Tenure Track faculty position in Innovation and Data Analytics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The House of Innovation (HOI) and the Center for Data Analytics at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) currently invite applications for multiple tenure track positions on the Assistant Professor level.

In particular, we invite applications for a tenure-track position (Assistant Professor level) with a focus on Innovation and Data Analytics. Candidates are expected to have a background in a field such as Technology and Innovation Management, Digital Innovation, Computer/Data Science, Statistics, or Econometrics.

From a teaching perspective, solid training in data analytics as well as an in-depth understanding of the application of data analytics tools and methods for business applications, including statistical methods, machine learning, Natural Language Processing and similar approaches and methods, is required. A PhD in a related field is required by the time of assuming the position.

We are a cross-disciplinary research environment, and also welcome interested Operations & Supply Chain Management scholars to apply. Stockholm is consistently ranked as a top-ten environment for tech-based entrepreneurship and innovation. HOI has its own incubator and excellent access to the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem as well as to many world-leading companies operating in and from Stockholm. Our students are highly talented and motivated, and our programs are highly regarded.

Candidates are expected to have strong qualities in both research and teaching. In research, the successful candidate should exhibit the ability to publish in top-tier, peer-reviewed, international journals, as evidenced by a promising research and publication pipeline, a presence in the international research community, and publications in leading journals (if available). In teaching, experience from designing and delivering courses, as well as from coaching student projects, is considered a merit. Candidates will be expected to interact and collaborate with faculty from other disciplines and to exercise intellectual leadership in their discipline.

The vacant assistant professorships are all 3+3-year tenure-track positions with research and teaching obligations. Promotion to tenured associate professor is possible with satisfactory teaching and publication performance.  An ideal starting date for successful applicants is August 2024, but we are open to discussing other dates. Salaries are competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience, and are set on an individual basis.

Formal submission will be via the SSE Varbi online platform (https://hhs.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:647129/). To apply, please submit:

1. A cover letter articulating the candidate’s fit with the position description, including research interests and teaching experience.
2. A curriculum vitae.
3. A separate document listing both published articles (if any) and articles submitted to journals.
4. Copies of representative research.
5. Names and contact information of three people willing to provide references.

To ensure that your application will receive full consideration, please submit your full application by September 15th, 2023.

We will be holding informal interviews in conjunction with the Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2023. Boston, August 4-8 2023. To be considered for an interview slot at the Academy of Management, please submit your expression of interest by email, including your curriculum vitae and job-market paper, with the subject heading “Innovation and Data Analytics tenure-track position”, by July 25th to research.hoi@hhs.se.

We will conduct a first round of interviews soon after the September 15th deadline and host campus visits by invitation in the Fall of 2023.

About the House of Innovation and the Center for Data Analytics

The House of Innovation offers an excellent, inter-disciplinary research, education, outreach and new venture environment focused on innovation, digitalization and entrepreneurship (https://www.hhs.se/en/research/research-houses/house-of-innovation/). HOI collaborates with a broad, influential network of academics, corporations, government agencies, and civil society actors, with the aim to contribute to the advancement of Swedish society and of the international community. HOI faculty members regularly publish in top academic journals, they serve on editorial boards, in editorial positions, and in academic leadership positions. They frequently receive substantial grants from leading Swedish and European funding institutions to conduct state-of-the-art research, and serve on national and international policy committees, thus contributing to the shaping of society and of innovation ecosystems. 

The Center for Data Analytics (CDA: https://www.hhs.se/en/research/centers/center-for-data-analytics/) -- as part of House of Innovation -- provides applied, theoretical and simulation-based research in statistics, econometrics and data science with specialization in Business Administration, Economics and Finance. CDA conducts extensive research collaborations with other institutions as well as with industry. CDA has school-wide responsibility for coordinating and developing the analytics area within teaching, delivering high-quality teaching, and serving as a collaborative unit for SSE researchers with analytics skills, interests and activities.

We will be holding informal interviews at the Academy of Management (AOM) meeting in Boston. To be considered for an interview slot during the AOM meeting, please submit your expression of interest, including your curriculum vitae and job-market paper, with the subject heading "DA tenure-track position", at your earliest convenience and ideally by July 31st 2023, to careers.hoi@hhs.se.

A full application is not required at this time. The deadline for full applications is September 14 (TBC).

About the House of Innovation (HOI)

The House of Innovation, a recently formed unit within SSE, offers an excellent, inter-disciplinary research, education and outreach environment focused on innovation, digitalization and entrepreneurship (https://www.hhs.se/en/research/research-houses/house-of-innovation/). HOI collaborates with a broad, influential network of academics, corporations, government agencies, and civil society actors, with the aim to contribute to the advancement of society and of the international community. HOI has an international group of scholars with currently 10 tenured and 14 tenure-track professors, 22 PhD students and 32 research fellows and postdocs. Two tenured positions and one more Tenure Track position at HOI are also currently under recruitment. 

HOI faculty members regularly publish in top academic journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, MIS Quarterly, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Management Science, Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Information Systems Research, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Research Policy and Harvard Business Review. They serve on editorial boards, in editorial positions, and in academic leadership positions. They frequently receive substantial grants from leading Swedish and European funding institutions to conduct state-of-the-art research, and serve on national and international policy committees, thus contributing to the shaping of society and of innovation ecosystems.  

The benefits of becoming a faculty member at HOI include, but are not limited to:

• Enjoying a favorable balance between teaching and research activities (from 20% to 40% teaching).
• Tapping into cross-disciplinary expertise in innovation, entrepreneurship, information systems and operations improvement.  
• Teaching highly talented and motivated students/participants, from undergraduate to master and doctoral levels, as well as in MBA and Executive Education programs. Our master programs are ranked 4th (Management) and 19th (Finance) in the world by Financial Times. SSE Executive Education is ranked 10th in the world for open programs and 1st in Northern Europe by FT. Our admissions processes are highly selective.
• Working in a young, dynamic, international, diverse environment. Recent faculty hires to SSE come from environments such as London Business School, Bocconi, Harvard U, Kellogg/Northwestern U, New York University, HKUST, RSM among others.
• Being part of, and contributing to, the Stockholm entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem in a wide and comprehensive way. HOI hosts the academic Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation &Technology, the Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg Center for Innovative and Sustainable Business Development, the Scania Center for Innovation and Operational Excellence, The Garden – Center for Design and Leadership, The Center for Family Enterprise, The Transformative Innovation Center, CDA – the Center for Data Analytics, the MISUM Research Platform Sustainable Business Development through Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Swedish Center for Digital Innovation, Stockholm (SCDI Sthlm). We also run the SSE Business Lab start-up incubator and coordinate SSE’s involvement in the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship (SSES), a consortium with the six major universities in Stockholm providing innovation and entrepreneurship education across the wider Stockholm area and beyond.  
• Leveraging the extensive and active network of corporate partners of SSE to conduct relevant empirical research and joint projects. The SSE Corporate Partners network includes the large majority of leading Swedish multinational companies, such as SEB, Ericsson, H&M, Scania and Electrolux, as well as international organizations, such as McKinsey & Company, PwC, ABB and IBM.

More about the House of Innovation can be found at: https://www.hhs.se/en/research/research-houses/house-of-innovation/.

About the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE)