IT Director I First Line IT Governance, Risk, and Controls

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What youll do:

• Oversee the development tracking and reporting of IT KRIs within GRC and Workfront platforms to provide timely insights into emerging risks and trends.
• Coordinate and help lead reviews of Service Organization Control (SOC) reports to validate IT control effectiveness and identify potential gaps impacting risk posture.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of the IT risk control inventory including updates for new controls retirements and alignment with regulatory and internal standards.
• Develop and deliver high-quality materials for governance forums ensuring clarity on risk issues mitigation strategies and decision-making support.
• Oversee IT participation in regulatory exams internal audits and enterprise risk reviews ensuring consistent messaging and readiness.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to IT stakeholders by offering guidance on risk identification exception management mitigation strategies and compliance with enterprise risk frameworks.
• Aggregate and analyze data for issue owners to monitor remediation progress and escalate delays or concerns to leadership.
• Oversee the execution of mock regulatory exams and remediation exercises to strengthen preparedness for supervisory reviews and internal assessments.
• Prepare and present risk and control updates for key governance bodies ensuring transparency and actionable insights.
• Create executive-level reports and presentations that communicate IT risk posture trends and strategic initiatives to senior leadership.
• Participate in building the IT organizations 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 the annual budget planning and management process as well as business cases reviews execution plans and operating plans for their teams.

What youll need:

• 10 years direct experience in IT Governance IT Risk Management Cybersecurity Compliance or Technology Audit.
• Relevant industry certifications preferred (e.g. CISA CRISC CISSP CISM CGEIT ITIL).
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Cybersecurity Risk Management or a related field required; Advanced degree or certifications (e.g. CRISC CISA CISSP) preferred.
• Proven leadership experience with the ability to manage and develop teams drive accountability and foster collaboration across IT and business units.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g. FFIEC SOX GLBA) and industry standards (e.g. NIST ISO).
• Experience managing IT risk programs and governance processes including KRIs control inventories audit coordination and regulatory deliverables.
• Ability to analyze complex data sets and summarize findings into actionable insights for governance reporting and executive presentations.
• Exceptional communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to influence stakeholders and present to senior leadership and committees.
• Advanced to expert experience in risk management tools and platforms and familiarity with IT control frameworks.
• Advanced to expert ability to analyze a variety of data and summarize findings in applicable reports or other communication mediums. Utilize data to identify areas of improvement and opportunities for growth by collaborating with business and tech leads.
• May require up to 25% travel.

Benefits youll love:
We offer all the important things youd 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 addition youll 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 or call . 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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