Salary range: Salary commensurate with experience and standing
FTE: 1.0 FTE
Term: Open Contract
Closing Date: 29/09/2024
This is an opportunity for an experienced and collaborative academic to join an exciting Institute within University of Strathclyde. The Stephen Young Institute for International Business (the Institute), located within Strathclyde Business School (SBS) takes an international and multidisciplinary approach to understanding the role of business – large and small – in global value systems. The Institute is named after Professor Stephen Young, a former Head of Strathclyde Marketing Department and cofounder of Strathclyde International Business Unit. Building on Professor Young’s legacy, the University’s mission as a Place of Useful Learning and Strathclyde Business School’s rich history in marketing and technological innovation, the Institute takes a bold and ambitious approach to addressing global systemic challenges such as sustainability and inequality through collaborative international research and deep stakeholder engagement.
As Deputy Director of the Institute, you will be an outstanding academic joining an impressive team where you will play a vital role in its growth as it builds upon the University’s strong reputation for international business, sustainable business, innovation and marketing. Working with the Institute Director, you will lead and participate in multiple initiatives including international and multidisciplinary research, knowledge exchange and impact activities. The Institute was created through a generous gift from Strathclyde alum, Dr Charles Huang who completed both his MBA and PhD in Marketing at Strathclyde Business School. Dr Huang’s donation also funds the Stephen Young Global Leaders Scholarship Programme and the Stephen Young Entrepreneurship Awards.
As a Charles Huang Chair in International Business/Management you will be a globally recognised authority in international business and/or management. Given the Institute’s multidisciplinary ambitions, you will also have a strong interest in sustainable business and will have expertise in at least one other relevant domain including but not limited to marketing, innovation, supply chain management, international marketing, or related fields of marketing or management. Ambitious, bold, innovative, and creative, you will have the expertise, gravitas, and academic networks to attract world leading scholars to the Institute, be connected into global and national private sector organisational networks, have links into global and national public policy organisations, as well as the know-how to attract students with the potential to be future leaders in international business, sustainable business, marketing and innovation. You will have the genuine interest and ability to collaborate with researchers at all levels to achieve the Institute’s mission. Equally important will be your proven ability to attract substantial research funding, lead the development of business knowledge exchange, and create and deliver an engaging educational strategy. Alongside excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills you will be someone who can energise and inspire others to deliver tangible and high impact outputs.
Interviews for this post will be held in November 2024.
Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Prof Emma Macdonald, Stephen Young Institute Director (emma.macdonald@strath.ac.uk).