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Principal program manager jobs in California span some of the country's most active technology and enterprise software employers, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Salesforce across the Bay Area, as well as aerospace and defense programs in Los Angeles and San Diego. Companies in this state have an established track record of sponsoring work visas for experienced program management professionals.
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Get Access To All JobsRequisition ID # 175187
Job Category: Project / Program Management
Job Level: Manager/Principal
Business Unit: Energy Delivery
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels C& Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch C& Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cotati; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French C& Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Houston; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Pleasanton; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City
Department Overview
The Customer Delivery organization supports the business vision by delivering customers safe, reliable, and affordable electric and gas services in compliance with all applicable regulatory and internal requirements throughout the New Business Process. Customer Delivery supports both gas and electric operations through its customer project management, design and estimating, dependency, construction, and program management.
Position Summary
Supports the South Bay & Central Coast (SBCC) Service Planning Leadership Team. Will have an openness to a feedback culture, a strong sense of curiosity and desire to learn and teach others, and a demonstrated ability to engage effectively with key stakeholders and influence others. Responsible for developing and effectuating a customer strategy focused on strong customer partnerships, escalation mitigation, work prioritization, and customer experience.
This role will resolve unique and complex customer, program and process problems, anticipating issues and developing innovative solutions in a collaborative manner to support the South Bay Central Coast Service Planning team. Requires strong analytical and various software skills to be successful. The Program Manager may develop complex process tracking systems that have wide ranges of impact and application across multiple departments.
Position duties may include (but are not limited to):
- Develop an overarching customer strategy for SBCC Service Planning
- Translate customer and business needs into strategic programs to improve customer experience, operational performance, and business outcomes.
- Integrate regulatory requirements and cross functional program delivery into customer strategy
- Improve end to end customer experience for electric and gas service requests
- Balance customer needs with engineering requirements, project complexity, resource capacity, budget, and regulatory obligations
- Define customer segments unique to SBCC and tailor service approaches to different project needs
- Identify pain points, delays, communication gaps and opportunities to simplify the process build strong working relationships with cross functional partners
- Re-imagine escalation management and mitigation
- Identify issues, escalations, problem solving and key stakeholder engagement to develop sustainable solutions.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.
PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.
Bay Minimum: $144,000
Bay Maximum: $244,000
CA Minimum: $137,000
CA Maximum: $232,000
This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
Job Responsibilities
- Leads cross functional projects or teams.
- Identifies new partners, technologies, and delivery channels.
- Develops and manages department expense budget. Regularly monitors expenses against forecast, providing explanation or justification for budget items and/or variances.
- Communicates project status to all stakeholders.
- Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced colleagues.
- Presents findings and makes recommendations to management.
- Works with all levels of management and senior leadership across functions to influence decisions.
Qualifications
Minimum:
Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
Job-related experience, 10 years
Desired:
Masters Degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience
PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification
Requisition ID # 175187
Job Category: Project / Program Management
Job Level: Manager/Principal
Business Unit: Energy Delivery
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland; Alameda; Alta; American Canyon; Angels C& Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch C& Bay Point; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Canyondam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cotati; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French C& Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Houston; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Palo Cedro; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Pleasanton; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salida; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Windsor; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City
Department Overview
The Customer Delivery organization supports the business vision by delivering customers safe, reliable, and affordable electric and gas services in compliance with all applicable regulatory and internal requirements throughout the New Business Process. Customer Delivery supports both gas and electric operations through its customer project management, design and estimating, dependency, construction, and program management.
Position Summary
Supports the South Bay & Central Coast (SBCC) Service Planning Leadership Team. Will have an openness to a feedback culture, a strong sense of curiosity and desire to learn and teach others, and a demonstrated ability to engage effectively with key stakeholders and influence others. Responsible for developing and effectuating a customer strategy focused on strong customer partnerships, escalation mitigation, work prioritization, and customer experience.
