**Job Posting End Date** 02-04-2025 Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date **Job Summary** Provides overall Economic and/or Business Development direction and support the Operating Company. **Job Description** ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: 1) Manage the interface between operating company and corporate economic and business development functions on the company. 2) Maintain relationships and ongoing communications with the operating company's State Department of Development, other applicable state-level departments and agency heads, legislative leaders, and the States' Public Utilities Commission members and staff in order to serve effectively as the liasion between the company and these government and economic development leaders on economic development policy and issues. 3) Maintain relationships with regional and local economic development organizations and local community leaders engaged in economic development to serve effectively as the liaison between the company and these government and economic development leaders on economic development policy and issues. 4) Serve as the spokesperson and advocate for corporate positions in the operating company on economic development policy or major end-use customers on Company issues with state legislators, regulators, major customers, community leaders, and economic development professionals. 5) Serve as company witness before state legislative committees or before the state public utility commission regarding economic development issues and policy. 6) Coordinate and ensure effective AEP representation on applicable state-level industry associations and serve as the company's board representative on these associations as they relate to economic development. 7) Encourage and assist in building broad stakeholder coalitions to advance the Company's economic development and public policy goals. 8) Act as a resource for external stakeholders and employees on industry and Company economic development issues. 9) Identify economic and business development policy needs, develop positions on economic development policies for influencing the public debate, and inform affected business units of economic development policy decisions. 10) Provide ongoing updates to the VP of External Affairs and other members of the Leadership Team on economic & business development issues/policy changes at the local, region and state level. 11) May supervise a team of economic & business development managers. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Education requirements are listed below: Bachelors degree in Economics, Engineering, Finance, Business Administration or related field. Work Experience requirement listed below: Seven years of industry-specific or equivalent experience. OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Physical demand level is Sedentary Certified Economic Development Professional designation or similar certification preferred. Master's degree preferred. Demonstrated strategic and analytical skills. Strong oral and written communication skills, with ability to build relationships and achieve objectives through collaboration with multiple entities both within and outside the organization. Demonstrated ability to strategically manage economic development projects. **Compensation Data** **Compensation Grade:** SP20-011 **Compensation Range:** $155,761.00-202,490.50 USD **Hear about it first!** Get job alerts by email. Log in to your Candidate Home Account today! If you don't have an account, you can create one. It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all aspects of the employer‐employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we must record certain information to be made part of an Affirmative Action Plan. Applicants for employment may also be invited to participate in the Affirmative Action Program by self-identifying their Race or Ethnic Identity.