Director NERC Engagement & Outreach

Job Posting End Date

09-22-2025

Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

Job Summary

The Director of NERC Integration & Operations serves as a core member of the NERC Reliability Assurance team, participating in planning projects up-front and managing internal estimation process across teams. The Director defines and develops approaches and solutions for effective stakeholder engagement. Works with stakeholders, manages projects, delivers and identifies new ways to deepen and grow stakeholder relationships. Helps guide stakeholders through highly collaborative processes, facilitates stakeholder participation and communicates regularly to manage the relationship. The Director is responsible for being one of the lead strategic consultants to internal and external stakeholders and charged with big-picture strategic thinking, but also have the opportunity to assemble and manage cross-discipline teams.

Job Description

What You'll Do:

- Interacts with NERC to promote AEP's compliance stance

- Lead Engagement and Outreach team.

- Manage leadership and stakeholder engagements, including Strategy Development, NERC Summit, Engagement Platform, face to face engagements, digital channels, and communication materials.

- Establish stakeholder trust and utilize engagements to develop new opportunities.

- Lead, develop and implement engagement strategy including new and refined existing engagement channels.

- Ensure effective communication engagement with internal stakeholders.

- Manage strategic development and deployment of projects with stakeholders.

- Provides advisory services as needed for new initiatives.

What We're Looking For:

Education:

- Bachelor's degree.

Experience:

- Minimum eight years of experience in progressively responsible positions in the electric or similarly regulated industry.

Other Must Haves:

- Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.

- Demonstrated leadership ability in a team environment.

- Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization Initiative taker, eager to break new ground, create opportunities for others

- Experience managing cross-functional development teams.

- Experience estimating project resourcing for various methodology projects, especially, Agile project planning.

- Must have been part of multiple full project life-cycles and worked in a stakeholder-facing role.

- Prior experience in a technology role preferred.

- Minimum of 50% travel is required.

Where You'll Work:

- On-Site in the AEP Headquarters in Columbus, OH or Washington DC office.

What You'll Get:

- Base salary

- Annual bonus

- Long-term incentive

- 401K match

- AEP pension

- Comprehensive benefits package that aims to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.

Where Putting the Customer First Powers Everything We Do!

At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!

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Compensation Data

Compensation Grade:

SP20-011

Compensation Range:

$155,761.00-202,490.50 USD

The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

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