Chief Executive Officer (onsite​/hybrid

Chief Executive Officer (Onsite/Hybrid)

Farm Credit is a nationwide network of customer-owned financial institutions that provides loans and related financial services to U.S. farmers and ranchers, farmer-owned cooperatives, rural home buyers, agribusinesses and rural infrastructure providers. As customer-owned cooperatives, Farm Credit institutions are governed by the customers they serve and have a specific mission to support rural communities and agriculture — in good times and bad.

Farm Credit loans help U.S. agricultural producers feed the world, rural businesses grow and the rural economy thrive. Farm Credit infrastructure lending helps bring clean water to rural families, modern telecommunications to help rural businesses compete and reliable energy to rural communities. Farm Credit's mission remains just as vital today as it was when we made our first loan more than 100 years ago.

The Board of Directors of Agri Bank has formed a Search Committee comprised of current directors to initiate a succession process and identify potential, high-quality experienced and CEO-ready talent. The next CEO will partner with the Board of Directors and leadership team to architect and execute the organization's strategy and vision for its next chapter of growth and development. The successful candidate will continue to strengthen and develop a best-in-class leadership team and organizational structure to support Agri Bank's strategy and advance the Bank's mission.

The CEO will lead the overall strategic direction and business operations of Agri Bank. This includes providing wholesale funding, optional business services, and strategic support to and supervisory oversight of the Bank's member Associations. The CEO will oversee all aspects of the Bank with a focus on accelerating innovation, improving the Bank's offerings and capabilities, driving digital transformation and operational excellence, executing the Bank's District supervisory responsibilities, engaging regulatory and legislative stakeholders in coordination with other Farm Credit System leaders and the Farm Credit Council in advocacy of Farm Credit System priorities.

The CEO will foster a results oriented and highly collaborative culture to advance the Bank's mission as a wholesale funding bank and as a critical partner to its District Associations and to the Farm Credit System as a whole. The CEO will also maintain and strengthen Agri Bank's reputation and partnership with District entities as well as other leaders and stakeholders across the Farm Credit System to further support the advancement of the Bank's mission and other System-wide initiatives.

As CEO of Agri Bank, this leader will hold elected director positions on Farm Credit System chartered entities as appropriate including service on the Sun Stream Business Services board of directors. The CEO will champion, both internally and externally, Agri Bank's values and its mission to support economic growth and prosperity across rural America.

Reports to:

Agri Bank Board of Directors

Direct reports:

• Chief Financial Officer
• Chief Credit and Lending Officer
• Chief Risk and Information Officer
• Chief Operations and Strategy Officer
• Chief Human Resources Officer
• Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
• SVP, Relationship Management
• Executive Business Partner

Other key relationships:

• Farm Credit Administration
• Agri Bank District Member Associations
• Other Farm Credit Banks
• Other key stakeholders across the District and Farm Credit System

Strategic Leadership

• Initiate, identify, analyze, and develop key strategic initiatives.
• Lead, coordinate, and contribute to Agri Bank's strategic and business planning process.
• Facilitate strategic dialogue between Agri Bank senior leadership, Board of Directors and Association senior leadership and boards of directors.
• Execute strategy in partnership with the leadership team and Board of Directors.
• Ensure Agri Bank's sustainability as a value-added, multi-generational partner to its member Associations in the Farm Credit System.
• Provide leadership for the Farm Credit System and Agri Bank District through participation in various Systemwide boards, committees, and work groups.

Executive Leadership

• Allocate resources effectively across functions and departments.
• Set and monitor performance standards to achieve the Bank's business strategies, goals and objectives.
• Ensure the confidentiality, security and integrity of the Bank's systems and data.
• Perform additional responsibilities as needed to support the organization's goals and objectives.
• Recruit, develop, and retain best-in-class talent across all levels of Agri Bank to drive organizational performance while building a robust leadership pipeline to ensure long-term succession readiness.

Operational and Organizational Leadership

• Provide executive leadership and direction for all business activities, operating within Board policies, Farm Credit Administration regulations and federal, state and local laws.
• Ensure an effective audit function is in place, with…