Tech Business Analyst - Lead

Job Posting End Date

01-17-2026. Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.

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.

• 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 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.
• Provides 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.
• Plays 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.

Workday Experience (3-5 years)

Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, business or related field of study;
Or associate's degree in computer science or related field of study with 2 years of relevant work experience;
Or high school diploma/GED with 4 years of relevant work experience.

Experience:

In addition to any experience required above, 10 years of relevant work experience is required.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, business or related field of study;
Or associate's degree in computer science or related field of study with 2 years of relevant work experience;
Or high school diploma/GED with 4 years of relevant work experience.

Experience:

In addition to any experience required above, 13 years of relevant work experience is required.

Other Requirements:
Strong Communication Skills.

• Tech Business Analyst Staff (SG
  9): $112,869 - $146,730
• Tech Business Analyst Lead (SG 10): $132,562 - $172,333

Compensation Grade: SP20-009

Compensation Range: $ - $

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.

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level

Employment Type:

Full-time

Job Function:
Business Development and Sales

Industry: Utilities

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