Anticipated Salary Range
$120, 000, 000 to $170, 000. Actual salary to be commensurate with experience.
The Lazaridis School of Business & Economics has over 150 full-time faculty and more than 6000 undergraduate and graduate students on campuses in Waterloo, Brantford, and Milton, Ontario. With a mission to achieve excellence in management education, the school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Honours BBA, MBA, MFin, MMA and PhD. Laurier’s undergraduate and graduate business programs are AACSB accredited. For more information, please visit http://www.wlu.ca/lazaridisschool.
Waterloo is a highly innovative and dynamic region. It is home to several leading high technology firms, insurance companies and educational/research institutions (e.g. University of Waterloo, the Balsillie School of International Affairs and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics).
Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Strategic Management or related field, or completion of Ph.D. within one year and have a strong record or promise in both research and teaching.
Successful candidates for the position must have demonstrated ability to:
- conduct research in the field of Strategic Management;
- publish in top-tier peer-reviewed academic business journals;
- maintain a highly productive and coherent research agenda;
- effectively teach multi-section core strategic management courses to undergraduate business students using a common course outline;
- communicate the relevance of their research to a business audience;
- work collaboratively and enhance a culture of inquiry, collegiality and creativity.
Applications must include:
- A letter of application / a cover letter
- A curriculum vitae,
- A teaching statement / Teaching Dossier / a statement regarding teaching experience and interests
- A research statement / a statement of current and prospective research interests / copies of publications
- The names and emails of at least three academic referees
Applicants may also include teaching evaluations or other evidence of teaching ability. Only complete applications will be considered. All applications must include the Position Number SM TT 2026-01, and should be addressed to:
Professor Ling Chu
Associate Dean of Business: Faculty Development & Research
Lazaridis School of Business & Economics
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5
Email: POLPTAC@WLU.CA
Deadline for applications is August 31, 2026
