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Full Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor
Advertiser: Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College
Field(s) of specialization: Econometrics - Finance - Any field - Accounting - Decision Sciences - Management, Information Technology - Marketing
Position type(s): Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor
Location of job: King Abdullah Economic City 23965-2609, King Abdullah Economic City, 23965, Saudi Arabia
Job start date: Flexible
Job duration: Continuing/permanent
Letters of reference required: 2
Application deadline: 28 Feb 2020 midnight UTC (no longer accepting applications)
Current search status: Reviewing applications
Posting end date: 28 Feb 2020
Ad text:

Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College (MBSC) of Business & Entrepreneurship is a new private, higher education institution in business for both men and women. It seeks to make an active contribution in the context of Vision 2030, and support the economic and societal developments, such as the strong drive for entrepreneurship and the evolution towards a knowledge economy. We are seeking to hire faculty at senior assistant level and above in all areas: accounting/finance, economics, entrepreneurship, decision sciences/ operations/ information technology, marketing and management.

MBSC features Babson College’s unique approach to entrepreneurial education. MBSC has a culture that reflects the best of academic traditions in all world class institutions of higher education whose hallmarks include respect for diverse viewpoints, professionalism, integrity, and a constant commitment to excellence both in and out of the classroom. We build on these values to distinguish ourselves with world-class business research that has real impact, and with a high performance, fully committed and diverse body of carefully selected students to drive innovation.

As part of our growth strategy we are seeking to recruit research and teaching colleagues with the drive, vision and talent to support our focus for research and teaching excellence. Future colleagues will lead and contribute to the development of world-class publications and intellectual capacity through the generation of research, as well as the dissemination of new knowledge that has a distinctive influence on academic thought and recognized impact in and beyond academia. Colleagues are expected to have a passion for student learning and a desire to enhance an inclusive community of learners, in and beyond the college.

Candidates should demonstrate, in addition to the overall research and scholarship requirements, the following:

For Accounting/Finance:

An ability to teach across a broad range of Financial / Managerial Accounting and Finance topics at the Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced levels as well as Financial Statement Analysis. Knowledge of accounting and finance concepts and practices in the context of entrepreneurship is valued highly.

For further discipline-specific questions, please contact: Dr. Larissa von Alberti-Alhtaybat, lalberti@mbsc.edu.sa

For Economics:

An ability to teach topics including Managerial Economics and Global Economics.

For further discipline-specific questions, please contact Dr. Konrad Grabiszewski, kgrabiszewski@mbsc.edu.sa

For Entrepreneurship:

An ability to teach across a broad range of Entrepreneurship topics including Corporate Entrepreneurship, Creating New Ventures, Entrepreneurial Mindset, and Venture Growth/Scale-up.

For further discipline-specific questions, please contact Dr. Haya Aldajani, haldajani@mbsc.edu.sa, or Dr. Muhammad Azam Roomi, mroomi@mbsc.edu.sa

For Decision Sciences/ Operations/ Information Technology:

An ability to teach across a broad range of Decision Sciences, Operations and Information Technology topics including Supply Chain Management, Decision-making, Management Information Systems, Business Analytics / Data Analytics, Social Media, Entrepreneurial IT and IS, App development & Programming, and Cybersecurity. 

For further discipline-specific questions, please contact

Dr. Zeger Degraeve (Decision Sciences), ZDegraeve@mbsc.edu.sa

Dr. Joris van de Klundert (Operations), jklundert@mbsc.edu.sa

Dr. Erman Coskun (Information Technology), ecoskun@mbsc.edu.sa

For Marketing:

An ability to teach across a broad range of Marketing areas such as Branding and Digital Marketing, Marketing Management, Sales Management and Services Marketing.

For further discipline-specific questions, please contact Dr. Nikolaos Tzokas, ntzokas@mbsc.edu.sa, or Dr. Aseel Alghamdi, aalghamdi@mbsc.edu.sa

For Management:

An ability to teach across a broad range of management topics including Business Communication, Leadership, Negotiations, Organizational Behavior, and Strategy.

For further discipline-specific questions, please contact Dr. Farzad Khan, fkhan@mbsc.edu.sa, or Dr. Joel Evans, jevans@mbsc.edu.sa

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants should submit required documents to facultyjobs@mbsc.edu.sa :

  1. Curriculum vitae
  2. Research statement
  3. Teaching philosophy
  4. Summary of teaching evaluations and a sample of research 
  5. The names, titles, and contact information for at least two references
  6. A letter addressing how the candidate’s experience matches the position requirements

Compensation: MBSC offers very competitive salaries, comparable to top US and leading international schools, and are among the best in the region. The package includes generous housing, transportation, children’s schooling, pension, medical, and other benefits. The Kingdom has no income tax on salaries for foreign employees.

For more information please visit https://www.mbsc.edu.sa/faculty-careers

For general questions, please contact Dr. Larissa von Alberti-Alhtaybat, lalberti@mbsc.edu.sa

Recruitment process timelines:

  • Upon submission of complete application, acknowledgement of receipt
  • First response by Mid-February 2020
  • Online interviews Mid to End of February 2020
  • Onsite interviews Mid-March 2020

Final outcome: end of March/beginning of April 2020

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: Applicants should submit required documents to facultyjobs@mbsc.edu.sa :

  1. Curriculum vitae
  2. Research statement
  3. Teaching philosophy
  4. Summary of teaching evaluations and a sample of research 
  5. The names, titles, and contact information for at least two references
  6. A letter addressing how the candidate’s experience matches the position requirements
Submission materials required
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Job market paper
  • Additional paper (optional)
  • Additional paper (optional)
  • Other material (in one file) (optional)
  • Cover letter
  • Letters of reference: 2
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