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Posting Number: Position Title: Executive in Residence, Villanova School of Business
Position Type: Faculty
Location: Villanova, PA
Recruitment Type: Internal/External Applicants
Work Schedule: full-time/12-months
Department: 220-Finance and Real Estate
Position Summary: Applications are invited for the Executive in Residence position within the Department of Finance and Real Estate at the Villanova School of Business. We welcome expertise from all areas of business and private sector experience. The position begins Spring 2027.
Duties and Responsibilities: - The position includes teaching responsibilities of the student managed fund class (FIN2342 and FIN2343) for the Finance department.
- Teaching the course includes leading and engaging a group of student portfolio managers who actively manage a long-only equity portfolio - the Wildcat Fund - over the course of two semesters.
- The position also includes oversight of all student Wildcat Fund analysts through participation in a weekly meeting of the larger group.
- The person in this position will execute trades in a timely manner for the class with the brokerage firm used by the Wildcat Fund.
- The position will supervise and participate in the annual student Stock Pitch Competition.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications: - Significant private sector experience in business or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications:Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours:Special Message to Applicants: For full consideration for the position, complete applications must be submitted via the VU jobs portal at https://jobs.villanova.edu/.
All initial applications are to include and application letter and curriculum vitae.
Posting Date: 09/29/2026
Closing Date (11:59pm ET):Salary Posting Information: Competitive
Salary Band:Job Classification: faculty
