Shape Strategy Research, Inspire Future Leaders, and Drive Real-World Impact
At Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), we are looking for an ambitious and creative scholar to join our Innovation, Strategy & Sustainability Group as a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (broadly equivalent to Assistant/Associate Professor) in Strategic Management. This is your chance to develop world-class research, deliver transformative teaching, and help businesses-from startups to multinationals-craft and execute winning strategies.
We seek a developing or emerging research leader who will push the boundaries of the strategic management field through innovative, high-impact research. Drawing on your expertise, you will design and teach engaging courses in strategy across undergraduate, postgraduate, and executive programmes, inspiring the next generation of leaders while advancing knowledge in the field.
You will join a thriving, interdisciplinary environment that offers:
- An internationally competitive salary and research support
- A reasonable teaching load, with reduced teaching in your probationary period
- A collaborative, world-renowned strategy group publishing in AMJ, SMJ, OrgSci, JBV, ET&P, and more
- A vibrant community that values research excellence, pedagogical innovation, and meaningful societal impact
We welcome applications from any area of strategic management and our current faculty work on diverse topics, including:
- Behavioural strategy
- Competitive dynamics
- Platform markets & new ventures
- Strategic decision-making
- Strategic entrepreneurship
- Sustainability & regional development
- Technology & strategy
If you are passionate about advancing research, shaping strategy practice, and inspiring students and executives alike - we'd love to hear from you.
Join a school where original thinking in strategy shapes business and society.
Job reference: HUM-029300
Salary: Grade 7 (£47,389 to £58,225) or Grade 8 (£59,966 - £71,566) per annum (depending on experience)
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road, Manchester, UK
Employment type: Permanent
Division/Team: Innovation Management and Policy
Hours Per Week: Full Time (1 FTE)
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 08/10/2025
Contract Duration: Permanent
School/Directorate: Alliance Manchester Business School
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Professor Mark Healey (Professor of Strategic Management and Head of Innovation Management and Policy Division)
Email: mark.healey@manchester.ac.uk
About the University of Manchester:
https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/
For further information and to apply:
https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=32864
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Mark Healey
Professor of Strategic Management
Head of Innovation Policy and Management Division
Alliance Manchester Business School
University of Manchester, UK
mark.healey@manchester.ac.uk------------------------------