Senior IT Project Manager - Agile Coach

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, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank - that remain part of the company's heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, 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

Responsibilities

• Coach teams, Product Owners, and Scrum Leads to improve flow, clarify roles, maintain healthy backlogs, and consistently deliver usable working outcomes.
• Identify and address delivery blockers, Agile anti-patterns, and team or leadership behaviors that negatively impact predictability and throughput.
• Support Agile adoption efforts by coaching teams and leaders through onboarding, launch, and stabilization phases, and helping the organization transition to Agile ways of working.
• Reinforce consistent use of Agile tools and practices to ensure work remains visible, current, and aligned to agreed execution standards, enabling reliable insights and data‑driven improvement.
• Partner with the Agile Center of Excellence to share lessons learned, support lightweight standards and training, and continuously improve Agile enablement approaches across IT.

Requirements

• 8+ years of related experience in Project Management working in an Agile environment.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Intermediate to 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, 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.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• Project Management Professional Certification, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent certification
• May require up to 25% travel.
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Job Title: Senior IT Project Manager - Agile Coach Location: Block 23

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