Full Professor of Strategic Management, part-time (pursuant to § 99 UG 2002)

WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor[1] of Strategic Management at the Department of Strategy & Innovation (part-time 20%, duration of employment is 3 years). Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field.WU Vienna University of Economics and Business combines excellence with responsibility.
Its rare triple accreditation by EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA is a guarantee for the highest quality research and teaching in the fields of business, economics, and business law. WU’s research is characterized by a wide diversity of disciplines practiced at WU, allowing researchers to address complex research questions based on approaches that cross disciplinary boundaries.
International cooperation is very important to WU, and we encourage and support both faculty and student mobility. WU is also very aware of its role as a responsible university, ensures barrier-free accessibility, provides a family-friendly workplace, and is committed to the principles of equitable opportunities and sustainability.WU is committed to diversity and inclusion, and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference. Applicants with disabilities will be supported during each stage of the recruitment process. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age.WU has been awarded certification under the University and Family Audit (Audit hochschuleundfamilie) and assists dual career couples. For further details, please see https://www.wu.ac.at/en/careers/job-portal.Further details on the call for applications, including a detailed qualification profile, can be found online: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/careers/job-portal/jobs/professorships.

Qualifications

The Department of Strategy and Innovation fosters an entrepreneurial mindset across research, teaching, outreach, and executive education, maintaining a dynamic exchange between the academic and business communities at both national and international levels. With a quantitative, empirical focus, our research integrates perspectives on entrepreneurship, innovation, organization design, corporate governance, and managerial decision making in the development and implementation of firm strategies.The successful candidate is expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in the relevant field and to have excellent qualifications. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age on the basis of the following characteristics:a) A solid academic qualification (e.g. PhD, habilitation) in Strategic Management with an emphasis on Strategic Leadership, Corporate Governance, and Strategic Entrepreneurship b) An outstanding international reputation for high-quality scholarship in the area of Strategic Management, in particular in the areas mentioned above, commensurate with academic age, especially by having demonstrated the ability to publish in top-tier journals in the fieldc) Excellent teaching qualificationsd) Proven international experience as a professor in an academic environment outside of Austriae) Active participation in the international scientific community and a strong track record of serving the scientific communityf) Leadership qualitiesg) Gender and diversity management skills.

Expectations

The successful candidate is expected to perform teaching activities at all levels (bachelor’s, master’s, PhD/doctorate, and executive education), both in the classroom and in distance-learning formats. Full professors (part time, 20 %) are expected to teach two weekly credit hours.We also expect the new professor to take an active role in third mission activities. Joint research activities with WU faculty would be appreciated.

Applications

WU assesses performance in the context of each applicant’s biography and relative to the opportunities available to them. This approach recognizes that academic achievements cannot be assessed separately from each individual researchers’ biographical factors. To ensure equitable opportunities, qualifications are evaluated relative to the applicant’s academic age. This means that WU takes biographical factors such as part-time employment or career interruptions due to caregiving or childcare obligations or other functions performed at or outside of a university into account.In your application, you can include personal data related to biographical factors. WU will keep all data that you send us as part of your application confidential. All persons involved in the selection procedure are bound by obligations of secrecy.Applicants should address their applications and all relevant documents (including in any case a letter of motivation, academic CV, reference to the criteria specified in the call for applications) to the Rector of WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, and upload these documents using the link provided/ button below/ on the WU website.Please submit your application via WU’s online recruiting tool by June 11, 2025.For further subject-related details about the position, please contact Professor Isabella Grabner, chair of the Department of Strategy & Innovation, by email: isabella.grabner@wu.ac.at.For details about the application process, please contact the Senior Faculty Recruitment team by email at prof.application@wu.ac.at.Please note: Only applications uploaded via our online recruiting tool will be considered. In their application documents, applicants must respond to all criteria specified in the call for applications, especially to items A) “Qualifications” and B) “What we expect.” A reference to these two items is considered a mandatory element of any application to WU Vienna, and any applications that lack this mandatory element cannot be considered.
1 employed under salary group A 1 pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff [Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der Universitäten], minimum gross yearly salary: €92,460.20 (full-time); the actual annual gross salary is subject to negotiation