IT Director II - IT Strategy and Portfolio

IT Director II - IT Strategy and Portfolio

Location : Block 23

What you'll do :

As an IT Director II, you'll lead the delivery of IT strategy through actionable planning and execution, leveraging partnerships across Architecture, Infrastructure, Engineering, Application Teams, Support, and strategic third-party providers. In this role, you will oversee strategic alignment, IT portfolio governance, performance reporting, and resource optimization across all IT initiatives, ensuring measurable business value and alignment with the bank's growth, regulatory, and customer experience objectives. You will collaborate closely with internal business partnersincluding the Head of IT Strategy, IT Leadership Team, IT Business Operations, Agile Center of Excellence, Enterprise PMO, Risk and Compliance, and Finance and FP&Ato proactively address evolving customer and stakeholder needs, resolve issues swiftly, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and delivery excellence. As part of the IT Strategy, Portfolio & Delivery Office (SPDO), you'll be accountable for building and driving strategic planning for the delivery of products and services, evaluating technology standards, and recommending improvements to established business processes.

Responsibilities include :

• Manage matrixed teams across multiple domains working on complex problems and solutions.
• 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.
• Strategic Planning & Alignment : Collaborate with IT and business leadership to define and evolve the IT strategy. Ensure all IT initiatives align with corporate goals and regulatory requirements. Maintain and communicate the IT Strategic Roadmap.
• IT Portfolio Management : Own the IT portfolio lifecycle, including intake, prioritization, and performance tracking. Facilitate quarterly portfolio reviews and executive dashboards. Monitor benefit realization, risk exposure, and strategic alignment of projects.
• Governance & Compliance : Implement and maintain portfolio governance frameworks (e.g., COBIT, FFIEC). Ensure compliance with internal controls and external regulations.
• Support audit readiness and reporting.
• Performance Reporting : Lead the development of Quarterly Performance Reports (QPRs). Establish and maintain a centralized KPI repository aligned to IT strategic objectives. Provide transparency into delivery health, resource utilization, and ROI.
• Resource Optimization : Oversee demand and capacity planning across IT programs.
• Partner with IT Business Operations to balance FTE / contractor mix and location strategy. Support workforce optimization initiatives and talent pipeline development.
• Leadership & Collaboration : Lead a team of Portfolio Analysts and Program Managers. Partner with Agile COE, PMO, and SDLC SMEs to drive excellence in project execution. Act as a strategic advisor to IT leadership on investment decisions and prioritization.

What you'll need :

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, national 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.