Enterprise Technology Director: Strategy & Transformation

aep; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 189,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power (AEP) seeks a Director of Technology to set enterprise-wide strategic direction and lead a team of technology leaders responsible for large-scale portfolios, services, and operations that enable the business.

You will drive cross-organization initiatives, improve reliability and security, govern standards, and manage budgets and vendor relationships to deliver measurable business impact across diverse portfolios and operating units.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10 yrs of relevant experience required.

Responsibilities

• Leads the strategy and management of a technology portfolio with multi-year roadmap and measurable business impact.
• Provides executive-level leadership and communicates technology decisions in business terms.
• Leads cross-organization initiatives spanning teams and domains.
• Drives transformation of technology, delivery practices, and operating model adoption.
• Ensures on-schedule delivery with high quality and value realization.
• Strengthens governance and architectural discipline at portfolio scale.
• Manages budgets, investment allocation, and cost transparency.
• Leads vendor and partner strategy and performance governance.
• Builds high-performing teams and fosters inclusive accountability.
• Partners with operating companies and IT to align outcomes enterprise-wide.
• Promotes Lean leadership and continuous improvement to boost customer satisfaction.
• Ensures compliance with architecture, security, DR and regulatory controls.

Skills

Strategy planning

Executive leadership

Portfolio management

Cross-organization coordination

Governance & standards

Vendor management

Team development

Lean leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SDLC

ITIL

Agile

Security frameworks

Coding/configuration standards

Job description

American Electric Power (AEP) seeks a Director of Technology to set enterprise-wide strategic direction and lead a team of technology leaders responsible for large-scale portfolios, services, and operations that enable the business.

You will drive cross-organization initiatives, improve reliability and security, govern standards, and manage budgets and vendor relationships to deliver measurable business impact across diverse portfolios and operating units.