Full Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management

part-time, 20 %

WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor[1] (part-time 20%) of Information Systems and Operations Management with a focus on contributing to WU’s highlight topics (such as Business Process Design) according to WU’s Development Plan[2] at the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management. Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field. 

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The new professor will strengthen 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 the relevant field and to have excellent qualifications. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age on the basis of the following characteristics:

a)    Solid academic qualification: habilitation or its equivalent (see department guidelines[3]) in Information Systems, Computer Scienceor a related area 

b)    An outstanding international reputation for high-quality scholarship in the area of Information Systems with a focus on contributing to WU’s highlight topics (such as Business Process Design) according to WU’s Development Plan 

c)    Demonstrated the ability to publish in top-tier journals in the field (e.g., journals listed in the WU’s star journal list) 

d)    Excellent teaching qualifications at undergraduate and graduate levels as well as in executive education 

e)    Proven international experience 

f)     A strong record in attracting research funding 

g)    Leadership qualities 

h)    Gender and diversity management skills

Expectations

The successful candidate is expected to perform teaching activities at all levels (bachelor’s, master’s, PhD/doctorate, and executive education), both in the classroom and in distance-learning formats. The holder of this part-time position is expected to teach 2 weekly credit hours. In particular, the successful candidate shall support the department’s teaching in “Business Process Management” (major “Information Systems” at bachelor’s level and/or in the master’s program “Digital Economy”), the specialization "Knowledge-Management" (bachelor’s level) or the introductory courses in the common body of knowledge of WU’s bachelor’s programs served by our department.

Further, the successful candidate is expected to do socio-technical research, with expertise in organizational as well as computational research topics, including applied, theoretical and formal aspects of Information Systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to business process management and automation, covering novel computational techniques, such as process mining or robotic process automation; socio-technical modeling and design of complex organizations, including applied solutions. He or she should possess a high proficiency in relevant research methods. We appreciate applications from candidates who work in emerging areas such as AI in business applications or Industry 4.0, as well as novel research designs, including digital trace data.

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, please also indicate links to publicly available researcher profiles (e.g., ORCID, Scopus, Google Scholar, DBLP, etc.)

·         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), and

·         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 September 14, 2025.

For further subject-related details about the position, please contact Professor Alfred Taudes, full professor for Production Management at the the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, by phone: ++43-1-31336-5611, or by email: alfred.taudes@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 Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer der Universitäten], minimum gross yearly salary: €92,460.20 (full-time); the actual annual gross salary is subject to negotiation.

[2] https://www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu/h/strategy/documents/Entwicklungsplan.pdf

[3] https://www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu/d/ipm/web_files/HRL_IPM_v2016_en_fin.pdf