Tech Business Analyst Staff - Lead

Job Posting End Date

08-22-2025

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

Job Summary

Working within Waterfall or Agile frameworks, a Business Analyst will work with a variety of disciplined focused team members all working toward a common goal of delivering value with quality and scale. Responsible for collaborating with other Job Families such within Technology and across our business partners to deliver consistent, reliable technology solutions that leverage AEP's technology standards, architectures and best practices. Independently performs advanced business and project analysis for the most complex and largest projects.

Job Description Job Functions & Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include the following for large projects and/or enterprise programs. Leads business analysis on strategic enterprise projects across the organization Partners with Enterprise Architecture to adopt a framework to transition artifacts between disciplines throughout the operating model and across the enterprise.

Establishes enterprise business analyst skill set (experience in multiple business domains)Utilizes significant experience planning and facilitating analysis workshops with multiple stakeholders.

Demonstrates the core competencies of innovation (creative thinking, problem solving, synthesis/reorganization, collaboration, etc.). Formulates business strategies, operations, and opportunities to develop technology capability roadmaps that are aligned with organizational business roadmaps.

Develops and implements business analysis standards and ensures compliance with standards.

Creates and communicates capabilities and scope plans to all levels of business technical staff. Leads the Community of Practice for business analysis Coaches, mentors, and trains less experienced business analysts across the enterprise.

Provide an expert level of process redesign and support including using tools, responding to user questions, problem diagnosis, recognition and solutions for process improvements, research, troubleshooting, tracking and resolution. Research best practices to develop innovative solutions for complex process improvement efforts or business needs.

Responsible for business unit relationships and overseeing, managing and leveraging the entire life cycle of information technology investments in systems for multiple departments or a small business unit - from defining and targeting the investment mix, to planning the portfolio structure and packaging, to communicating the portfolio plan and define actionable items to achieve results.

Plays the key role in the strategic planning process for the IT organization, acting as a lead advisor to senior business leaders, the IT leadership council, and governance committee.

Works with and advises these individuals and groups on how enterprise priorities link to technology investments, and the risks and benefits of specific portfolio activities. Guides the IT organization and other stakeholders to develop, prioritize, and execute the information technology and business portfolio plan.

Analyzes portfolio performance, and promotes changes in investment mix to achieve goals.

Executes opportunities for optimizing information technology portfolio performance to lower cost of ownership and provide a competitive advantage to the business.

Use business analysis techniques and tools for use case modeling, data modeling, process mapping and testing.

Established enterprise business analyst skill set with experience in multiple business domains.

Understand and apply technology solutions by translating business requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical data models, and basic system configuration.

Use multiple techniques for requirements elicitation and document creation, establishes business capabilities, and ensures asset organization and refinement.

Lead process redesign and support activities, including using tools, responding to user questions, problem diagnosis, recognition and solutions for process improvements, research, troubleshooting, tracking and resolution.

Research best practices to develop innovative solutions for complex process improvement efforts or business needs.

Develops and implements business analysis standards and ensures compliance with standards.

Creates and communicates capabilities and scope plans to all levels of business technical staff.

Coach and mentor entry and intermediate level Business Analysts

Education & Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, business or related field of study with 10 years of work experience OR associate's degree in computer science with 12 years of relevant work experience OR High school diploma/GED with 14 years of relevant work experience

Other Requirements:

Working knowledge of project methodologies like waterfall and Agile Scrum.

Strong written and oral communication skills.

Proven ability to lead a small team and requirement gathering sessions with stakeholders.

Working an occasional Sunday for system migrations.

Compensation Data Compensation Grade:

SP20-009

Compensation Range:

$112,869.00-146,730.50 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.

Candidates will be considered based on their qualifications and the candidate’s ability to work from an approved work location. Although the location is flexible, AEP does not have a presence in all states and localities. The following locations are NOT currently approved for this position: AK, CO, CT, DE, HI, IA, ID, KS, MA, ME, MS, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, SD, UT, VT, WY, US Territories or international work locations. AEP will consider qualified candidates who are willing to relocate to an approved work location, at the candidate’s expense, provided the relocation can be completed within a timeframe that meets AEP’s staffing needs. NOTE: All remote work locations require vetting and final approval prior to offer and/or start date. Any work locations listed as preferred or unapproved relate specifically to the requirements for this position and are not necessarily applicable to other posted positions.

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