Campaign Lead (Foundation)

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. If you are ready to embrace this exciting challenge and contribute to the success of Southlake Health, we encourage you to apply and be part of our dedicated team, making a difference in the lives of our employees and the community we serve! 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 wit