Assistant Professor- Operations Management

Overview
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About Scheller College of Business
The Scheller College of Business' Full-time MBA Program is ranked #9 among public universities by Bloomberg BusinessWeek (2021) and U.S. News & World Report (2023). Georgia Tech is one of the nation's leading research universities and consistently ranks among the top public universities in the country. Atlanta is the 9th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and serves as a cultural and economic hub for the region.

The Operations Management (OM) Area consists of a collegial and diverse group of faculty dedicated to doing high-impact research and educating the next generation of researchers and managers. Areas in which we conduct pioneering research include supply chain operations, data-driven service operations, innovation and technology management, and sustainable operations. Beyond publishing and holding key editorial positions in leading operations management journals, our faculty cares deeply about translating their research to practice. As a result, OM Area faculty regularly interact and collaborate with companies and startups. As a group, we strongly endorse diverse research methods to address different managerial challenges in operations management. The OM Area also has a robust PhD program in Operations Management. For additional information about our group, please visit https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/academics-research/operations-management/index.html.

Atlanta, GA

The Operations Management Area in the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia is seeking tenure-track faculty candidates at the rank of Assistant Professor of Operations Management.

Responsibilities include teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, conducting research, and providing service to the College, Institute, and the operations management profession. Faculty will be required to have a teaching load of three (3 semester hours each) courses per year. The salary is competitive with leading research universities.

Candidates should be sufficiently advanced in their doctoral work and will need to complete their Ph.D. in Operations Management by July 01, 2024, which are the minimum requirements for the position.

• A cover letter.
• Vita including education, research interests/publications, work experience and other relevant information.
• One to three representative research papers.
• A research statement and a teaching statement. Each should be no more than three pages.
• Applicants are also requested to arrange for three confidential recommendation letters to be submitted at the following link: https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/om-fac-recommend

Correspondence should be addressed to the Chair of Operations Management recruiting committee. Applications should be sent no later than March 20, 2024 . We will start evaluating applications immediately, and interview invitation decisions will be made on a rolling basis. Questions pertaining to this search should be sent to: operations@scheller.gatech.edu.

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