Executive Pastor of Campuses

Job Description

Position Title: Executive Pastor of Campuses

Location: South Mountain Community Church – Utah Reports To: Lead Pastor Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Summary: The Executive Pastor of Campuses provides strategic leadership, pastoral care, and operational oversight for all campuses of South Mountain Community Church. This role is responsible for developing and executing campus-level strategies, ensuring alignment with the church’s mission, vision, and values, and fostering a healthy, thriving staff culture. This leader will oversee staff care initiatives, champion best practices across campuses, and support Campus Pastors in effective ministry leadership and execution.

Key Responsibilities

1. Campus Strategy & Execution

• Directly oversees and evaluates Campus Pastors
• Leads campus staffing decisions in alignment with Lead Pastor
• Holds responsibility for campus health, effectiveness, and alignment
• Lead the implementation of SMCC’s vision, strategies, and ministry initiatives at the campus level
• Ensure consistency and excellence across all campuses while allowing for contextual flexibility
• Develop and refine systems, processes, and best practices to improve campus effectiveness
• Works in close partnership with the Executive Pastor of Operations to ensure campus strategies are fully supported by systems, staffing, and resources.

1. Staff Leadership & Care

• Provide pastoral care, coaching, and leadership development for campus
• Cultivate a healthy, aligned, and spiritually vibrant staff culture
• Oversee staff care systems including encouragement, crisis care, conflict resolution, and leadership health
• Assist in hiring, onboarding, and ongoing development of campus staff

1. Leadership Development

• Mentor and coach Campus Pastors and key leaders
• Identify and develop emerging leaders within the church
• Create leadership pipelines and training environments

1. Vision & Culture Champion

• Reinforce and model the mission, vision, and values of South Mountain Community Church
• Help maintain a unified culture across all campuses
• Act as a key voice in strategic planning and decision-making

Success Indicators

• Frontline metrics are accomplished each year
• Increased retention of campus staff
• Identifiable leadership pipeline throughout the church
• Reduction in unresolved staff conflict or crisis escalation
• Project planning processes for identified areas of improvement

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 3+ years of leadership experience in a church or comparable organizational setting
• Proven experience in multi-site church leadership or large ministry environments preferred
• Demonstrated ability to lead leaders and manage multiple teams and departments
• Strong organizational, strategic thinking, and execution skills
• Pastoral heart with a passion for staff care and leadership development
• Excellent communication and relational skills
• Alignment with SMCC’s Vision, Values and SMCC Way

Core Competencies

• Leadership & Influence
• Strategic Thinking & Execution
• Emotional Intelligence & Pastoral Care
• Team Development
• Organizational Alignment
• Problem Solving & Decision Making

Spiritual Expectations

• A growing, vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Commitment to biblical leadership and servant-hearted ministry
• Active participation in the life of the church
• Models integrity, humility, and Christ-centered leadership

Summary: This role carries delegated authority from the Lead Pastor to lead and develop Campus Pastors and campus ministry as an extension of the Lead Pastor’s leadership.