This role will resolve unique and complex customer, program and process problems, anticipating issues and developing innovative solutions in a collaborative manner to support the South Bay Central Coast Service Planning team. Requires strong analytical and various software skills to be successful. The Program Manager may develop complex process tracking systems that have wide ranges of impact and application across multiple departments.
Position duties may include (but are not limited to):
- Develop an overarching customer strategy for SBCC Service Planning
- Translate customer and business needs into strategic programs to improve customer experience, operational performance, and business outcomes.
- Integrate regulatory requirements and cross functional program delivery into customer strategy
- Improve end to end customer experience for electric and gas service requests
- Balance customer needs with engineering requirements, project complexity, resource capacity, budget, and regulatory obligations
- Define customer segments unique to SBCC and tailor service approaches to different project needs
- Identify pain points, delays, communication gaps and opportunities to simplify the process build strong working relationships with cross functional partners
- Re-imagine escalation management and mitigation
- Identify issues, escalations, problem solving and key stakeholder engagement to develop sustainable solutions.
This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned work location based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.
PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. Although we estimate the successful candidate hired into this role will be placed towards the middle or entry point of the range, the decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.
Bay Minimum: $144,000
Bay Maximum: $244,000
CA Minimum: $137,000
CA Maximum: $232,000
This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs.
Job Responsibilities
- Leads cross functional projects or teams.
- Identifies new partners, technologies, and delivery channels.
- Develops and manages department expense budget. Regularly monitors expenses against forecast, providing explanation or justification for budget items and/or variances.
- Communicates project status to all stakeholders.
- Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced colleagues.
- Presents findings and makes recommendations to management.
- Works with all levels of management and senior leadership across functions to influence decisions.
Qualifications
Minimum:
Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
Job-related experience, 10 years
Desired:
Masters Degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience
PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification
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Which companies in California sponsor visas for principal program managers?
Large technology employers in California with consistent H-1B visa sponsorship records for program management roles include Google, Apple, Meta, Salesforce, Adobe, Nvidia, and Intel. Aerospace and defense contractors such as Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies in Southern California also sponsor at the principal level. Companies with established immigration programs are most likely to support multi-year sponsorship through to permanent residence.
What visa types realistically fit principal program manager roles in California?
Principal program manager roles generally qualify as specialty occupations requiring a directly related bachelor's degree, making H-1B the primary pathway. H-1B1 visa applies to Chilean and Singaporean nationals, and E-3 visa applies to Australian nationals, both for the same specialty occupation standard. Candidates already on OPT or STEM OPT can work while an employer pursues H-1B sponsorship. EB-2 and EB-3 employment-based green cards are common long-term outcomes at large California employers.
Which California cities have the most principal program manager sponsorship jobs?
The San Francisco Bay Area, particularly San Jose, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and San Francisco itself, concentrates the highest volume of principal program manager openings at technology firms. Los Angeles follows, driven by aerospace, entertainment technology, and enterprise software companies. San Diego has a growing cluster of biotech and defense-adjacent employers, and Sacramento hosts state government technology modernization programs that occasionally sponsor at senior program management levels.
How to find principal program manager visa sponsorship jobs in California?
Migrate Mate lists principal program manager roles at California employers with verified visa sponsorship history, so you can focus on companies already experienced with H-1B, E-3, and H-1B1 visa filings for program management positions. Filtering by California surfaces roles across the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego. This avoids the time spent approaching employers who have no track record of sponsoring senior program management hires.
Are there state-specific factors that affect visa sponsorship for principal program managers in California?
California's concentration of large technology employers means many hiring managers and HR teams are already familiar with H-1B processes for senior individual contributors and program leads. The state's university pipeline, including graduates from Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCLA, creates competitive candidate pools, so demonstrating seniority and cross-functional leadership scope is important at the principal level. California employers are also more likely to initiate PERM labor certification for EB-2 or EB-3 green cards given long-term retention goals.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored principal program manager jobs in California?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.