Enterprise Disaster Recovery Lead

American Electric Power; North Carolina; On-site; USD 137,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power is seeking a Disaster Recovery Manager to establish and govern the enterprise DR program. You will develop recovery policy, standards, and governance, coordinating with Technology, Cybersecurity, and business units to align DR with critical services and risk tolerance.

The role focuses on governance, validation, and continuous improvement across technology lifecycles, cloud adoption, and third-party risk, without direct execution of recovery activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, cybersecurity, business, risk management, emergency management, engineering, or related field.
• 8-10+ years in Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity, Technology Resilience, or related disciplines with enterprise-scale programs.
• Experience leading cross-functional governance initiatives across technology, cybersecurity, business, risk, and third-party stakeholders.
• Certifications in CBCP/MBCP/MBCI/CISM/CISSP/CRISC/PMP/ITIL or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain AEP’s enterprise DR program, including governance, policies, standards, and minimum recovery readiness expectations.
• Set standards for RTOs/RPOs and align recovery with business criticality.
• Collaborate with Technology, Cybersecurity, BUs, OT, and third-party risk teams to align DR with business needs.
• Integrate DR requirements into design, cloud adoption, and lifecycle management processes.
• Govern cloud services, SaaS providers, MSPs, and vendors to meet resilience requirements.
• Oversee enterprise DR testing, validation, and assurance strategies with defined criteria.
• Coordinate ransomware and cyber recovery considerations into DR standards and exercises.
• Manage KPIs/KRIs, dashboards, and reporting on DR readiness, maturity, risk, and audit commitments.
• Define enterprise DR training standards and governance controls with the designated training team.

Skills

Disaster recovery

Governance

Cloud adoption

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/related field

Tools

ServiceNow/CMDB

Job description

American Electric Power is seeking a Disaster Recovery Manager to establish and govern the enterprise DR program. You will develop recovery policy, standards, and governance, coordinating with Technology, Cybersecurity, and business units to align DR with critical services and risk tolerance.

The role focuses on governance, validation, and continuous improvement across technology lifecycles, cloud adoption, and third-party risk, without direct execution of recovery activities.