Open Rank Professor of Marketing (Non-Tenure Track)

PCN 2094

Position Overview:

The Girard School of Business at Merrimack College invites applications for a full-time open-rank Non-Tenure Track (NTT) faculty position in Marketing beginning in Fall 2027.

The Girard School is seeking a scholar-practitioner who combines substantial professional experience in Marketing with a commitment to teaching applied scholarship and industry engagement who can help build a distinctive model of business education and applied scholarship at the intersection of marketing analytics artificial intelligence technology and the future of work.

This position is part of a broader investment in faculty applied research experiential learning and industry engagement at the Girard School. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to contribute to the Schools emerging Center for the Future of Work which will bring faculty and industry partners together to investigate how technological economic demographic and other forces are reshaping organizations and work. Related Applied Industry Labs will create opportunities to translate this research into real-world student learning experiences.

Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate and graduate Marketing courses consistent with the candidates expertise and the needs of the Girard School.

• Maintain an active program of applied scholarship addressing consequential organizational market or industry challenges. Outputs may include applied research white papers industry reports case studies conference presentations and practitioner publications.

• Develop relationships with companies and other organizations that support applied research industry engagement and experiential learning.

• Contribute to the development of the Center for the Future of Work Applied Industry Labs and other initiatives that connect academic inquiry with real-world organizational challenges.

• Mentor students and contribute to the academic life service and ongoing development of the Girard School and Merrimack College.

Qualifications

We are especially interested in candidates who are comfortable operating across academic and industry environmentsindividuals who can engage executives and organizational leaders identify important questions emerging from practice study those questions rigorously and bring the resulting insights into the classroom and scholarly community.

Relevant areas of scholarly and professional interest may include marketing strategy consumer behavior brand management digital marketing marketing analytics artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. Of greater importance than any particular specialization is an intellectual agenda that addresses consequential challenges facing contemporary organizations and lends itself to meaningful engagement with industry.

Candidates need not specialize in allor any particular combinationof these areas. Of greater importance is an intellectual agenda that addresses consequential problems facing contemporary organizations and lends itself to meaningful engagement with industry.

Required Qualifications

• A doctorate or appropriate terminal degree in Marketing Business Administration Analytics or a closely related field by the time of appointment.

• Substantial professional experience or demonstrated industry engagement in Marketing or closely related functions.

• Demonstrated ability or strong potential to teach effectively at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

• Evidence of an active or emerging scholarly agenda appropriate to the candidates career stage with interest in producing applied scholarship that addresses consequential organizational market or industry challenges.

• Demonstrated interest in engaging organizations and translating real-world challenges into scholarship and/or student learning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant professional Marketing experience including leadership or responsibility for consequential organizational initiatives.

• Demonstrated ability to produce applied research or other scholarship that informs industry practice.

• Experience developing industry partnerships experiential-learning opportunities or new academic initiatives.

• Familiarity with emerging developments reshaping Marketing and the organizations it serves.

Application Materials Should Include:

Applicants should submit a cover letter describing their interest in the position and relevant academic and/or professional experience a curriculum vitae and the names and contact information of three professional references. References will be contacted only at a later stage of the search process.

Compensation

The expected 9-month base salary range for the Assistant Professor or Assistant Professor of Practice rank is $80000-$110000; for the Associate Professor or Associate Professor of Practice $-$130000; for the Professor or Professor of Practice $130000-$150000. The actual pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as but not limited to candidate qualifications and prior experience scope of responsibilities internal equity and market considerations.

Work Location

This is an on-campus position as employees are essential in order to provide a fully on-campus

residential college experience for our students and the community.

This position is subject to the successful completion of a criminal background check.

Statement on Our Mission

Merrimack College is a Catholic Augustinian institution of higher education committed to building an accepting and respectful community. Our mission is to enlighten minds engage hearts and empower lives and is inspired by our Catholic faith and the Augustinian tradition of seeking truth through inquiry and dialogue.

Merrimack College seeks candidates who understand respect and can contribute to Merrimacks Catholic and Augustinian mission. All candidates should describe in their application how they will foster a culture that supports our mission.

About Merrimack College

The only Catholic Augustinian institution of higher education in New England Merrimack College is a private independent coeducational institution with more than 4100 undergraduate 2500 graduate students and 50 doctoral students from 48 states and 63 countries. The College features more than 160 career-focused undergraduate professional and graduate programs all taught by exceptional faculty who are passionate about their subject and student success. The College has six schools: arts and sciences engineering and computational sciences nursing and health sciences education and social policy the Girard school of business and the graduate school of counseling and social work. The Colleges suburban 220-acre campus is just north of Boston in North Andover Massachusetts. Merrimack is a Masters Colleges and Universities/Larger Programs (M1) institution in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Merrimack is one of the fastest growing educational institutions in the country and has steadily climbed up in the U.S. News & World Reports ranking of Best Colleges ranking 38th in the Regional Universities North category in 2026. Merrimack is a NCAA Division I athletic institution.

Merrimack College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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