Senior IT Director, Cyber - Security Engineering

About the role

Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands - Alliance Association Bank, Al

Responsibilities

• Partner with HR and Cyber 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.
• Lead budget planning as well as manage budget(s), business cases, execution plans, and operating plans for their respective teams as well as build strategy of the resource plan to achieve established program priorities.
• Ensure the Cyber organization as well as the enterprise are proactively providing for risk management and cyber security processes and controls that are in alignment with the risk appetite for the Bank, as well as applicable regulatory and enterprise risk management expectations.
• Own and lead enterprise security engineering domains including Identity & Access Management (IAM), Network Security, Data Security, and Security Platform Engineering-driving architecture, tooling strategy, and control effectiveness aligned to business and regulatory requirements.
• Define and execute the security engineering roadmap across authentication, authorization, segmentation, data protection, and security tooling-ensuring scalability, automation, and measurable risk reduction.
• Build, mentor, and scale high-performing engineering teams, establishing standards for secure design, DevSecOps integration, and operational excellence (e.g., CI/CD security, infrastructure as code, and policy-as-code).
• Partner cross-functionally with IT, infrastructure, application teams, and GRC to embed security controls into enterprise platforms, ensure audit readiness, and support regulatory frameworks (FFIEC, GLBA, CRI).
• Drive continuous improvement through metrics and innovation-leveraging telemetry, threat insights, and engineering KPIs (coverage, MTTR, control efficacy) to optimize detection, prevention, and response capabilities.

Requirements

• 15+ years of related experience or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Previous leadership experience required.
• Advanced knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Expert experience in managing highly skilled technology teams and being responsible for the execution KPIs and timelines.
• Expert builds and maintains external relationships in academia, industry bodies, fintech's, and technology providers to drive continued digital innovation and identify potential acquisitions or partnerships to deliver new revenue or experience capabilities.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• Occasional travel required.
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Job Title: Senior IT Director, Cyber - Security Engineering Location: Block 23

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