Strategic Enterprise Project Manager, EPMO (Banking)

Western Alliance Bank; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Medical and dental insurance

401k matching program

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Western Alliance Bank is seeking a Project Manager for the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) to help execute critical enterprise projects. You will develop detailed plans, monitor progress, manage budgets, and coordinate resources with business sponsors, leads, and IT teams.

The role requires 4+ years in project management, a Bachelor's degree, and strong communication skills. Experience with Workfront and Waterfall/SDLC is preferred.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of related experience in Project Management or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Entry level to intermediate knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Intermediate experience in building project schedules and collaborating with cross functional teams.
• Intermediate organizational and multitasking skills.
• Intermediate ability to be flexible with adapting requested changes to project scope and schedule.
• Intermediate experience working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Intermediate skills in project management software and tools (Workfront).
• Intermediate knowledge of project management and IT software development methodologies (Waterfall/SDLC) preferred.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• Project Management Professional preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project team members to build and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, and tasks. Maintain and update project schedules, ensuring all tasks are assigned and completed on time. Review and monitor project timelines and recommend adjustments as needed to ensure the project stays on schedule.
• Maintain and preserve project documentation, including project plans, project artifact documents, status reports and project budgets. Generate regular project status reports for distribution to project sponsors and project team members. Document meeting notes, summarize and distribute to project team.
• Maintain knowledge of resource allocations. Track and monitor allocations to ensure the right team members are assigned to tasks. Report resource availability, over-allocation and trends related to resource assignments to leadership.
• Monitor, document, and track the status of issues and risk mitigation activities against their target completion dates.
• Work with the business lead and IT resources to confirm invoice payment requests reflect proper billing amounts for the scope of work that has been completed.

Skills

PM experience

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Schedule building

Flexibility to scope/schedule changes

Fast-paced environment experience

Proficiency with PM software

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Workfront

Job description

Western Alliance Bank is seeking a Project Manager for the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) to help execute critical enterprise projects. You will develop detailed plans, monitor progress, manage budgets, and coordinate resources with business sponsors, leads, and IT teams.

The role requires 4+ years in project management, a Bachelor's degree, and strong communication skills. Experience with Workfront and Waterfall/SDLC is preferred.