IT Director II - Agile and IT Project Management Center of Excellence

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What you'll do:

• Methodology & Standards: Define and maintain unified delivery methodologies (Agile, Iterative, Hybrid) to be leveraged by IT initiatives. Develop, manage, maintain, and own associated standards, processes, templates, and tools/platforms. Ensure alignment with enterprise governance frameworks (e.g., COBIT, FFIEC).
• Agile Transformation: Lead Agile Transformation across IT and the Business, partnering with Agile Coaches and delivery teams. Promote enterprise-wide adoption of Agile principles and practices. Support Agile maturity assessments and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Communities of Practice (COP): Establish and facilitate COPs to enable cross-functional knowledge sharing and collaboration. Manage updates, communications, and change management for IT Delivery standards. Promote adoption of best practices across delivery teams.
• Continuous Improvement: Monitor feedback from delivery teams and stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities. Incorporate enhancements into future iterations of standards, processes, and templates. Benchmark against industry practices and regulatory expectations.
• PMO Monitoring & Compliance: Implement 1st Line of Defense (LOD) PMO monitoring to validate adherence to defined standards. Partner with Risk and Compliance teams to embed controls into delivery lifecycle. Provide oversight and reporting on compliance with SDLC, PMLC, and governance frameworks.
• Manage and Collaborate with matrixed teams across multiple domains.
• Partner with HR and IT Leadership's to build and implement a strategy for employee development, retention, resource allocation, talent management, performance management, and achieve a diverse and engaged workforce as well as recruit, train, and evaluate staff members work.
• Participate in annual budget planning as well as manage a budget, business cases, execution plans, and operating plans and build any resource plan needed to achieve established program priorities.
• Ensure adequate risk management and controls are established and maintained in alignment with the risk appetite for the bank, as well as any applicable regulatory and enterprise risk management expectations.

What you'll need:

• 12+ years of related experience or similar field with 10+ years in IT delivery, PMO leadership, or process governance roles.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Iterative, and Hybrid methodologies.
• Experience developing and implementing enterprise-wide standards and frameworks.
• Familiarity with SDLC, PMLC, and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Previous leadership experience required.
• Experience in Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• PMP, PgMP, or SAFe certifications preferred.
• Experience with Agile transformation and SDLC frameworks preferred.
• Familiarity with tools like Planview, Workfront, Tableau, or similar dashboard/reporting platforms preferred.
• Expertise in executive reporting, performance metrics, and resource planning.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Advanced to expert experience in working with multiple project/portfolio teams working in Application Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, Architecture while working on complex solutions and products with additional responsibility for the execution of KPIs and timelines.
• Utilize data to identify areas of improvement and opportunities for growth by collaborating with business and tech leads.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• May require up to 25% travel.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation