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Bemidji State University · 1 day ago

Asst or Assoc Prof of Business Admin - Sales & Marketing

Bemidji, MN

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$65K/yr - $189K/yr

Bemidji State University (BSU) invites qualified applicants to join our team as an Assistant or Associate Professor of Business Administration – Sales & Marketing. The role involves launching a new Professional Selling Lab, delivering courses in Professional Selling and Marketing, and engaging in scholarly work while fostering student participation in competitions and industry collaboration.

Higher Education

No H1B

Responsibilities

Teaching Professional Selling courses (e.g., Professional Selling, Sales Management, Advance Professional Selling, Sales Simulator Lab) and complementary Marketing and/or Business Administration courses based on expertise and program needs

Effectively teaching across modalities (e.g., in-person, HyFlex, online) and maintaining strong student outcomes

Contributing to continuous improvement and International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE)-aligned assurance of learning

Co-leading the build-out and launching of the Professional Selling Lab (e.g., technology, role-play capture, CRM/sales tools) and helping develop lab-based curriculum, role-playing rubrics, and corporate partner programming modeled on best-in-class sales centers

Pursuing external funding in collaboration with the program and BSU Alumni & Foundation, including writing grant proposals and contributing to the stewardship and basic management of awarded grants and the program endowment to support competitions, conferences, and student success

Advising, mentoring, and coaching Professional Selling and Marketing and Business Administration students

Growing employer partnerships, organizing guest speakers, hosting role-playing/ride-along experiences, and coaching competition teams (sales/marketing)

Advising and energizing student organizations such as the AMA Collegiate Chapter/Sales Club, including programming, outreach, and competition preparation, in partnership with colleagues and employer partners

Maintaining a program of scholarly research in Sales/Marketing consistent with IACBE expectations

Providing service to the program, School of Business, university, and the profession, including collaboration with industry partners and alumni networks

Contributing to the effective stewardship of program funds by partnering on basic endowment administration activities (e.g., aligning expenditures to donor intent, documenting impact for annual reports) and by engaging with the BSU Alumni & Foundation and employers to sustain external support

Qualification

PhD/DBA in MarketingProfessional Selling expertiseTeaching in multiple modalitiesSales Lab design experienceGrant writing experienceCoaching student teamsAdvising student organizationsCommitment to diversity

Required

PhD/DBA in Marketing, Business Administration, or a closely related field with a Sales/Professional Selling emphasis, from a regionally accredited institution, earned by August 1, 2026

Evidence of effective teaching or strong potential in Professional Selling and Marketing

Ability to teach in multiple modalities (in-person, HyFlex, online) or willingness to develop those skills

Demonstrated commitment to serving diverse student populations and fostering inclusive learning

Ability to build industry relationships that support curriculum currency, student opportunities, and the Sales Lab launch

Preferred

PhD/DBA in Marketing (sales/relationship marketing focus) at time of application

Recent or emerging scholarly and/or professional engagement in Sales/Marketing consistent with IACBE expectations; evidence of an active scholarly agenda (e.g., peer-reviewed or practitioner publications, applied industry projects, pedagogical scholarship, and/or conference presentations)

Demonstrated excellence teaching core sales and marketing courses

Experience coaching student teams for sales/marketing competitions and partnering with industry on live projects

Experience designing/operationalizing a sales lab, role-play capture, CRM/sales-tech stack (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot), and rubrics aligned to employer expectations

Contributions to accreditation/assurance of learning and program assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration across disciplines

Documented experience advising student clubs/organizations and facilitating their programming or competition participation

Evidence of successful grant development (e.g., co-PI/team member on funded proposals) and/or experience managing components of grants or endowed funds in an academic unit

A demonstrated commitment to the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism