Senior Vice President, Ministry

Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Focus on the Family has nearly 700 employees who work to achieve the mission of enriching the lives of families, engaging the culture, advocating for life and spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The work is meaningful, the culture is rewarding, and the purpose is eternal.


The Senior Vice President, Ministry position exists to provide executive leadership and strategic oversight for Focus on the Family’s advocacy, marriage, and parenting ministries. This role is responsible for aligning ministry strategy, operations, content, people, and resources to advance the organization’s mission, goals, and measurable ministry outcomes. Working closely with the Chief Operating Officer, Executive Leadership Team, and other key stakeholders, this position drives organizational effectiveness, cross-functional collaboration, financial stewardship, and ministry impact across assigned areas of responsibility.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Provides executive leadership and oversight for advocacy, marriage, and parenting ministries, as well as assigned strategic initiatives

• Develops, facilitates, implements, and monitors long-range strategic plans aligned with organizational priorities and ministry objectives

• Ensures alignment of ministry strategies, resources, operating plans, and performance outcomes across assigned areas of responsibility

• Serves as a strategic advisor to the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Leadership Team regarding ministry growth opportunities, operational effectiveness, organizational risks, and resource allocation

• Leads cross-functional initiatives requiring collaboration across multiple departments and ministry divisions

• Establishes key ministry indicators, performance objectives, and accountability measures for assigned areas of responsibility

• Uses ministry, operational, financial, and audience performance data to inform strategic decision-making, resource allocation, and continuous improvement

• Drives accountability for achieving strategic priorities, ministry objectives, and measurable ministry outcomes


Operational Leadership:

• Oversees operational planning and execution across assigned ministry functions

• Ensures that operational systems, processes, and organizational structures effectively support ministry objectives

• Monitors and evaluates ministry and operational performance metrics to improve organizational effectiveness and ministry impact

• Identifies opportunities for continuous improvement, organizational efficiency, and enhanced ministry effectiveness

• Leads performance reviews using data and key metrics to improve outcomes and inform decision-making

• Provides leadership during organizational change initiatives, strategic projects, and enterprise-wide priorities

• Oversees content production for advocacy, marriage, and parenting

• Oversees website content related to advocacy, marriage, and parenting

• Oversees the operating areas of FOFMI, including registration, hospitality, host couples, housekeeping, landscape, and maintenance


Financial Stewardship:

• Develops annual operating budgets that support ministry operating plans and strategic priorities

• Submits annual strategic plans and budgets to the Chief Operating Officer for approval

• Manages financial resources for advocacy, marriage, and parenting, including monitoring cash flow and adjusting plans based on ministry and financial performance

• Ensures responsible stewardship of donor-funded resources

• Partners with Finance to ensure compliance with organizational policies, financial controls, GAAP, and applicable laws and regulations

• Monitors financial, operational, and ministry performance indicators to ensure achievement of strategic objectives

• Evaluates strategic initiatives and investment opportunities for financial viability and ministry impact


People and Organizational Leadership:

• Partners with Human Resources on recruiting, documentation, employee relations, and disciplinary processes

• Maintains communication with key donors as directed by the Chief Operating Officer

• Strengthens collaboration, alignment, and accountability across teams and departments supporting assigned ministries


Other Duties/Responsibilities:

• Participates in executive leadership meetings, strategic planning sessions, and ministry-wide initiatives

• Represents the ministry at organizational, donor, and stakeholder events as assigned

• Supports enterprise-wide priorities and special projects as directed by the