Western Alliance Bank · 1 day ago
Small Business Credit Director
Phoenix, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$165K/yr - $189K/yr
10+ years expWestern Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation, and they are seeking a Small Business Credit Director. This role involves leading the bank's strategy around small business credit, managing a team, and ensuring competitive offerings that align with customer needs.
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Responsibilities
Responsible for supporting the Business Line Leader and Chief Banking Officer in executing the Bank's strategic plan, with specific focus of leading the efforts to support the growth of the bank’s consumer and small business credit offerings
Leads ongoing review and updates of small business and consumer credit policy, underwriting guidelines, and product pricing and structure based on business line needs, market dynamics and regulatory requirements
Leads the Business and Consumer Loan Center, ensuring delivery of exceptional service to our clients and bankers
Manages the SBA Enterprise group, working with the SBA team to offer competitive credit terms that grow the client base, expand relationships, and increase fee income
Ensures the bank is utilizing existing technology to its fullest potential and provide recommendations for improvement
Guides the credit structuring development process, customer assessment, and presentation to senior and business line loan committees for larger credits
Responsible for the team's success in managing portfolio health, and the team's efforts to proactively address deteriorating loan performance, mitigating risk from market developments, complications in service delivery, and product adoption
Fosters strong, healthy working relationships with executive and senior leaders in partner departments (including Preferred and Small Business Banking, Credit Administration, Risk Management/Compliance, Loan Administration, 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
Provides supervision to and directs the activities of their staff; performs supervisory tasks such as performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, and interviewing candidates for employment; develops work schedules; provides necessary training and coaching
Remains knowledgeable on market trends, competitive offerings, industry best practices and regulatory changes impacting your area of influence
Qualification
Required
10+ years of related experience
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
Previous leadership experience required
Exceptional credit knowledge and underwriting skills in SBA lending, consumer and general C&I lending
Expert knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services
Broad experience in, but not limited to, customer experience process improvement as well as data and analytics programs
Demonstrated ability to think strategically, deliver innovation, and drive improved client and employee experiences
Excellent analytical and business consulting skills with demonstrated experience in strategic planning, program execution, and development of strong risk management practices
Benefits
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
A wellness program
Company
Western Alliance Bank
Western Alliance Bank is a banking firm that offers commercial and business banking solutions.
Founded in 1994Phoenix, Arizona, USA
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2020 (10)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$400M2025-11-19Post Ipo Debt· $400M
2005-06-30IPO
Leadership Team
Tim Boothe
Chief Operating Officer
Barbara Kennedy
Chief Human Resources Officer
Recent News
2025-12-12
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