Professor Business and Management

Join us as a Chair in Business & Management, at the University of Salford and be part of one of the UK’s fastest growing universities!

Salford Business School is looking for a Chair in any business school discipline, to join our growing community to lead and effect real-world change through academic excellence and interdisciplinary research leadership. Reporting to the Associate Dean for Knowledge Exchange, the Chair in Business & Management represents one of several positions aimed at building a powerful interdisciplinary research team where capacity building and mentorship will be a critical part of your role.  This is an exciting time to join the University, as we continue to grow and leverage our collaborative expertise to enrich the lives of our students and the capacity of our scholarly community. 

Key responsibilities 

• Lead the development of collaborative research and outputs of international standing in your discipline.
• Act as a mentor to new and early career researchers and PGR students and support research capacity building activities within the School.
• Collaborate with existing research programmes in digital transformation and sustainable business futures, to create impact for the region, industry and/or public sector partners.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of University and School level research strategies, with a contribution to the University’s returns to national research assessment exercises (REF)

Salford Business School

Salford Business School offers a vibrant international community of innovative, entrepreneurial scholars, industrial and policy partners, students, and a remarkable global network of accomplished alumni. With a strong focus on our students’ experience, we’re redefining business and management education and its role in shaping sustainable futures by investing in the Green and Circular Economy expertise and investing in capacity building for our scholarly community. These fractional Chair appointments are important academic leadership positions, driving our collaborative research and innovation activities and playing a key role in the development of our research-led undergraduate and postgraduate education offer.

Our research is transforming how we teach. We equip our students with critical transferable skills, developed using cutting-edge digital learning and carbon literacy tools, mobilised in active-blended-learning pedagogies, designed to position our students as future leaders and collaborators of choice. Our Centre for Sustainable Innovation (CSI) catalyses knowledge exchange and collaborative research initiatives between scholars, policymakers, and industry, empowering sustainable business transformations and positioning SBS in the top 5 for small and medium size enterprise (SMEs) engagement (HESA ranking 2024). 

What's in it for you? 

• Competitive salary - and excellent pension scheme
• Pro-rata 32 days leave - plus bank holidays, additional time off at Christmas and the opportunity to buy even more!
• Flexible working - we support a culture of flexible and agile working to help you find the right balance
• Our community - there's a real sense of belonging here at Salford. We value diversity, in backgrounds and in experiences.  

Interviews will be held on 9th April 2026 

Note: This advert may close early based on volume of applicants

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