Entrepreneurship Professor

Company Description – About Us

SEA Ventures Group is a strategic innovation and entrepreneurship force driving growth across Saudi Arabia’s most promising sectors. We specialize in business accelerators & incubators, strategic consultations, and tailored training programs with internationally recognized professional certifications. Additionally, we provide comprehensive branding, marketing, and event management services, enabling startups, corporations, and government entities to innovate, scale, and achieve sustainable growth.

The Entrepreneurship Professor is responsible for delivering high-quality teaching, mentoring, training and research in entrepreneurship, innovation, venture creation, business development, and startup ecosystems. The role involves designing and delivering undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, executive education and professional development programmes; supervising student projects, research and startup ventures; contributing to academic and applied research; and collaborating with industry partners to strengthen entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems.

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

• Design, develop, and deliver courses, diploma modules, workshops and training programmes in entrepreneurship, innovation, startup creation, venture growth, business models and related subjects.
• Facilitate engaging classroom sessions, executive education programmes, workshops, case studies, simulations, bootcamps and experiential learning activities.
• Supervise and mentor students, researchers, entrepreneurs and startup founders in developing business ideas, ventures and innovation projects.
• Guide participants through entrepreneurial projects, business plans, feasibility studies, pitch competitions, incubation and acceleration programmes.
• Conduct research and publish scholarly and applied work in entrepreneurship, innovation, business development and related fields.
• Contribute to curriculum development, programme design, accreditation requirements and continuous improvement of academic and professional education programmes.
• Develop learning materials, assessments and practical learning experiences aligned with industry and academic standards.
• Participate in academic committees, quality assurance initiatives, accreditation processes and institutional activities.
• Establish and maintain relationships with industry partners, investors, entrepreneurs, government entities and ecosystem stakeholders to enhance collaboration and practical learning opportunities.
• Organise and participate in conferences, seminars, innovation challenges, startup competitions, entrepreneurship events and knowledge sharing initiatives.
• Assess student and participant performance and provide constructive feedback to support learning outcomes and venture development.
• Stay updated on emerging trends, technologies, research and best practices in entrepreneurship, innovation and business transformation.
• Support entrepreneurship centres, incubators, accelerators, innovation labs and startup development programmes as needed.
• Contribute to consultancy, advisory and thought leadership activities related to entrepreneurship and innovation.
• Perform other academic, training and administrative duties as assigned.

• Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship, Business Administration, Innovation Management, Management or a related field.
• Academic teaching experience at the university level.
• Strong research and publication record in entrepreneurship, innovation or related disciplines.
• Practical entrepreneurial, startup, consulting, investment or industry experience.
• Experience supervising student projects, research or startup ventures.
• Professional certifications in entrepreneurship, innovation or business development are a plus.

• Entrepreneurship & Venture Creation
• Innovation Management
• Startup Ecosystems
• Business Model Development
• Design Thinking
• Lean Startup Methodology
• Research & Academic Writing
• Curriculum Development
• Mentoring & Coaching
• Public Speaking & Facilitation
• Strategic Thinking
• Stakeholder Management
• Presentation & Communication Skills
• Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
• English & Arabic (Written and Spoken)

• Entrepreneurship
• Innovation & Technology Commercialization
• Startup Development
• Venture Capital & Investment
• Family Business Entrepreneurship
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Corporate Entrepreneurship (Intrapreneurship)
• Business Strategy & Growth
• Digital Entrepreneurship
• SME Development

الرياض, S01, SA