President & Chief Executive Officer

Job Description

President & Chief Executive Officer

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital believes in creating a world where all youth and children belong. We are the only children’s rehabilitation hospital in Canada focused on combining world-class care, transformational research, and academic leadership in the field of child and youth rehabilitation and disability. We are a top 40 Canadian research hospital that is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. Providing both inpatient and outpatient services, Holland Bloorview is renowned for its expertise in co-creating with clients and families to provide exceptional care and is the only organization to ever achieve 100 per cent in three successive quality surveys by Accreditation Canada. Holland Bloorview is a founding member of Kids Health Alliance, a network of partners working to create a high quality, consistent and coordinated approach to pediatric health care that is centred around children, youth and their families. Together we dream big. Together we champion a world of possibility.

We are creating a world of possibility for kids and youth with disabilities.

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (Holland Bloorview) will assume leadership of Canada’s only freestanding paediatric hospital devoted exclusively to childhood-onset disability, injury, and developmental diversity. As a globally recognized academic health sciences centre, Holland Bloorview is distinguished by its excellence in clinical care including client and family centred co-creation of care, research, and education, as well as its unwavering commitment to inclusion, accessibility. The organization plays a pivotal role in Ontario’s paediatric healthcare system, connects hospitals and providers, and is a member of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN). Its influence extends nationally through its pioneering research, policy advocacy, and unwavering commitment to client and family engagement.

As the healthcare system undergoes a period of profound transformation, the organization is demonstrating future-readiness and decisive leadership by embracing fundamental shifts in care delivery, clinical practice, and the integration of emerging technologies. The CEO will lead this evolution with clarity and conviction, advancing the hospital’s strategic and operational agenda while ensuring continuity of its mission and stewardship of its resources. Oversight will encompass a broad enterprise that includes clinical programs, research initiatives, educational partnerships, advocacy, and system engagement. Guiding performance, enabling innovation, and navigating fiscal and operational complexity will require a rare combination of foresight, pragmatism, and courage.

The CEO is accountable for advancing Transformative Care, Inclusive World: Holland Bloorview 2030, Holland Bloorview’s strategic plan that sets a clear and ambitious course toward the most meaningful and healthy futures for all children, youth, and families. Developed through deep engagement with clients, families, staff, researchers, educators, and system partners, the plan is anchored in four strategic directions. The CEO is responsible for translating this vision into action by aligning priorities across the organization, removing barriers to providing care in partnership with families, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration, and ensuring that progress is guided by continuous reflection, shared learning, and measurable outcomes.

Externally, the CEO will serve as the hospital’s ambassador and champion, shaping relationships with academic and clinical partners, other stakeholders in the community, donors, and government representatives and elected officials at the municipal, provincial, and federal levels to secure ongoing and sustainable sources of funding. Engagement with the Holland Bloorview Foundation will be central to aligning philanthropic vision and accountability to donors with institutional goals. Strategic fluency, political acuity, and governance experience will all be vital in stewarding a complex, multi-stakeholder environment. Equally essential will be the ability to preserve what is most cherished within Holland Bloorview’s culture, while leading with imagination and integrity toward a bold and compassionate future.

As a uniquely qualified candidate, one who cares deeply for kids and families, the new CEO will bring a depth of character defined by humility, empathy, and integrity, matched by a capacity to inspire, advocate and lead across disciplines and sectors. The new CEO will bring a record of accomplishment in executive leadership roles and direct experience engaging with or reporting to a governing board, including a strong grasp of fiduciary responsibility and risk oversight. Comfortable within academic and policy environments, and genuinely connected to the experiences of children, families, and staff, the new CEO will embody the values of Holland Bloorview through presence, action, and enduring commitment. A Master’s degree or equivalent academic preparation is preferred.

To apply for this outstanding opportunity, please submit your application and related materials to Jim Stonehouse, Partner and Pamela Colquhoun, Partner via Kathy Luu, Senior Associate ([email protected]).

Holland Bloorview (www.hollandbloorview.ca) is committed to fostering a climate of inclusion, diversity, equity accessibility and anti-racism (IDEAA). We welcome and respect the diversity of all members of our community and we seek to create an inclusive culture for our staff, participants, trainees and volunteers. To help in our journey towards fully reflecting the communities we partner with, we welcome and encourage applications from Black individuals and other racialized persons, Indigenous Peoples, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQI2SA+ persons and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas within our community. Holland Bloorview is committed to fair assessment of a candidate's abilities, and consideration for diversity of thought, method and experience, including non-traditional career paths. Should applicants require accommodations during any stage in the recruitment process, please contact us.