Job Description

Date Posted: 09/26/2025
Req ID: 45315
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Inst. for Management & Innovation
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Description:
Description:
Innovation is equal parts idea generation and execution. A successful innovation manager needs to be able to nurture both their team's ability to come up with breakthrough ideas grounded in insight and human need, as well as build, sustain, and evolve a new concept within an organization. This all requires deep empathy for others, agile collaboration, and management skills which are all better learned through practice than theory. Innovation Management by Design will immerse students in a case study that is relevant to current real-world challenges so that they will need to rapidly apply and adapt their learnings and develop new business concepts.
Number of Positions: 1
Estimated course enrolment: 25
Class schedule: TBA
Sessional dates of appointment: January 3, 2026 - April 30, 2026
Salary: $17,930.13 (incl. 4% vacation pay)
Qualifications: Preferred qualifications are an advanced degree (Master's or Doctorate) in a relevant discipline (completed), or for non-University of Toronto graduate students, in progress, or relevant qualifications, professional designation or professional experience; an MBA is highly preferable. We are seeking previous experience in teaching, teaching excellence, and mastery of the subject area. Previous experience in teaching a similar course is highly desirable.
Duties: The duties of the Course Instructor shall include the normal duties associated with the design and teaching of university degree credit courses or sections of courses. These include the preparation and delivery of course content, including lectures and/or seminars; the creation of courseware; the development and administration of assignments, tests and examinations; the marking and grading of student work and the submission of grades to appropriate University officials in accordance with policy; the maintenance of reasonable hours of student contact outside of scheduled contact hours; and the supervision of the day-to-day work of any Teaching Assistants assigned to the course.
Application Procedure: Applicants should submit:

• Curriculum Vitae
• A Unit 3 application form available online at
• Please submit your current curriculum vitae with a cover letter to: mmi.utm@utoronto.ca. Include MMI2000H SL Application in the subject line.

Closing Date: 10/17/2025, 11:59PM EDT
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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.
It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.
Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.
Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.
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