Assistant Professor- ITM

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About the Scheller College of Business

Scheller College's undergraduate and MBA programs are ranked top five in both management information systems as well as business analytics specialties by US News and World Report (2023 - 2024). The College's Full-time MBA Program is ranked No. 4 and No. 9 among public universities by Bloomberg BusinessWeek (2022 - 2023) and U.S. News & World Report (2023 - 2024) respectively. 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 8th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. and serves as a cultural and economic hub for the region.

Atlanta, GA

The Scheller College of Business (https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/) at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant professor position in the IT Management (ITM) Area. Preference will be given to applicants at the Assistant professor level who are beginning their first faculty appointment. The anticipated start date for this position is Fall 2025. The Georgia Tech Scheller College ITM Area is composed of eleven tenured and tenure-track, and three non-tenure track faculty members. The faculty have various research interests including business analytics, business value of information technology, crowdfunding, fintech, IT security, platform economics, and machine learning among others. They publish in the premier journals and their work has garnered numerous scholarly awards. For additional information about the faculty, please visit: https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/academics-research/it-management

The successful candidate's primary responsibilities will include teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, conducting research, and providing service to the College, the Institute, and the Information Systems community. The selected candidate will be responsible for teaching three courses annually, and the salary offered is competitive with leading research universities. Candidates are expected to demonstrate an exceptional commitment to the teaching and mentoring of students.

Candidates should have demonstrated excellence and show potential for continued excellence in scholarly research and teaching. Those pursuing a Ph.D. should be sufficiently advanced in their doctoral work to be able to successfully complete their Ph.D. in Information Systems or related areas by July 1, 2025. These qualifications represent the minimum requirements for the position.

Faculty Performance is Expected to Be Aligned with Student Success Criteria

• The ability to adopt teaching strategies that support the learning and success of all students.
• The ability to engage students in experiential learning activities and pedagogy that support student success.
  

To apply, please visit https://bit.ly/3PAvJYs. Applicants should submit the following:

1. A cover letter, a statement of research, and a statement of teaching.
2. Vita, including education, research interests/publications, work experience and other relevant information.
3. A minimum of three letters of recommendation should be submitted with other application materials by candidates who do not currently hold a tenure-track position at another institution. Other applicants should submit three names of reference. Please make sure that your name also appears in the file name of the recommendation letter (e.g., "Smith Shawn - Letter of Recommendation.pdf").
4. Two (2) samples of your research; either research papers and/or your dissertation proposal.

Correspondence should be addressed to the Co-Chairs, Information Technology Management Recruiting Committee. Initial screening of applications will begin early October 2024.

The position will remain open until filled. ITM faculty may conduct interviews at INFORMS/ CIST 2024 and ICIS/WISE 2024. If you plan to attend the conferences and want to be considered for an interview, please submit your complete package (including recommendation letters) by: Sunday, October 12, 2024. Questions should be submitted to recruit-ITM@scheller.gatech.edu.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

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More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening. http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening.