Careers at Western Alliance Bank
Find your path. Make a difference. Get noticed. As a top-performing national commercial bank, Western Alliance recognizes our people’s expertise, fuels their growth and rewards their success. Work for a bank with possibilities.
About Us
Western Alliance Bank
With more than $85 billion in assets, Western Alliance Bancorporation 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. Major accolades include being ranked as a top U.S. bank in 2024 by American Banker and Bank Director and receiving #1 rankings on Extel’s (formerly Institutional Investor’s) All-America Executive Team Midcap Banks 2024 for Best CEO, Best CFO and Best Company Board of Directors. 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 continue to be part of the company’s heritage.
Possibilities
Own Your Possibilities
We are an actively growing, publicly held national employer that not only offers opportunities for advancement, but the power to have an impact while achieving your ambitions in a positive, inspiring culture focused on people, performance and possibilities.
At Western Alliance, you can create a long and successful career with an organization ranked as a top-performing large U.S. bank, year after year, by American Banker and Bank Director.
We value our people’s expertise, empower them to make a difference and reward their success. You’ll benefit from a long tradition of growing and promoting from within. With access to training, mentorship programming, management succession planning and more, you can stretch your skills, expand your aspirations and solve your career.
Culture
Grow with Us
If you’re looking for a company that is big enough to offer plenty of opportunity and professional growth, yet nimble enough to welcome new ideas and embrace your entrepreneurial spirit, Western Alliance Bank could be the right place for you. We’re growing, and we inspire our people to keep growing, too.
Whether your priorities include personal advancement, having an impact or cultivating relationships, Western Alliance helps your talent and expertise shine. Importantly, our customers are at the center of everything we do. And how we define our culture — acting with integrity, displaying creativity, demonstrating teamwork, showing passion and delivering excellence – is simply the way we do business every day.
Here, you'll work with smart, dedicated, and energetic people who share a unique sense of belonging and take great pride in all that they do— providing our teams and clients with a wealth of opportunities to succeed.
Diversity, Opportunity & Inclusion
A Work Environment Where You Belong
By celebrating the unique attributes and experiences of our people, we support a culture that values everyone and enables Western Alliance to continue succeeding.
“Having a variety of skills, backgrounds and experiences in the workplace helps build a strong team, leading to increased opportunities for our clients and our people. We want to build a pipeline of diverse talent at all levels within the company with a focus on creating conditions for sustainable growth, hiring, retaining and building the skills necessary to secure top management positions within Western Alliance. I believe together we can shape our company for the better and we should not settle for anything less.”
Kenneth Vecchione, CEO. Western Alliance Bank
Workforce initiatives, including targeted recruitment efforts, training opportunities and support for our employee-led Business Resource Groups, enhance corporate culture and help maintain a high-achieving workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Our internal Opportunity Council highlights and encourages new ways to share a variety of thought and leadership experience and ideas, in line with our entrepreneurial spirit. Our ultimate goal is to nurture an environment where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered, guided by principled leadership.
Benefits
Great Benefits Show You Matter
We believe great work deserves great rewards. At Western Alliance, our people’s contributions are valued and celebrated. We offer a total package: In addition to competitive compensation, many team members at every level are eligible to be rewarded for their contributions to the company with an annual bonus and annual stock grant. We also offer benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life and disability insurance.
“If you look at the average compensation for Western Alliance employees, it's among the highest in the industry. They earn it. Our success is all about our employees, and we recognize that they're the most important part of our company.”
Dale Gibbons, Vice Chairman & Chief Financial Officer, Western Alliance Bancorporation
Other attractive offerings include our 401(k) program, health savings account, and employee education reimbursement programs.
Community
We Live to Give Back
Strengthening the communities where we do business is important to us. So we volunteer. We join boards. We get involved in issues that matter. And we provide financial support — through community development lending and investments, plus a variety of grants and initiatives. From our bankwide involvement in Junior Achievement in our communities, to volunteering as a company at 9/11 National Day of Service events across the country, to facilitating affordable housing developments through our involvement with the Federal Home Loan Bank system, Western Alliance people care.
If you have a passion for getting involved and making a difference in your community, you’ll find your place at Western Alliance. Learn more about our Community Commitment.
Leadership
Own Your Success in a Company of Entrepreneurs
Western Alliance’s entrepreneurial spirit starts at the top with leaders who understand that empowered people are central to everything we do. By providing access, resources and capacity, they empower Western Alliance teams to deliver superior service to clients. The result is a culture that allows the company, our people—and the businesses we bank—to thrive.
Expand Your Horizons
“At Western Alliance, you'll have a chance to make a direct impact on the company, whether you’re in a client-facing position or you're working to support internal clients. Resources like the WAL Women's Alliance provide multiple opportunities to further your success. You’re always going to feel like you've directly affected both the business and the bottom line.”
-- Jessica H. Jarvi, Chief Legal Officer, Western Alliance employee since 2007
Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex color, religion, age, national 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.
Applicants Requesting Accommodations: 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.