Assistant/Associate Professor, Business Analytics

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Athabasca University’s Faculty of Business is recruiting for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor, Business Analytics.

This full-time position is located in Alberta.

Guided by Like No Other, Athabasca University’s (AU) strategic plan, AU’s approach to accessible yet transformative education and research is truly distinctive. Our academic mission is to remove barriers to post-secondary education for learners, regardless of their age, location, career, or educational background.

Based in the beautiful region of Athabasca, Alberta, AU is one of four Comprehensive Academic and Research Universities (CARUs) in the province. We are a public, board-governed, open, and online university serving more than 35,000 students across Alberta, Canada, and around the world.

AU seeks to be an agile and inclusive workplace in which all team members can grow, make their highest contribution, and each make a difference to our academic vision and mission.

Led by President Dr. Alex Clark, AU is embarking on an exciting new chapter. Drawing from five decades of growth in distance and online education, we aim to grow our position as Canada’s foremost innovator in flexible, online and accessible learning. With an inclusive Senior Leadership Team dedicated to empowering every team member to contribute, learn and thrive, AU stands poised for an exciting and ambitious next stage of development.

About the Faculty/Department:
Athabasca University (AU) is a university Like No Other and is one of four research-intensive publicly funded institutions in Alberta. AU’s approach to accessible yet transformative education and research is truly distinctive. Its Faculty of Business is a major AACSB-accredited business school in Canada, offering programs for undergraduate and graduate students studying at the Bachelor, Master’s, Postgraduate Diploma, and Doctoral levels. The Faculty of Business is dedicated to supporting students, the business community, and society by providing internationally recognized, outstanding, innovative, challenging, and accessible business education.

The Position:
The Faculty of Business is seeking a candidate with a strong background in Business Analytics at the rank of assistant or associate professor for a tenure-track position with an expected commencement date of July 1, 2025. The successful candidate must demonstrate expertise in machine learning, business coding, causal inference, social/text analytics, predictive or prescriptive data analytics, and sentiment analysis, among others, in business functional areas. Experience using tools such as R and Python with hands-on applications in business functional areas is essential. The holder of this position is responsible for providing high-quality teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, developing new courses, undertaking innovative research projects, and delivering outstanding services to the university and community as defined in the collective agreement. Also required are a robust or promising research portfolio in Business Analytics and related fields and a promising or successful record of securing tri-agency or similar funds.

Qualifications:
•ABD or PhD in Business Analytics, Business Administration, or Management of Information Systems with a focus on Business Analytics. A combination of data sciences, machine learning, business knowledge, and a degree earned from an AACSB-accredited institution are strongly desired.
•Evidence of teaching excellence and a robust or promising research portfolio.
•Experience in supervising graduate students, industry, and interdisciplinary teaching would be appreciated.
•Along with the relevant academic credentials as mentioned above, this position requires excellent communication, organizational, administration and online skills. The successful candidate should be comfortable teaching and working in a 100% online environment and have demonstrated ability to maintain a high academic standard, maintain accurate student records, return students’ work promptly, etc.
A secondary area of expertise or teaching ability in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) may be considered an asset.

Application Requirements:
Applications must be submitted through our online recruitment system found at www.athabascau.ca. – Careers at AU.

Include the following:
•A letter of application and Curriculum Vitae
•Evidence of research effectiveness, such as a research statement, a published article or other research output.
•Evidence of teaching effectiveness, ideally in a teaching dossier, such as a teaching or philosophy statement, teaching or course evaluations, a sample syllabus, artifacts of teaching initiatives (e.g., websites, videos, podcasts)
•Names and contact information for three referees

Athabasca University welcomes and appreciate candidates with a range of backgrounds and experiences.

Contact information:
For further information regarding this position, please contact Dr. Bangaly Kaba, Professor, Management Information Systems, Chair of Operation Sciences Department, Faculty of Business via email at bkaba@athabascau.ca.

Athabasca First
Wherever possible, AU seeks to attract and hire qualified team members to reside in the Athabasca region. We will offer relocation assistance for the right candidate should you decide to relocate to the Town of Athabasca. As a resident of the town or county of Athabasca, you can choose to work on and from our beautiful campus in Athabasca.

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