Project Manager

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What you'll do:

What we are looking for:

• Provide end-to-end Project and Change Management for assigned initiatives
• Works with Project Owner/Sponsor to develop a documented change strategy for introducing new product/services into the organization and our customers if applicable.
• Leverages people change management experience to adjust to change resistance and uncertainties.
• Coordinate and participate in detailed requirements collection, analysis, and documentation.
• Work with lines of business and IT partners on project planning, identifying solutions, and documenting current and target environments.
• Manage project risks with necessary mitigation, escalation, and backup plans
• Manage the defined governance, gating, and Change Control methodologies
• Maintain detailed project documentation, including timelines, status updates, and risk assessments.
• Provide regular reports to the Payments Operation Director and other key stakeholders.

What you need to have:

• Three years of project management experiencing involving large and extremely complex projects
• Minimum of 3 years of banking/financial services experience
• PMP Certification Preferred, but not required.
• Must have superior oral and written presentation skills, with the ability to create and deliver executive level PowerPoint presentations
• Executive presence is a must
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to audiences with varying degrees of technical understanding
• Self-motivated individual willing to work in a challenging and fast-paced environment
• Well-rounded project management experience in banking or financial services.
• Knowledge of best practices for enterprise-level business projects
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, and PPM tools
• Ability to manage ambiguity in unstructured environments and on multiple work streams.
• Ability to work independently and as a collaborative team member.
• Ability to build consensus, generate support from a wide range of stakeholders, and create a strong network of relationships among peers, internal partners and external constituencies.
• Positive attitude and highly adaptable to change.

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