Strategic Portfolio Architect: Field Services & Mobility

AEP Service Corporation; Gahanna (OH); On-site; USD 116,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

American Electric Power is seeking a Portfolio Architect to lead enterprise architecture for the Distribution Field Services and Mobility portfolio. You will shape strategy, guide solution teams, and ensure coherence across programs while aligning with enterprise standards and security requirements.

The role requires extensive experience in architecture governance, portfolio management, and modernization planning within regulated utility environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field.
• 8 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with LeanIX and APM platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain current-state, target-state, and transition architectures for the portfolio.
• Create a multi-year architecture roadmap—modernization, consolidation, migration and debt reduction.
• Collaborate with business and technology leaders to align architecture with measurable portfolio needs.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Portfolio planning

Stakeholder communication

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

LeanIX

Job description

American Electric Power is seeking a Portfolio Architect to lead enterprise architecture for the Distribution Field Services and Mobility portfolio. You will shape strategy, guide solution teams, and ensure coherence across programs while aligning with enterprise standards and security requirements.

The role requires extensive experience in architecture governance, portfolio management, and modernization planning within regulated utility environments.