Director, Team Lead - Entertainment and Media

Director, Team Lead - Entertainment and Media

As a Director, you'll be in a senior-level leadership position responsible for executing the division's strategic plan and guiding your team in its efforts to meet the Bank's annual growth and customer retention targets. Experience required in financing two of the three entertainment verticals: Film/TV, Music, and/or Sports industries. You'll lead a group of Entertainment Bankers, including Relationship Managers and Portfolio Management staff to expand our market share, grow the portfolio, and deepen the relationship with our customers. You'll be responsible for leading the growth and development of the team's general portfolio of the Entertainment Banking team, as part of the greater Specialized Entertainment and Media Banking Business Groups. While Senior Directors spend a significant portion of time working their own network and top-tier customers in the portfolio, much of your time will be devoted to supporting your team in credit structuring discussions, portfolio management, and market dynamics responsiveness.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the Head of the Entertainment and Media Group in executing the Bank's strategic plan, with specific focus of leading the efforts to grow the loan and deposit portfolio of the assigned region or business line.
• Executing the tactical strategy outlined by the Head of the Entertainment and Media Group regarding transaction pitches and negotiation of term sheets. Guiding the credit structuring development process, customer assessment, and presentation to credit committees.
• Responsible for the team's success in managing efforts to pro-actively address deteriorating loan performance, mitigating risk from market developments, complications in service delivery, and product adoption.
• Fostering strong, healthy working relationships with executive and senior leaders in partner departments (including Credit Administration, Risk Management/Compliance, Loan Administration, and other internal support departments, and third-party services), and facilitating team's contribution to and compliance with technical processes and requirements, risk mitigation, efficiency, and customer service.
• Leading and developing a team; responsible for hiring, coaching, performance management, training and development.

Qualifications include:

• 8+ years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Advanced to expert knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Advanced to expert knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Advanced knowledge of commercial credit and loan structuring, pricing dynamics and has market specific awareness.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.
• May require up to 50% travel.

Compensation: Salary range for new hires is generally $160,000.00 - $205,849.00 for Beverly Hills, CA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned and restricted stock.

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.