Manager, Corporate Strategy & Planning

Western Alliance Bank•San Diego, CA

2d•$159,745 - $218,495

About The Position

This role is a key member of the Corporate Strategy & Planning team and will act as an internal strategic business partner & consultant to aid the executive team in developing technology-enabled business initiatives aligned to the Bank’s Strategic Plan. This role will primarily support the bank’s Specialty Escrow Deposit business lines (LOBs) with an emphasis on the bank’s Digital Assets, HOA Banking, Juris Banking & other Specialty Escrow LOBs. This role will be partnered with one of the Bank’s Chief Banking Officers, where you will be positioned at the crucial intersection of business, technology & industry to manage the development of expansion strategies for LOBs leading the bank’s growth into the digital banking age. Partners closely with the Corporate Strategy leadership team and line of business executives to support the development & execution of the bank-wide Strategic Plan utilizing data-informed business insights. Aligned to one of the bank’s Chief Banking Officers to support their strategic priorities for the Bank, develop their annual strategic plans, and proactively identify issues to help mitigate enterprise risks. Partners with LOB Leaders to help identify, assess & lead strategy projects, gathered from the Strategic Planning process, to enhance business performance and drive shareholder value. Serve as a Strategic Business Partner to the Head of Digital Assets to define & advance the bank’s Digital Asset Strategy, maintaining a pulse on the evolving crypto industry to support aligning enterprise capabilities with market trends to shape the LOB Product Roadmap & deliver differentiated customer value. Drive growth strategy by partnering with business units and technology teams to execute strategic initiatives for technology-enabled deposit solutions (HOA banking, Juris Banking & Corporate Trust). Serve as a key liaison to align priorities, identify critical investments, and accelerate business expansion. Foster stakeholder relationships with Corporate Support Functions (Product, Risk, Marketing, HR, & Operations) to drive alignment and enhance business execution that drives growth efforts for the LOB leaders. Gather market research and related analysis to define target markets around potential transactions for organic or inorganic growth opportunities based on evolving environment & industry landscape. Supports the LOB’s Quarterly Business Review meetings to ensure alignment of business initiatives, KPI’s, KRIs, Execution Risk, Operational Plans, and financial planning towards the bank’s Strategic Plan. Provides advisory on relevant trends, emerging technologies & insights from the banking industry to ensure proper alignment of communication to deliver enterprise-wide business solutions. Comfortable with a 10-15% travel schedule to attend offsite executive planning sessions and to attend various banking & industry aligned conferences to gather industry insights.

Requirements

6+ years of relevant experience through management consulting, strategy consulting, or internal strategic planning / corporate strategy within the Banking industry – MBA desired.
Experience driving large initiatives from framing the problem, conducting research / analysis to building the business & operational plans to drive Digital Asset, HOA Banking, & other Specialty Escrow strategies forward.
Practical expertise across payment rails (ACH, wires, SWIFT, RTP) integrating within the digital asset ecosystem
Experience creating & presenting executive level PowerPoint presentations for executive stakeholders while managing ambiguity throughout the creative process.
Experience with market intelligence data gathering tools such as S&P Global; various Govt & Global databases.
Entrepreneurial and proactive in identifying opportunities and solutions utilizing your strong business acumen and analytical problem-solving skills to help inform decision-making for senior leaders.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with financial evaluations, corporate finance / acquisition modeling, due diligence, and various valuation methodologies for organic and inorganic growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

Act as an internal strategic business partner & consultant to aid the executive team in developing technology-enabled business initiatives aligned to the Bank’s Strategic Plan.
Support the bank’s Specialty Escrow Deposit business lines (LOBs) with an emphasis on the bank’s Digital Assets, HOA Banking, Juris Banking & other Specialty Escrow LOBs.
Manage the development of expansion strategies for LOBs leading the bank’s growth into the digital banking age.
Support the development & execution of the bank-wide Strategic Plan utilizing data-informed business insights.
Support strategic priorities for the Bank, develop annual strategic plans, and proactively identify issues to help mitigate enterprise risks.
Identify, assess & lead strategy projects, gathered from the Strategic Planning process, to enhance business performance and drive shareholder value.
Define & advance the bank’s Digital Asset Strategy, maintaining a pulse on the evolving crypto industry to support aligning enterprise capabilities with market trends to shape the LOB Product Roadmap & deliver differentiated customer value.
Drive growth strategy by partnering with business units and technology teams to execute strategic initiatives for technology-enabled deposit solutions (HOA banking, Juris Banking & Corporate Trust).
Align priorities, identify critical investments, and accelerate business expansion.
Foster stakeholder relationships with Corporate Support Functions (Product, Risk, Marketing, HR, & Operations) to drive alignment and enhance business execution that drives growth efforts for the LOB leaders.
Gather market research and related analysis to define target markets around potential transactions for organic or inorganic growth opportunities based on evolving environment & industry landscape.
Support the LOB’s Quarterly Business Review meetings to ensure alignment of business initiatives, KPI’s, KRIs, Execution Risk, Operational Plans, and financial planning towards the bank’s Strategic Plan.
Provide advisory on relevant trends, emerging technologies & insights from the banking industry to ensure proper alignment of communication to deliver enterprise-wide business solutions.
Attend offsite executive planning sessions and to attend various banking & industry aligned conferences to gather industry insights.