Full Professor of Business Economics and Information Systems

WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor[1] of Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Wirtschaftsinformatik (Business Administration and Information Systems) with an emphasis on the interface between operations management and digital transformation at the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management. Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field. Depending on the candidate’s academic credentials, the employment contract can be concluded either as a permanent employment contract or as a fixed-term employment contract with the option of a permanent extension.[2]
 
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International cooperation is very important to WU, and we encourage and support both faculty and student mobility. WU is also very aware of its responsibility to its students, faculty, and staff and is committed to gender equality, equal opportunities, accessibility, family-friendly working conditions, and sustainability.

The new professor will complement the existing profile of the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management and will contribute to research, teaching, and service activities.

Qualifications

The successful candidate is expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field and to have outstanding qualifications. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age. Candidates must have:
 
a)    A solid academic qualification (e.g. PhD, habilitation) in Operations Management or a related area; 
b)    An outstanding international reputation for high quality scholarship in the area of Operations Management with a focus on the interface between operations and digital transformation commensurate with academic age, especially by having demonstrated the ability to publish in top-tier journals in the field (e.g., journals listed in the WU’s star journal list); 
c)    Excellent teaching qualifications at undergraduate and graduate levels as well as in executive education; 
d)    proven international experience; 
e)    potential of attracting research funding; 
f)     leadership qualities; 
g)    gender and diversity management skills.

Expectations

The successful candidate is expected to conduct and publish outstanding empirically grounded research in Operations Management with a focus on digital transformation. The candidate should be highly competent in applying the relevant descriptive and/or predictive and/or prescriptive methods to complement the current research profile of the institute. Ideally, the research expertise of the candidate falls within one of the existing research areas of the Institute which encompasses 
  • behavioural operations
  • AI application to process improvements
  • integrated supply and demand management
  • production planning and control
  • supply chain planning and control
  • circular supply chains and sustainable supply chain management
  • tokenization in supply chains and new product development
The successful candidate is expected to engage in high quality teaching at WU at all levels (bachelor, MSc, doctorate and executive education) in particular to support our Bachelor’s Programs in Business, Economics, and Social Sciences as well as Business & Economics, and our Master of Science (MSc) Supply Chain Management. Full professors are expected to teach 8 weekly credit hours.
 
Teaching experience in English is required. Non-German-speaking candidates will be expected to acquire proficiency in German over a certain period of time.
 
We also expect the new professor to take an active role in the university’s self-governance and third mission activities.

Applications

WU is committed to diversity and inclusion, and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference. People with disabilities are encouraged to apply and will be supported during each stage of the recruitment process.
 
WU assesses performance in the context of each applicant’s biography and relative to the opportunities available to them. This approach recognizes that academic achievements cannot be assessed separately from each individual researchers’ biographical factors. To ensure equal opportunities, qualifications are evaluated relative to the applicant’s academic age. This means that WU takes biographical factors such as part-time employment or career interruptions due to caregiving or childcare obligations or other functions performed at or outside of a university into account. Depending on the candidate’s academic credentials, the employment contract can be concluded either as a permanent employment contract or as a fixed-term employment contract with the option of a permanent extension.
 
In your application, you can include personal data related to biographical factors. WU will keep all data that you send us as part of your application confidential. All persons involved in the selection procedure are bound by obligations of secrecy.
 
Applicants should address their applications and all relevant documents, including in any case
  • letter of motivation with explicit statements regarding the items a) -g) in section “Qualifications” of the announcement
  • academic CV including full publication list 
  • research plan
  • teaching concept
  • list of taught academic courses - specifying at which level (BSc, MSc, PhD) and, if available, incl. evaluations
  • list of thesis supervisions - specifying at which level (BSc, MSc, PhD)
  • list of contributions to the academic community and university self governance
to the rector of WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna and upload these documents using the button below.

Please submit your application via WU’s online recruiting tool by May 7, 2025.
 
For details about the position, please contact Professor Prof. Gerald Reiner, deputy chair of the Department of Informations Systems and Operations Management, by phone: ++43-1-31336-6227, or by email: gerald.reiner@wu.ac.at@wu.ac.at.

For details of the application process, please contact the Senior Faculty Recruitment team email: prof.application@wu.ac.at.

Please note: Only applications uploaded via our online recruiting tool will be considered. In their application documents, applicants must respond to all criteria specified in the call for applications, especially to items A) Qualifications and B) Expectations. A reference to these two items is considered a mandatory element of any application to WU Vienna, and any applications that lack this mandatory element cannot be considered.


1 employed under salary group A 1 pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff [Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der Universitäten], minimum gross yearly salary: €92,460.20; the actual annual gross salary is subject to negotiation

2 The duration of fixed-term contracts is subject to negotiation.