Faculty - Tenure Track - Strategic Foresight

Faculty
- Tenure Track
- Strategic Foresight &Business

Salary: Depends on Qualifications

Job Type: FT Faculty

Job Number: FY2606010

Closing: 8/28/2026 11:59 PM Mountain

Location: Main Campus
- Orem

Division: VP Academic Affairs

The Woodbury School of Business invites applications for atenure-track faculty position in Strategic Foresight and Business to support the launch and growth of the Bachelor of Science in Strategic Foresight and Business, the first undergraduate foresight degree of its kind in the United States.

This position emphasizes future-oriented strategy, applied foresight, data-informed decision-making, and AI-enabled business analysis. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate course sand, potentially, select graduate courses that help students anticipate change, evaluate uncertainty, analyze emerging trends,and translate strategic insights into practical business recommendations.

The faculty member will contribute to courses and program development in areas such as strategic management, scenario planning, environmental scanning, innovation, technology,forecasting, business analytics, competitive analysis, and decision-making under uncertainty. The position will involve planning, preparing, and delivering courses with measurable learning objectives; developing engaging and applied learning experiences; mentoring students through experiential projects; and helping students build the skills needed to lead organizations through uncertainty, technological disruption, competitive change,and global complexity.

The ideal candidate will bring a strong commitment to teaching,student mentoring, and preparing graduates for careers in strategy,consulting, innovation, market intelligence, business analysis,corporate strategy, risk management, entrepreneurship, and organizational transformation. The candidate who also has the ability to teach any of our other courses, including dataanalytics, business statistics, operations & supply chain management, and/or entrepreneurship courses, would be preferred.

• Teaching Responsibilities Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in areas such as:
  Strategic Foresight Strategy Formulation and Implementation Strategic Management Global Strategy Business Analytics for Strategic Decision-Making AI-enabled Strategy and Emerging Technologies Employ experiential and applied pedagogies, including:
  • Scenario planning
  • Simulations
  • Case-based learning
  • Industry-engaged projects
• Scholarly Research Responsibilities In alignment with AACSBexpectations for intellectual contributions Publish inpeer-reviewed academic journals or equivalent scholarly outlets Engage students, where appropriate, in applied or collaborative research Seek external partnerships or funding when aligned with scholarly goals Maintain an active and sustained research agendain areas such as:
  • Strategic foresight and futures studies
  • Strategy under uncertainty
  • AI and emerging technologies in business strategy
  • Systems thinking, innovation, and organizational resilience
• Mentoring and Curriculum Development:
  Mentor and advise students in applied research, consulting, and capstone projects,and contribute to curriculum development for the Strategic Foresight and Business program, including preparing students for ajob or career path, meeting accreditation requirements, and building foundational knowledge in a discipline. Help students develop specific skills. Define learning outcomes and activities
• Service Responsibilities Participate in department, college,and university service Contribute to program development,assessment, and continuous improvement Support community and industry engagement consistent with the mission of the Woodbury School of Business Engage professionally through academic associations, conferences, or outreach activities

• Earned doctorate (PhD, DBA, or equivalent) in Business Strategy, Business Foresight, or a closely related field by the endof the year
• Demonstrated potential for scholarly productivity consistent with tenure expectations
• Evidence of effective teaching at the university level
• Strong alignment with experiential and applied…