Job Description

Job Title

Data Analytics Platform Manager

Location:

TX - Dallas/Irving

What You'll Do

As the Data Analytics Platform Manager, you are accountable to lead a team of engineers in deploying, supporting & managing our data analytics platforms & tooling that support development of strategic insights & analytics use cases for Western Alliance Bank. This challenging role requires you to understand the various analytics capabilities & related tooling, identify best fit solutions for the Bank, & implement modern analytics solutions that support current & future Data Analytics needs. Utilizing strong critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills, you will develop relationships across the organization that enable and advance the data strategy in support of our company’s growth trajectory.

As the Data Analytics Platform Manager, you lead, empower, and contribute to a high-performing centralized team of Engineers and partner with the Model Development, Data Engineering, & IT/Business Teams that have Data professionals that need access to modern Data Analytics tools to develop reports, insights, & models that meet their Data Analytics needs. You must demonstrate strong technical mastery as well as an aptitude for business subject matter expertise and the impact the analytics solutions carry. To be successful, you collaborate with architects, product managers, and business and technical stakeholders to deliver and support enterprise analytics platforms & solutions. You are the champion for growing the data analytics discipline across the IT delivery organization. Your team of full time and professional services staff will eventually consist of 4-6 engineers & data professionals who rely on you for direct accountability for their development and productivity.

• Strong background in deploying, managing, & supporting Data Analytics capabilities, such as PowerBI, Databricks, Azure ML, and facilitating a community of practice that brings together data professionals & practitioners/users of data analytics tooling to advance the maturity of Data Analytics in the enterprise
• Integrate proper risk management practices & controls into use of data analytics tooling
• Apply Test Driven Development Methodology to all data analytics solutions.
• Ensure engineers adhere to published architecture patterns and specifications.
• Serve as the product owner for team including the oversight that agile stories are well formed and meet required acceptance criteria.
• Provide resolution to production incidents related to the data platform as required.
• Provide administrative management for a team of technology professionals
• Conducts frequent coaching with individual engineers on team to guide their professional development.
• Matures the Western Alliance Bank data analytics platforms through architectural principles and standards in tight collaboration with engineering and business line leadership.
• Champions Data Governance through non-functional requirements in all data solutions.
• Effectively communicates progress, issues, obstacles and success across business and technology stakeholders.
• Commits to and demonstrates built-in quality and compliance by design in all data solutions.
• Contributes to the strategy vision for the enterprise data and analytics strategy.
  
  

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 8+ years experience with data analytics capabilities specifically in Data Visualization, BI/Reporting, Model Development, Statistical/Prescriptive Analytics, & ETL.
• 3+ years experience leading teams or highly complex analytics projects of cross-functional team.
• Certifications within Azure such as Azure Fundamentals, Azure Data Engineer, Azure Data Scientist, and/or Azure DevOps Engineer.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and can develop content for & communicate with Executive Level stakeholders as well as Engineering & Scrum teams.
• Understanding of strategic and new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models.
• Experience in Agile, SAFe, and/or Scrum – preferred.
• Experience integrating with data quality, data catalog and data lineage tools – preferred.
• Additional Cloud Data certifications with any major cloud provides (Azure, AWS, GCP) -preferred.
• Banking or financial services industry experience or other highly regulated industry experience – preferred.
  
  

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 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 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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