Corporate Banking Director

Old National Bank has been serving clients and communities since 1834. With over $70 billion in total assets, we are a regional powerhouse deeply rooted in the communities we serve. As a trusted partner, we thrive on helping our clients achieve their goals and dreams, and we are committed to social responsibility and investing in our communities through volunteering and charitable giving.

We continually seek highly motivated and talented individuals as our people are critical to our success. In return, we offer competitive compensation with our salary and incentive program, in addition to medical, dental, and vision insurance. 401K, continuing education opportunities and an employee assistance program are also included in our benefit suite. Old National also offers a variety of Impact Network Groups led by team members who are passionate about driving engagement, creating awareness of diverse backgrounds and experiences, and building inclusion across the organization. We offer a unique opportunity to join a growing, community and client-focused company that is firmly rooted in its core values.

The Leader of Corporate Banking is a senior business leader responsible for developing, launching, and growing a new Corporate Banking vertical with a targeted portfolio exceeding $250M in revenue. This role will establish the initial strategy, client coverage model, operating structure, and team required to serve large and complex corporate clients.

This position leads a significant business segment with meaningful revenue responsibility and people leadership scope. The incumbent will execute strategy within established enterprise frameworks, while navigating the ambiguity associated with building a new capability where infrastructure, processes, and teams do not yet exist. Success in this role requires strong judgment, influence, and collaboration across Commercial Banking, Risk, Credit, Finance, Treasury, and Product partners.

The Leader of Corporate Banking is expected to translate enterprise strategy into actionable segment plans, drive disciplined portfolio growth, and develop managers and future leaders, while contributing insight and recommendations to senior leaders as the business evolves.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $127,900.00/Yr. - $258,600.00/Yr.. The base salary indicated for this position reflects the compensation range applicable to all levels of the role across the United States. Actual salary offers within this range may vary based on a number of factors, including the specific responsibilities of the position, the candidate's relevant skills and professional experience, educational qualifications, and geographic location.

Key Accountabilities

Business & Segment Leadership
• Lead the development and execution of the Corporate Banking segment strategy, including target client profiles, industry focus, and product alignment.
• Build and manage a Corporate Banking portfolio exceeding $250M in revenue, driving disciplined growth and strong client outcomes.
• Establish Corporate Banking as a differentiated offering while ensuring close coordination with adjacent businesses and shared services.
• Represent Corporate Banking internally as the segment leader and externally with key clients and partners.
• Portfolio & Financial Performance
  • Own revenue growth, portfolio performance, and client profitability for the Corporate Banking segment.
  • Partner with Credit and Risk leadership to support sound underwriting, portfolio quality, and adherence to enterprise risk frameworks.
  • Monitor performance metrics and take action to address growth opportunities, concentration risks, and operating challenges.
• Team & Capability Build
  • Design and build the Corporate Banking team, including relationship managers and support functions, as the portfolio grows.
  • Hire, lead, and develop managers and individual contributors, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and client excellence.
  • Establish clear roles, expectations, and performance standards for a newly formed team.
• Operating Model & Execution
  • Help define operating processes, governance, and decision rights for Corporate Banking in partnership with enterprise stakeholders.
  • Ensure consistent execution of client coverage, credit processes, and risk controls as the business scales.
  • Contribute to change management as Corporate Banking capabilities are introduced and refined within the organization.

Key Competencies

• People Leadership
  • Retains, attracts, and recruits top diverse talent leveraging opportunistic hires to meet current and future people needs at Old National.
  • Empower others by creating an environment where leaders can stretch beyond what they thought they could accomplish via a commitment to a common vision and shared values.
• Culture Leadership
  • Create an environment, via tailored delivery, where associates are encouraged to live by the ONB culture and core values.
  • Encourage and support a positive working environment that leads to an increase in achievement of all sales targets.
• Execution Leadership
  • Actively seek to identify the cause of issues and determine best solutions while acting within approved guidelines and parameters.
  • Accepts full responsibility for self and team, follows through with commitments while acknowledging and learning from mistakes.
• Promotes Change
  • Explain the business need, impact, and anticipate benefits of the change while engaging stakeholders to gain buy-in.
  • Shapes and transforms culture by building an organizational culture of change agility.
  • Manages risk associated with the change through appropriate contingency planning.
  • Promotes change where it is needed to stay relevant and successful while creating conditions for team members to creatively generate new ways to enhance Old National's ability to succeed.
• Makes Decisions & Solves Problems
• • Analyzes, contrasts, combines and compares data to define the most relevant organizational problems and opportunities and gain clarity on potential impact.
  • Creates sound strategies by gathering information through listening, thoughtful questions, challenging assumptions and collaborating with networks in and outside of Old National.
  • Aligns efforts and resources around blue chips and formulates decisions on relevant factors (e.g., costs, benefits, buy-in, risks) with the greatest potential for positive impact.
  • Sets strategic direction for short-and long-term goals while remaining agile to adjust plans to close current gaps, modifying priorities as circumstances change.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field required.
• Master's degree (MBA or equivalent) or advanced financial training preferred.
• 10+ years of Significant leadership experience in Corporate Banking, Large Commercial Banking, or a related financial services segment serving complex corporate clients (250M+ in revenue).
• Demonstrated success leading a business segment, portfolio, or team with material revenue responsibility.
• Experience building or expanding a new business line, client segment, or capability, particularly in a matrixed or growth-oriented organization.
• Strong working knowledge of corporate credit, risk management, capital structures, treasury services, and relationship-led banking models.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance growth, profitability, and risk discipline.
• Proven people leader with experience developing managers and building high-performing teams.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, establish structure where limited precedent exists, and execute within enterprise frameworks.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills across Credit, Risk, Finance, and Product partners.
• Executive presence with credibility among senior leaders and sophisticated corporate clients.
• Sound judgment, decision-making capability, and ability to manage complex issues.

Old National is proud to be an equal opportunity employer focused on fostering an inclusive workplace and committed to hiring a workforce comprised of diverse backgrounds, cultures and thinking styles.

As such, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

We do not accept resumes from external staffing agencies or independent recruiters for any of our openings unless we have an agreement signed by the Director of Talent Acquisition, SVP, to fill a specific position.

Our culture is firmly rooted in our core values.

We are optimistic. We are collaborative. We are inclusive. We are agile. We are ethical.

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