President and CEO

President and CEO – The Royal Ontario Museum Foundation, Canada

The Royal Ontario Museum Foundation (ROM Governors) seeks an experienced, collaborative, and results-oriented President and Chief Executive Officer (President & CEO). ROM Governors serves as a critical partner and pivotal strategic resource to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), committed to supporting the long-term financial health of one of North America’s most prestigious cultural organizations and Canada’s largest cultural institution. The President & CEO will join ROM Governors at a transformative moment as it embarks on the most definitive capital campaign in its organizational history.

Reporting to the Chair of the Board of Governors, the President & CEO of ROM Governors is responsible for raising, managing, and distributing funds raised in support of the Museum’s highest priorities. This role involves fostering long-term sustainable relationships of exceptional value to the institution and its donors. The President & CEO will lead the campaign strategy and oversee a dedicated development team to initiate, steward, and deepen donor commitments to the Museum. Collaboration with the ROM Director & CEO and the senior executive team is essential to ensure the success of all philanthropic, sponsorship, and investment activities.

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of results, converting vision to action, cultivating government, corporate, community, and philanthropic donor relationships, pacing large capital campaigns, collaborating with boards, and managing high-performing teams in a mission-based culture.

ROM Governors has retained Isaacson, Miller, an international executive search firm, to assist in this recruitment. Screening of complete applications will begin immediately and will continue until the completion of the search process. Inquiries, nominations, and resumes with letters of interest should be sent via the Isaacson, Miller website for the search.

The expected salary for this role is $380,000 – $420,000 CAD.

At ROM, we consider equity, diversity, and inclusivity foundational to our institutional success. We seek to foster a workplace that reflects the full breadth of the communities we serve and welcome applications from women, racialized persons/BIPOC, Indigenous/Aboriginal People of North America, 2SLGBTQ+, and people with disabilities.

ROM acknowledges that this museum sits on the ancestral lands of the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Anishinaabek Nation, which includes the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.