Post-Doc in Organization Design (Strategic Leadership and Corporate Governance), WU Vienna
Job Description
WU Vienna is recruiting a post-doc in organization design to work on strategic leadership and corporate governance at its Institute for Organization Design, part of the Department of Strategy and Innovation. This is a management-school research post at one of Europe’s largest business universities, and it closes on 30 September 2026. One point to understand before you apply: WU advertises this as an alternative appointment, meaning the institute will hire either two pre-doc staff members or one post-doc, so the post-doc line is not guaranteed to be the one filled.
At a glance
- Position: Project staff member, post-doc (advertised as an alternative to two pre-doc posts)
- Where: Institute for Organization Design, Department of Strategy and Innovation, Vienna, Austria
- Pay: €5,014.30 gross per month, paid 14 times a year, adjustable for previous experience
- Hours: 40 hours a week for the post-doc line
- Contract: limited until 31 August 2030; starting as soon as possible
- Apply: 30 September 2026
What this organization design post-doc involves
- Research in strategic management, with the institute’s stated emphasis on corporate governance and strategic leadership
- Working within the Institute for Organization Design in the Department of Strategy and Innovation
- Teaching alongside the research: the advert asks for motivation to teach
- A full-time appointment of 40 hours a week for the post-doc line, against 30 hours for each pre-doc line
What WU Vienna is looking for
- A completed or nearly completed PhD in business administration or a related field
- A background in strategic management, particularly corporate governance and/or strategic leadership
- Quantitative methodological training
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Motivation to teach
Nice to have
- Knowledge of German, which the advert lists as an advantage
Pay and location
WU states a gross monthly salary of €5,014.30 for the post-doc line, paid 14 times a year, and says the figure can be adjusted to reflect previous relevant experience. The contract runs until 31 August 2030 and the institute wants someone starting as soon as possible. The post is based at WU’s campus in Vienna, Austria.
How to apply
Apply through the official WU Vienna page. The closing date is 30 September 2026. Apply through WU’s online application tool, quoting ID 2881. The advert asks for a cover letter covering your motivation for an academic career, your research interests and your earliest possible start date, plus a CV, academic references, transcripts and certificates, and relevant research outputs.
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Hiring institution: WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Official advertisement: jobs.wu.ac.at
How to prepare for this application
- Be specific about where your work sits within corporate governance or strategic leadership — the institute names both, and a general strategy profile will read as a weaker fit
- Lead with your quantitative training, which the advert asks for directly, and name the methods and data you have actually handled
- Address the teaching requirement properly in the cover letter rather than in a closing line; WU asks for motivation to teach
- Give a concrete earliest start date. The advert says “starting as soon as possible”, and a vague answer is a real disadvantage here
- Read the post as an either/or before you invest the time: the institute may instead appoint two pre-doc researchers, so ask about the intended configuration if that matters to you
- German is not required but is listed as an advantage, so mention any German you have rather than leaving it out
About WU Vienna
WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) is a public university in Vienna, Austria, specialising in business and economics. Its Department of Strategy and Innovation houses several institutes, among them the Institute for Organization Design, which is the unit advertising this post. Teaching and research at WU are conducted in both English and German.
