Tenure-Track Faculty - Assistant Professor - Operations Management

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.

Atlanta, GA

About the Operations Management Area at Scheller College of Business

The Operations Management (OM) Area consists of a collegial and diverse group of faculty members dedicated to high-impact research and educating the next generation of researchers and managers. Areas in which we conduct research include supply chain management, innovation and technology management, sustainable operations, and service operations, including entertainment and healthcare operations. Beyond publishing and holding key editorial positions in leading operations management journals, our faculty is committed to translating research into practice through interactions with companies, startups, non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies. The OM Area also has a strong PhD program in Operations Management. For additional information about our area, please visit https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/academics-research/operations-management/index.html

The Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position (Assistant Professor level) in the Operations Management area, starting in Fall 2027. We are interested in candidates who can strengthen and expand the capabilities of the group in terms of its scholarship in high-impact research areas. Candidates are also expected to successfully teach at the undergraduate, MBA, and Ph.D. levels and to contribute to student success.

The primary duties will be to conduct research, teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels, contribute to student success, and provide service to the College, the Institute, and the profession.

The minimum requirement is a Ph.D. in Operations Management or a related area (candidates must complete their Ph.D. no later than their start date).

Applications must include:

Cover letter describing why the candidate is interested in the OM Area at Scheller.

Resume/CV, including education, research interests/publications, teaching experience, work experience, and other relevant information.

Research and teaching statements.

One to three representative research papers or other writing samples.

Three letters of recommendation to be submitted at this link: https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/om-fac-rec-form

Full applications should be submitted no later than November 8, 2026.

To facilitate early reviews of interest before the full application deadline, applicants are encouraged to complete a preliminary form by October 4, 2026, at this link: https://www.scheller.gatech.edu/om-fac-info-form

Georgia Tech institute policies require a background check to be completed prior to beginning employment.

Requests for information should be directed to operations@scheller.gatech.edu. Correspondence should be addressed to the Search Committee, Operations Management Area.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 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.

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A successful candidate must be able to pass a background check. Please visit: https://usg.policystat.com/policy/19298143/latest