Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (Master of Business Administration in Digital Transformation)

Information Technology • Full Time • Chai Wan, Hong Kong, HK • 1w ago

Department of Hospitality and Business Management

Major Duties:

The appointee(s) is expected to contribute to the planning, development, implementation and review of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Digital Transformation programme. The Programme aims to develop students’ understanding and capability to become digital transformers, manage transformation and innovation in the current business environment. The Programme offers two specialised streams, one in ‘Digital Business and Leadership’ and the other in ‘Digital Technology and Innovation’.

The appointee(s) will need to provide strong academic leadership in the formulation of learning and teaching strategies; curriculum development in at least one of the following modules:

Business Intelligence and Analytics
Cyber Security in Business
Digital Business Process and Operations
Global Business Environment
Strategic Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The appointee(s) will take part in teaching and supervising student work; delivering quality programme; and leading and participating in scholarly activities, including but not limited to research, consultancy, networking, collaboration with industry and promoting the Institute and the programme. S/He will also be expected to maintain close contacts with industry, commerce, and other educational institutes on collaborative arrangement to promote and ensure the relevance and excellence of the programme. Experience in new programme development and accreditation is highly preferred.

The appointee(s) will provide face-to-face and potentially online instruction at the graduate or undergraduate level in both business administration and related courses as well as maintaining a record of excellence in teaching, student advising and career mentoring. The appointee at Professor / Associate Professor rank will be required to oversee the MBA and related programmes and be heavily involved in the accreditation of the MBA degree programme. S/He will also have the unique opportunity to lead the inaugural Master degree programme of THEi.

Requirements:

The successful candidate(s) should have a recognised Doctoral degree in one of the following areas: Business Administration; Digital Business; Information Technology; Digital Technology and Innovation or related disciplines, with relevant teaching experience at tertiary level; demonstrate achievement (or good potential for achievement) in research and scholarly activities, and experience in professional practice in the relevant fields; and have high proficiency in English and Chinese, including Putonghua. S/He must also fulfil one of the following criteria:

(a) Mother tongue / language is Putonghua; or
(b) Received a recognised bachelor’s degree or above of which the Medium of Instruction (MOI) was Putonghua; or
(c) At least 3 years’ work experience in Mainland China or other Putonghua speaking countries or regions; or
(d) Achieved at least Grade 2 Level B in the Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi (PSC) – Putonghua Proficiency Test administered by the State Commission on Language Work.

Notes:

(1) Applicants who have responded to the advertisement in the last nine months need not re-apply.
(2) The appointee(s) may be required to perform duties at different sites and outside Hong Kong, and work irregular hours, shifts and on Saturdays and Sundays as necessary.
(3) The remuneration package will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
(4) The appointee(s) will work at the Chai Wan Campus.

Application Procedures:

A completed application form [THEi-HR-601 (Aug 2025)], together with a full curriculum vitae, should be sent to thei-jobs@thei.edu.hk.

Applicants should take note of the following:
(1) Completed application form and detailed curriculum vitae (CV) should be combined into one file in PDF format with a file size below 10MB.
(2) The file should be saved with the applicant’s name as “surname and given name”, e.g. “CHAN Siu-lam.pdf”.
(3) For the email subject, please cite “Application for Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (MBA) (Ref. No.: O/THEi-DHBM/PROFESSORIAL(MBA)/09/25)” and state the specialised stream.

Review of applications will commence as soon as possible and continue until the post is filled.

The Institute reserves the right not to fill the post. Personal data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only. Information on unsuccessful candidates will normally be destroyed 12 months after the completion of the recruitment exercise.

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