Campaign Lead (Foundation)

southlake; Newmarket; Hybrid; CAD 53,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment (in-person/ons

Health and dental benefit plans

HOOPP pension plan

Enhanced wellness initiatives

On-site gym memberships

Job summary

Southlake Health Foundation is seeking a seasoned fundraising professional to lead a bold, transformative campaign strategy and execution. The Campaign Lead provides operational leadership, coordinating across Foundation leadership, hospital colleagues, and volunteers to achieve ambitious fundraising goals for the Distributed Health Network initiative.

Reporting to the Chief Development Officer, this role emphasizes structured planning, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration to build

Qualifications

• Seasoned fundraising professional with expertise in campaign management.
• Proven ability to lead and align cross-functional teams toward fundraising goals.
• Experience building momentum and turning vision into measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Oversee campaign operations, ensuring activities are executed on time and within scope.
• Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and reporting dashboards for the campaign.
• Establish systems and processes to support campaign effectiveness, including pipelines and volunteer workflows.
• Collaborate with donor experience, development operations, and finance to ensure data accuracy and gift processing.

Skills

Campaign management

Fundraising leadership

Cross-functional coordination

Budget management

Strategic planning

Job description

Job Category: Foundation

Hospital Location: Newmarket ON

Job Type: Permanent, Full time

Number of Positions: 0

Minimum - Maximum Hourly Rate: $38.46 - $49.74

Why Join Our Team?

• A people-first workplace environment that prioritizes belonging, wellness, and psychological safety.
• Hybrid, virtual, and in-person working environment (where applicable).
• Progressive health and dental benefit plans.
• HOOPP pension plan with employer and employee premium sharing.
• Enhanced wellness initiatives, including virtual fitness classes and on-site gym memberships.

Southlake Health Foundation is seeking a seasoned fundraising professional who thrives at the intersection of campaign strategy and execution to help lead a bold, transformative initiative shaping the future of leading edge care for our communities. We're looking for a fundraising leader who specializes in campaign management. Our successful candidate is someone who combines strategic fundraising expertise with rigorous project leadership. You'll be the force aligning teams, building momentum, and turning vision into measurable impact.

Providing operational leadership, the Campaign Lead serves as the senior project lead responsible for coordinating and driving the execution of the Foundation's comprehensive campaign. In this pivotal role, they ensure all strategic, operational, and organizational components of the campaign are fully aligned to achieve ambitious fundraising goals for the Foundation's transformative campaign in support of Southlake Health's Distributed Health Network.

Reporting to the Chief Development Officer, the Campaign Lead collaborates closely across Foundation leadership and team, hospital colleagues, campaign volunteers, and internal fundraising teams to ensure the campaign delivers on strategic objectives and financial targets. This role is instrumental in orchestrating the people, processes, and systems that drive a high-performing, multi-year philanthropic initiative.

Rather than managing a personal portfolio of donors, the Campaign Lead plays a central leadership role in building and sustaining the campaign's infrastructure, enabling success through disciplined planning, cross-functional coordination, and a culture of accountability. By providing structure, clarity, and momentum, the Campaign Lead empowers volunteer leaders, senior staff, and fundraising teams to perform at their highest level. Team The Major Gifts & Campaigns Team plays a critical role in cultivating and building relationships to drive sustainable growth from donors and prospects at $5K+ to enable the Foundation to meet granting commitments to Southlake Health to deliver leading edge care close to home.

ACCOUNTABILITIES & ACTIVITIES

Campaign Operations & Infrastructure

• Oversee all campaign-related project management, ensuring activities are executed on time and within scope
• Develop and manage campaign budgets, forecasts, and reporting dashboards
• Establish and maintain systems, processes, and tools that support campaign effectiveness, including prospect pipeline tracking, meeting coordination, and volunteer engagement workflows
• Partner with Donor Experience Portfolio to develop and deliver a donor acknowledgement, recognition and stewardship program to deliver on campaign goals
• Partner with Development Operations and Finance to ensure accurate data management, reporting, gift processing and cash flow related to campaign activity

Fundraising Leadership

• Foster a culture of collaboration, performance excellence and accountability
• Oversee prospect/donor pipeline, lead campaign pipeline processes and management meetings, and ensure prospect movement
• Provide structure and accountability for transformational and principal gift activity without holding a personal portfolio
• Lead and coordinate development of briefing materials and customized proposals
• Collaborate with Donor Experience Portfolio and Marketing & Communications to plan and execute campaign-related events, announcements, cultivation, recognition and stewardship activities
• Collaborate with Marketing & Communications to develop collateral and public-facing materials related to campaign cultivation, impact and stewardship

Staff, Volunteer & Leadership Support

• Supervise, coach and mentor one direct report (Philanthropy Associate) and provide functional leadership to Executive Administrator, Major Gifts
• Support recruitment, onboarding and management of Campaign Cabinet members and other volunteer leaders
• Ensure volunteer leaders are well-equipped, informed, and engaged throughout the campaign.
• Lead the coordination of campaign volunteer leadership meetings; overseeing logistics, setting agendas, preparing presentations and materials, notes and follow up actions
• Support v