Position Announcement

Continuing Track Instructor

Department of Business Administration

Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics

University of Delaware

The Department of Business Administration in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware invites applications for a full-time continuing track instructor position to teach courses in sales and marketing and to oversee outreach and administration for the Personal Selling and Sales Management minor. The beginning date for the position is August 16, 2026.

Required Qualifications:

• A Master's degree (MBA or MS in Marketing or equivalent) must be possessed prior to the start date.
• Experience in teaching sales and sales management.
• Experience in managing educational programs in an academic or industry setting.
• A minimum of five years of relevant industry experience in the field of sales and marketing.

The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping future graduates by envisioning new programs, embracing a growth mindset, and demonstrating a deep understanding of sales, sales programs, and sales curriculum. The candidate will also serve as the Faculty Director for the Minor in Professional Selling and Sales Management and play a crucial role in continuing to build the program while delivering value to the students and industry partners.

Teaching load is typically a maximum of eight courses per year with potential reductions for serving as the Faculty Director of the Minor in Professional Selling and Sales Management.  This is a permanent position, renewable with increasing contract renewal lengths (starting at two years and moving up to five-year renewals).

Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware (www.udel.edu) combines tradition and innovation, offering students a rich heritage along with the latest in instructional and research technology. Located on an attractive campus in Newark, Delaware, roughly an hour from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and about 2 hours from New York and Washington, D.C., the University is a state-assisted institution with a strong private endowment and selective admission. It is one of the oldest land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institutions in the nation. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies University of Delaware as an R1 research university with very high research activity.

Lerner College has five departments, 42 academic programs, about 4,200 students, 160 faculty members, and state-of-the art facilities. Lerner College supports full-time, part-time, on-site corporate, and online MBA programs in addition to MS programs in functional business areas and non-degree executive education programs. For more information on Lerner College, see lerner.udel.edu.

The Department of Business Administration is housed within Lerner College and offers degree programs in Marketing, Management, Operations Management, Entrepreneurship, and International Business.  Degree programs in the Department are fully accredited by the AACSB.  To learn more about the Department and its faculty members, please visit https://lerner.udel.edu/departments/business-administration/. The department promotes a collegial, supportive environment and values candidates who share these values.

Salary and benefits are highly competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.  Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a current curriculum vitae, recent teaching evaluations, and three references.  Additional information may be requested after initial review of applicants. Submit inquiries, but not application materials or letters of reference, to the search committee chair, Suresh Sundaram ssuresh@udel.edu.

The search committee will begin reviewing applications in November 2025. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. We will conduct preliminary interviews via Zoom.