Senior IT Director, Cyber - Security Engineering

Job Title:

Senior IT Director, Cyber - Security Engineering

Location:

Block 23

What you'll do:

As a Senior IT Director, Cyber - Security Engineering, you’ll lead the delivery of Cyber technology solutions leveraging partnerships with other technology teams (e.g. Architecture, Infrastructure, Engineering, and Support), business teams and leaders, strategic partners, and third-party Cyber technology providers. Additionally, you'll collaborate with internal business partners to proactively address ongoing customer needs and ensure rapid resolution to open issues. In this role you will foster a collaborative environment with focus on continuous improvement and delivery of working Cyber software. As the Senior IT Director - Cyber you'll be accountable you'll be accountable for build and delivery of strategic planning of Cyber products and services as well as evaluate technology and set standards. This role will be accountable to recommend and implement improvements to established business processes while continuing to deliver high value in execution. You'll also be accountable to create comprehensive project plans as well as remove any impediments and track overall project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of business short-term and long-term goals.

• Broad accountability to delivery and support respective domain areas while partnering with the business and Finance, and influence WAB Culture. Implementation of Cyber safety procedures and data recovery plans.
• 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.

What you'll need:

• 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.

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, 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 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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