Most Powerful Women in Banking NEXT 2025

In her role, Honeycutt has to challenge business line leaders to ensure the bank's capital is deployed appropriately.

Naroditsky is leading initiatives that combine how faster payment processing improves the bank's delivery of products through partners.

Sherwood leads direct-to-consumer auto and personal loans, cards and secured lending at the bank where she's spent her whole career.

As part of her role, Taylor manages a $22 million annual budget for four teams.

Carta said that she and her payments team are "almost maniacal" about customer experience.

The "huge nerd on data" relies on strategic plans with strict deadlines to complete complex projects. That attention to detail shows in her YoY numbers.

Mattera built ConnectOne Bank's project management office from scratch over the past two years and recently deployed it for an M&A-driven tech integration.

A global focus is no longer a nice-to-have. Every deal requires a worldwide lens—crucial with $50 billion worth of them projected over the next 12 months.

Volunteering for more responsibilities put this tech exec in line to run software projects of increasing importance to her bank.

Hired as a litigator, Harris switched to operations to add new technology to UMB's legal department.