Assistant Professor - Operations Management

 

Position Rank and Title: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track

School/Department Name: School of Global Innovation and Leadership

Compensation: Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $135,000 - $142,230

Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector.  See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’s excellent benefits package.

Target Start Date: August 17, 2025

Application Deadline: September 25, 2024 (Applications accepted until filled or closed)

Position Description

The School of Global Innovation and Leadership, Lucas College of Business at San José State University is pleased to announce a search for a tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position in Operations Management beginning in August 2025. The incumbent will be required to research and teach at both the undergraduate and graduate level in the area of Operations and Supply Chain Management.

The School of Global Innovation and Leadership equips students to become innovative leaders with a global perspective, offering three concentrations: Operations and Supply Chain Management, Entrepreneurship, and International Business. Our program provides students with cutting-edge knowledge and hands-on opportunities to develop practical skills. We focus on nurturing innovative thinkers, managers, and entrepreneurs in business operations and management. Students gain expertise in global operations and supply chain processes across both manufacturing and service industries. Each concentration features unique and valuable activities, including guest speakers from the industry, who offer insights into real-world operations.

The School of Global Innovation and Leadership and San José State University value diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. SJSU enrolls more than 36,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved, and around 45% are first-generation and 38% are Pell-recipients. SJSU is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander (AANAPISI) Serving Institution. The university’s commitment to social justice extends from its vibrant, inclusive campus to an international network of over 275,000 alumni. As such, San José State is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty so our disciplines, students, and the community can benefit from multiple ethnic and gender perspectives.

Successful candidates will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion through their research, teaching, and/or service. We ask that all applicants include a Diversity Statement with their application package. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Diversity Statement Guidelines, along with information about how these statements will be evaluated.

Required Qualifications

Excellence in research and teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level is expected. The successful candidate will be able to teach courses in International Business as well as selected courses in other complementary disciplines. All applicants are required to:

• Possess a doctorate from an accredited university and be academically qualified under AACSB standards. Terminal
  degree must be awarded by date of appointment.
  
  
• Demonstrate concrete evidence of research publications or strong potential for the research publications in the area related to the position.
  
  
• Demonstrate an ability to work in a collegial atmosphere as part of a team, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  
  
• Demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Besides the required qualifications, Priority will be given to candidates who possess one or more of the following:

• For those with teaching experience, demonstrate a commitment to teaching excellence.

• Exhibit a commitment to interact effec