Our Company
EEO
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that actively pursues and hires a workforce that reflects the hometowns we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition, protected veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the job.
Employee Privacy Notice The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. CCPA grants new and far-reaching privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information PG&E collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed through the following link: Employee Privacy Notice
PG&E will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in a manner consistent with all state and local laws.