Product Manager Director

Job Title

Product Manager Director

Location:

Houston, TX

What You'll Do

As a Director Product Management you'll be in a senior leadership position accountable for the Bank's Product Management function across all business line with the expectation to drive enhancements, stability, and scalability in the Bank's product suite. You'll design and execute a strategic product roadmap that details all needed leadership required to realize all concepts and key potential innovations into tangible, profitable products that align with the bank’s objectives and meets profitability goals. You'll lead a team of Product Managers and Product Analysts who are responsible for managing the lifecycle of assigned banking products, from product concept and business case analysis to technical development and introduction all the way through to ongoing maintenance and improvement.

• Support executive leadership in developing and executing the Bank's strategic plan, with specific focus of leading the efforts to develop and operate profitable banking products. Measured on the Product Teams' success in meeting product development objectives, managing product health, and Product Management's responsiveness to market dynamics.
• Direct the product development with responsibility for strategic technology direction, project delivery, and resource allocation (including budget and personnel). Responsible for the Product lifecycle process and defines the standards and deliverables for business case development, business requirement gathering, product design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Ensure the department's success in managing product health and effectiveness, and the team's efforts to pro-actively address obstacles to product development, product adoption, deteriorating product performance, competitive analysis, mitigating risk from market developments, and complications in service delivery.
• Foster strong, healthy working relationships with executives and senior leaders in partner departments (including Lending, Credit Administration, Risk Management/Compliance, IT and other internal support departments, and third-party services), and facilitates team's contribution to and compliance with technical processes and requirements, risk mitigation, efficiency, and customer service.
• Lead and develop a team; responsible for hiring, coaching, performance management, training and development.

What You'll Need

• 12\+ years of related experience in Product Management, Treasury Management Sales or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required; Masters or MBA in related field preferred.
• Previous leadership experience required.
• Expert knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Expert knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Expert knowledge of banking products, including treasury management, credit cards, as well as pricing dynamics. Market specific awareness.
• Expert experience with Product Management Methodology including new product launches, road mapping, business cases, product enhancements, communication and marketing plans, and robust executive management presentations and reporting development.
• Expert 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 [email protected] 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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