Senior IT Project Manager

Job Title

Senior IT Project Manager

Location:

Block 23

What You'll Do

As the Senior IT Project Manager, you'll lead and deliver complex, high-impact IT projects that align with organizational goals. You'll work on end-to-end project management, planning, and collaboration with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and vendors. As the Senior IT Project Manager, you'll ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards while managing risks and driving continuous process improvement. This role also requires strong technical acumen, deep understanding of SDLC, and proven experience in managing Agile/Scrum teams. The ideal candidate will also have experience in banking or financial services and a track record of driving digital transformation programs.

• Plan, execute, and deliver complex IT projects, ensuring alignment with stakeholder objectives. Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and success criteria in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Manage end-to-end delivery of IT projects, ensuring adherence to SDLC/PMLC standards.
• Develop detailed project plans, budgets, and resource plans and allocation. Identify dependencies and prioritize tasks to optimize project delivery timelines.
• Act as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, providing regular updates on progress, risks, and outcomes. Facilitate effective communication and decision-making across teams and leadership.
• Lead cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior project managers and team members.
• Ensure project documentation is up-to-date and accessible for future reference. Optimize resource utilization to maximize project efficiency.
• Identify opportunities for improving project management processes and methodologies.
• Drive execution of digital transformation initiatives working with cross functional technical teams.
• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to have a fair understanding of technical designs, data flows and integrations.
• Ensure alignment of project deliverables with design, architecture and technology standards.
• When working with Agile teams, facilitate scrum ceremonies, partner with Scrum Masters/RTEs, and promote the culture of continuous improvement.
• Partner with business stakeholders, IT leadership, and external vendors to ensure alignment and management of cross functional dependencies.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks; maintain compliance with governance frameworks.
• Prepare and present risk reports and escalation plans to leadership.
• Communicate effectively with senior executives and cross-functional teams.
• Influence decision-making and drive consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Provide regular status reporting to all stakeholders, ensuring alignment across the board.
  
  

What You'll Need

• 8 years of related experience in Project Management or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Experience and knowledge of Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards, and practices.
• Advanced experience in IT project management managing large, complex projects with a proven track record of delivering projects on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
• Advanced experience working with project management tools (e.g., Workfront, MS Project, Planview, Jira, Azure DevOps or similar).
• Strong understanding of IT systems, software development life cycles (SDLC), and cloud technologies while also demonstrating strong organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with team members, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional initiatives in a regulated environment.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• Preferred experience with digital transformation, digital conversion or projects emerged from M&A activities.
• Project Management Professional Certification, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent certification.
• 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.

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