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Greetings from Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university located in Melbourne, Australia, with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university and are consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities.

The Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, located within the Deakin Business School (AACSB and EQUIS accredited) is a large and growing Department with over 20 full time tenured and tenure track faculty members, including three Full Professors and three Associate Professors. Our faculty members have PhDs from leading international universities in the world, including USA, Europe, Hong Kong and Australia. Our faculty members publish in top international journals including those in the FT50 list and the AIS Basket journals.

As a result of its strong growth, the Department is recruiting for 6 x Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions (equivalent to Assistant Professor) and 1 x Associate Professor.

• Based at our Melbourne, Burwood Campus
• Full-time and continuing

The Associate Professor will provide leadership to achieve the Department’s strategic plan; contribute to the Department’s teaching across all levels; undertake and publish research in high-quality national and international journals and make strong contribution to the Department’s research agenda and in enhancing disciplinary profile; actively participate in and secure external research funding; foster relationships with research, industry, community, government and professional partners including higher education institutions; and, enhance the scholarly reputation of the University.

Applications for this position close on 31^st of Oct at 11.55pm (AEST).

Please submit your updated resume, a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

Applicants for the Associate Professor position are expected to have

• PhD in Information Systems, Business Analytics, or a related discipline
• Internationally recognised research reputation underpinned by publications in high quality journals such as the FT50 list, ABDC A* journals, AIS Basket journals and the UTD journal list
• Expertise in at least two of the following areas of research specialisation within the Department: information systems; business analytics; business analytics and decision-making; machine learning; digital innovation, transformation and disruption; digitally-enabled globalisation; digital entrepreneurship; IT and business value; digital health; artificial intelligence and the future of work
• Expertise in at least three of the following areas of teaching focus within the Department: business analytics; information systems; artificial intelligence for business; digital transformation; machine learning; data science; cyber security; enterprise systems; project management

To obtain the full Position Description and to apply, please visit

https://careers.pageuppeople.com/949/cw/en/job/545491/associate-professor-in-department-of-information-systems-and-business-analytics

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Professor Rajeev Sharma, Head of Department, Information Systems and Business Analytics on r.sharma@deakin.edu.au.