Key Account Manager

Job Posting End Date

03-05-2026

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

Responsible for the retention, expansion, and overall satisfaction of identified strategically key managed account customers. This position requires a mindset which includes an Economic and Business Development focus and approach to Customer Experience. Responsible for proactively managing and be ultimately responsible for the development and successful implementation of strategic programs and offerings, developing new business, providing exceptional customer service, contract development and negotiation, and building long-term business relationships/partnerships with executive level decision makers.

This position will interface with engineers, account managers and representatives within the Customer Services group, the Energy Efficiency group, the Economic Development group and various departments within the operating company and as necessary with the Corporate National Account organization to meet stated goals and objectives.

• Establishes and maintains high-level relationships with key decision makers within assigned customer organization. Is responsible for the retention, expansion, and overall satisfaction of the assigned client base.
• Provides a single point-of-contact to customer contacts to identify critical issues and responsible for overseeing the plan of action to resolve critical issues with key departments within the operating company.
• Proactively manages the development and successful implementation of strategic programs and offerings, developing new business, providing exceptional customer service, contract development and negotiation, building long-term business relationships with executive level decision makers, new service issues, and various account management initiatives.
• Interface with engineers, the energy efficiency group, the economic development group and various AEP and operating company business units to meet stated goals and objectives.
• Executes strategies to market a variety of products and services to OPCO customers in various identified industry segments.
• Works with and engages the operating companies' leadership (at the executive, regulatory, operations & customer service level) with various issues that may affect the assigned key accounts.
• Promotes and supports operating company energy efficiency/demand response programs system wide to assigned key accounts.
• Promotes and supports operating company energy conversion with assigned key accounts.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, Communications or other related field.

Experience:

2 years’ experience in customer account management, business or economic development. Utility industry experience preferred.

Licenses/Certifications:

Advanced degree or professional certification preferred, ex Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Project Management Professional (PMP), Masters Business Administration (MBA), Juris Doctorate (JD).

• Demonstrated communications and presentation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Must be able to travel to various locations for extended periods and work late into the evenings.
• Must possess demonstrated ability to successfully build strategic internal and external relationships, possess political acumen, and display strong initiative to manage resources, projects and issues across business units, committees and task forces (both internal and external to the Company).
• Demonstrated successful leadership.

Tulsa, OK

$87,633 - $131,453 for Key Account Manager; $98,993 - $158,383 for Key Account Manager Senior.

Compensation grade: SP20-007. Compensation range: $87,633.00 - $.

Physical Demand Level: 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…