Job Title:
Senior Talent Acquisition SpecialistLocation:
CityScapeWhat you'll do:
As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, you'll own the full recruitment process and collaborate with hiring leaders and key stakeholders across the Bank to attract and acquire top talent. A key responsibility will be to develop and execute a recruitment strategy, ensuring a strong partnership with business leaders and a positive experience for candidates. Our Talent Acquisition Specialist supports the Bank's people strategy of building a workforce of highly capable, top performing talent.- Manage full life cycle recruitment process from sourcing to offer stage. Partner with multiple levels of leaders, including senior leaders, to understand the hiring needs and design a recruitment strategy to find the right talent. Serve as a talent acquisition advisor to the Talent Question team and the business, providing subject matter expertise and best practice guidance.
- Think strategically and creatively to proactively source active and passive candidates from a variety of sources (online databases, employee referrals, external events, professional associations, networking, research, etc.) while ensuring a pipeline of a diverse candidate slate, including senior and executive level pipelines. Enable and upskill Talent Acquisition Specialists on sourcing and recruitment strategies.
- Create a positive candidate experience, guiding leaders on expectations and timely feedback and follow-up throughout the process. Help identify and drive the development of leading processes, technology and overall solutions to improve and enhance the talent acquisition function.
- Perform all functions according to established policies, procedures, employment law and regulations, including adherence to OFCCP requirements. Lead compliance oversight and reporting to ensure team compliance.
- May lead and develop a team; responsible for hiring, coaching, performance management, training and development.
What you'll need:
- 5+ years of related experience.
- High school diploma required; Bachelor's degree in related field preferred.
- Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
- Advanced experience sourcing, recruiting and building strong, diverse talent pipelines, including use of Boolean, LinkedIn Recruiter, alternative search techniques, and recruiting related technology.
- Advanced experience prioritizing and executing multiple searches at a time with excellent customer focus and attention to detail, with the ability to train and upskill team members.
- Advanced 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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Skills Required
- 5+ years of related experience
- High school diploma
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- Advanced knowledge of regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules, regulations, industry standards, and practices
- Advanced sourcing, recruiting, and diverse talent pipeline development experience
- Experience with Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, alternative search techniques, and recruiting technology
- Experience prioritizing and executing multiple searches simultaneously
- Excellent customer focus and attention to detail
- Ability to train and upskill team members
- Advanced speaking and writing communication skills
Western Alliance Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Western Alliance Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Western Alliance Bank.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Feedback suggests annual bonuses are broadly available and can materially lift total compensation when business conditions are favorable. Participation spans many roles beyond executives.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants are described as widely accessible to employees at multiple levels, adding long‑term value to the package. This breadth helps align employees with company performance.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) program is positioned as a standout with an employer match structure viewed as stronger than common offerings. Automatic enrollment reinforces accessibility and participation.
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What We Do
Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE: WAL) is one of the country’s top-performing banking companies. Its primary subsidiary, Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, offers a full spectrum of tailored commercial banking solutions and consumer products, all delivered with outstanding service by banking and mortgage experts who put customers first. Serving clients across the country wherever business happens, Western Alliance Bank operates individual, full-service banking and financial brands with offices in key markets nationwide.
