Manager, Regulatory Affairs - San Francisco, CA

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Career Level:L3

Primary Purpose:

Manages regulatory portfolios, case preparation, strategic filings, and compliance programs. Leads planning across functions (legal, finance, operations), develops regulatory strategies aligned to business goals, and manages the full lifecycle of major filings or compliance obligations.

This role serves as a trusted strategic advisor to internal business units across SDG&E and SoCalGas, offering a unique opportunity to influence high-impact initiatives. The position plays a critical role in developing and executing advocacy strategies for key proceedings before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), while interacting and building strong relationships with key decision-makers throughout California. This job follows a hybrid work model, with some in-office collaboration days out of our San Francisco office.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads preparation and execution of regulatory filings, including rate cases, tariff updates, petitions, and policy submissions.
• Develops regulatory strategies and coordinates with internal teams to guide modeling, testimony, and evidence development.
• Serves as primary liaison with regulatory bodies, maintaining relationships and representing the company in proceedings.
• Anticipates regulatory changes and develops plans or mitigation strategies for business impacts.
• Oversees discovery responses, data verification, and compliance documentation.
• Coordinates cross functional teams to shape filing positions, timelines, and risk based priorities.
• Manages budgets and resource planning for case portfolios and regulatory operations.
• Advises leadership on rate strategy, filing timing, and regulatory risks with supporting analysis.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Typically requires a 4-year degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Typically requires 8 years of related experience.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Regulatory Compliance - Ensuring an organization's adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines and specifications relevant to its business processes.
• Regulatory Affairs Management - Establishing a strategy for handling regulations and compliance is crucial for maintaining competitive advantage.
• Policy Analysis - Determines which of various policies will achieve a given set of goals in light of the relations between the policies and the goals.
• Communication Strategy - Communication strategy is a plan to achieve communication objectives. This may apply to internal communications, marketing communications and public relations.
• Documentation and Records Management - Creating, distributing, using, maintaining and disposition of recorded information maintained as evidence of business activities and transactions.
• Risk Management - Identifies, evaluates and manages risks by developing and implementing risk management strategies, frameworks, policies, procedures and practices.
• Change Management - The structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state, ensuring changes are implemented smoothly and successfully.
• Data Analysis - Measuring and managing organization data, identifying methodological best practices and conducting statistical analyses.
• Internal Controls - The process for assuring of an organization's objectives in operational effectiveness and efficiency and compliance with laws, regulations and policies. A broad concept, internal control involves everything that controls risks to an organization.
• Legal Research - The process of identifying and retrieving information necessary to support legal decision-making.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.

HYBRID: Work a combination of onsite and remote days each week, typically 4 days per week onsite.

Regulatory

Full-time

Note: SDG&E strives to ensure that employees are paid equitably and competitively. Starting salaries may vary based on factors such as relevant experience, qualifications, and education.

SDG&E offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond base salary. This position is eligible for an annual performance-based incentive (bonus) as well as long-term incentive plans and other merit-based recognition. Company benefits include health and welfare (medical, dental, vision), employer contributions to retirement benefits, life insurance, paid time off, as well as other company offerings such as tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, and employee assistance programs.

Pay Range Pay Range

The estimated pay range for this job. Disclosing pay information promotes competitive and equitable pay.

The actual pay rate will depend on the person's qualifications and experience.

$145,500.00 - $229,500.00 / year

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