Teams at American Electric Power

Leads AEP’s enterprise OT Security strategy, operating model, services, risk management, and multidisciplinary team across transmission, distribution, generation, and nuclear operations. Oversees architecture, vulnerability management, monitoring, incident response, recovery, vendor risk, compliance, and capability development. Partners with business-unit, enterprise security, regulatory, and executive stakeholders to reduce cyber risk while maintaining safety, reliability, and operational resilience. The role is fully onsite in Columbus, Ohio, or Austin, Texas.

Provides executive leadership for the cybersecurity organization’s AI strategy and program. Establishes Cyber AI vision, portfolio priorities, governance, operating models, investment plans, and accountability. Leads AI security operations and AI-enabled cybersecurity products, promotes responsible AI adoption, manages enterprise risk and readiness reporting, and represents cybersecurity in enterprise AI forums. Builds multidisciplinary leadership teams and partnerships across technology, governance, privacy, legal, compliance, data, and business functions.

Identify and develop small business customers for retail electric supply through cold calling, canvassing, lead follow-up, and self-generated prospecting. Gather customer and meter information, assess creditworthiness, use CRM tools, present energy solutions, negotiate agreement terms, address objections, and close deals. The role requires consistent sales activity, customer relationship building, regulatory compliance, and meeting monthly sales-volume goals.