Commercial Strategy Intern

Summary:

The Commercial and Digital Strategy team is responsible for providing strategic and business planning leadership and support across businesses and functions within the commercial bank. The Commercial and Digital Strategy Intern is an essential role for the support and progression of internal strategic consultancy capabilities for the Commercial Strategy team and for Huntington Bank overall and will be located in our Charlotte office.

This role will be actively involved in supporting multiple strategic engagements targeting growth, digital, and other business transformation opportunities across the commercial bank working in cooperation with coverage leaders, product owners, and key functional leaders including technology, operations, finance, risk, and human resources. Engagements may focus on evaluating new markets or businesses to enter, enhancing salesforce effectiveness, identifying new digital capabilities to develop or new products to offer, and driving efficiency in operations.  This role will support senior strategy leadership in providing strategic guidance to the various business and function leaders across the commercial bank.

This role reports to the EVP, Commercial and Digital Strategy. This role will take part in the broader Huntington internship program which includes onboarding, training & development programs and will deliver a capstone project to finalize program completion.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for the support of strategic engagements across the Commercial Bank in partnership with senior team members and business leaders

Performing internal stakeholder interviews and other forms of benchmarking to identify growth and/or transformation opportunities.

Executing primary and secondary research, performing analytics, and competitor analysis to develop fact-based to support the execution of strategic engagements.

Supports in the coordination and delivery of strategic presentations to senior management, working cross-functionally to determine and develop appropriate content, messaging and presentation.

Performs ad-hoc strategic market analysis.

Delivers Capstone Project upon completion of internship showcasing skills and competencies developed over the course of their program

Performs other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

Plans to complete Bachelor’s/Undergraduate degree from top tier institution

Pursuing a Business or Quantitative major (or related field) with target graduation date in December 2026 or May 2027

Demonstrated ability to work with ambiguity and complex strategic analysis projects

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Team player

Strong communication (written and verbal) skills

Preferred Qualifications

Ability to develop interpersonal skills and build relationships with senior level stakeholders

Confidence in communication and organizational skills needed to navigate a fast-paced corporate environment

Strong understanding of financial markets and macro-economic trends in banking/commercial banking

Ability to synthesize analysis and research into practical strategic insights and recommendations (critical thinking and assessment)

Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and prioritize appropriately

Ability to maintain professional composure in a dynamic work environment that often requires management and completion of multiple tasks

Demonstrate sound judgment and ability to apply logical/critical thought processes when developing solutions

Ability to display a positive business presence with management and external personnel

A strong interest in Banking as a career