The Opportunity

New Power Labs is hiring an Executive Lead responsible for leading the organization’s strategy, partnerships, revenue, and operations. This role provides overall leadership and direction for New Power Labs and is accountable to the Board of Directors for organizational performance and sustainability. 

The Executive Lead will lead partnerships and revenue, coalition and movement building, to advance our mission and strategic projects with capital deployers - funders and investors - across Canada. This role is ideal for a strategic relationship builder with a strong track record of revenue generation and organizational leadership, who is effective in establishing deep partnerships and mobilizing networks to drive systems-level change. 

The Executive Lead is responsible for setting priorities, integrating work across functions, and ensuring coherence between research, impact, partnerships, and communication. This position plays a critical role in bringing together partners to transform the lives of Canadians by expanding access to capital for underfunded and overlooked communities.

Core Responsibilities

Executive Leadership & Organizational Management

• Serve as the senior executive and primary organizational leader of New Power Labs, accountable for overall strategy, performance and sustainability.

• Develop and execute NPL’s strategic vision, priorities, and goals in alignment with the Board of Directors

• Provide leadership and guidance across our portfolios, ensuring alignment with NPL’s mission, values, and objectives.

• Lead and support a small, hybrid team structure, including direct staff, fractional leaders and consultants.

• Foster a culture of innovation, inclusivity, accountability and high performance.

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including board members, investors, and partners.

• Oversee organizational operations, including annual operating plans and budgets.

• Lead finance functions in collaboration with NPL’s outsourced controller.

• Monitor and report on key performance indicators, financial metrics, and progress towards strategic objectives.

• Represent NPL with government, funders, investors, sector leaders, and the media.

• Serve as primary liaison to the Board of Directors, including: 

  • Managing board relationships

  • Providing regular reporting and updates

  • Supporting governance and strategic decision-making

• Provide regular communication and updates to strategic partners and key stakeholders.

Partnership & Movement Building 

• Identify, develop, and steward relationships with strategic partners, funders, investors, and ecosystem catalysts. 

• Position New Power Labs as a trusted national convenor and thought leader in inclusive capital and financial systems change.

• Work with strategic partners to build and grow a movement focused on more equitable and inclusive capital flow.

• Develop and manage an education and content strategy that:

  • Translates research and learning into accessible, compelling narratives

  • Informs and inspires action across the capital spectrum

  • Builds awareness and adoption of new approaches and practices

• Lead the development and execution of a convenings strategy, including: 

  • Moving research into practice

  • Curating conversations with sector leaders and capital deployers

  • Supporting learning, experimentation, and partnership development

Revenue & Sustainability

• Hold primary responsibility for fundraising and revenue generation to sustain and grow the work of New Power Labs and partners.

• Develop and execute revenue strategies to achieve annual fundraising goals of approximately $1-2 million.

• Lead and support the partnership team in executing partnership and revenue strategies

• Collaborate with partners to raise capital for strategic initiatives.

Compensation

New Power Labs will offer an annual salary of $160,000 to $190,000 for full-time work, commensurate with experience, plus benefits including health and dental coverage and RRSP contributions. 

Qualifications

To help us learn more about you, please provide a cover letter and resume/CV outlining how you meet the following specific qualifications:

Required skills/expertise:

• 7-10 years of partnership experience in public policy, social sector, economics, sociology, finance, or related fields.

• 5-10 years of fundraising and revenue experience relevant to nonprofits in Canada, with a track record of raising $1-5 million per year.

• 5-10 years of movement-building experience in movement-building, coalition development, or systems change initiatives. 

• Deep knowledge of finance and capital systems, including philanthropy, impact investing, venture capital, and traditional bank financing. 

• Strong commitment to, and knowledge of, equity, diversity, and inclusion with alignment to the systemic changes NPL seeks to advance. 

• Proven leadership and people management experience, including the ability to lead teams, support professional development, and manage across diverse working arrangements.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and represent the organization externally.

• Partnership development, with a demonstrated ability to explore, vet, structure and close complex revenue-generating partnerships.

• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.

• Exceptional attention to detail, organized and process-oriented.

• Excellent analytical, strategic, and critical thinking skills.

• Proficiency with Google Workspace (Google Calendar, Gmail, Google Drive) and Slack.

• Builder with an entrepreneurial mindset, experience and comfort working in a startup environment with ambiguity and evolving priorities.

Desirable assets:

• Bilingual (fluent English with proficient French equivalent to NCLC 7 or higher).

• Strong understanding of the barriers to access to capital and financial inclusion.

• Experience in consulting, executive leadership or management roles.

• An established high-quality national network across foundations, impact investors, financial institutions, and/or venture capital.

• A post-secondary degree is preferred.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion

New Power Labs is strongly committed to fostering diversity within our community. We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our team, including, but not limited to, women, Black, Indigenous and people of colour, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity.

Additional Information

• The role is a full-time role.  

• This is an early-career role designed to provide learning and growth through collaboration with senior team members. 

• Remote, with regular in-person meetings in our Toronto location, with the possibility of some travel to other locations across Canada

• All candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.

How to Apply

Please submit a resume and cover letter to join@newpowerlabs.org by March 18, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

New Power Labs is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. If you require accommodations at any stage of the hiring process, please let us know.

Please note, applications will not be accepted through LinkedIn.