The Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia invites applications for an analytics Professorship. We are actively seeking an exceptional business and/or academic leader with real world experience, who has contributed innovative methodology and practice to analytics. This leader will take a break from their normal activities to create, write, and present at Darden. This will add to their professional credentials and refresh the individual professionally. This appointment will strengthen the School and the University of Virginia by growing the capabilities of tomorrow's leaders in the areas such as data science, decision analysis, decision making, statistical forecasting, artificial intelligence applications, optimization, and uncertainty models for real-world problems. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to interact and collaborate with faculty experts in the field of data science at Darden and the School of Data Science. The products of the collaboration will ensure Darden can offer a unique contribution to analytics focused on helping practicing managers use analytics for decisions to drive strategy and business success.
Characteristics of Holders of the Professorship: The successful candidate will have made and will show promise of continuing to make advances in analytics practice and methods. They will be those who can make the greatest impact on the world through taking to time to share their work. Thought leaders from around the globe would be eligible for the award, whether from academics or management practice or government organizations. We are looking for someone with substantial experience, not new graduates. A bachelor's degree is required and a master's degree is preferred.
Roles and Responsibilities: The primary activity will be to capture in media and writing the innovations they have made, interact with Darden and UVA colleagues, present their contributions, and share their work to the world. In addition, they will take time to further develop their contributions and innovations. The holder of the professorship will not have responsibility for Darden courses, although they will from time-to-time teach class sessions or deliver presentations to the Darden community. The awardee will either be full-time in residence at the Darden School for 4-8 months of the year of their appointment, taking a leave-of-absence from existing responsibilities, or will dedicate part time to give a similar overall time equivalent. This time will primarily be spent at the Darden School with the option of some virtual connection periods. The successful candidate is encouraged to immerse themselves in the Darden/UVA community. To support their efforts, office space and administrative assistance will be provided.
Presentation and Associated Documents: In accepting the Professorship, the awardee will commit to making a presentation of their best work to students, faculty, and interested members of the Darden and UVA community during the year of the award. In addition, the recipient will commit to work with the Darden School to disseminate their ideas and scholarship to the world. This will include posting on the Darden website the presentation and additional support documents representing the vision of the work and contribution to improving the world. Once the website is established, it will be linked from news sites, blogs of thought leaders, and compendia of consulting and scientific firms.
Duration: The professorship will be given for a one-year period (not necessarily exactly matching a calendar or academic year) with a flexible start and end date. The award may be renewed for one additional year, as determined by the Advisory Board. It may be awarded to a prior recipient, providing there has been at least one award of the Professorship between the prior award and a subsequent award.
Nomination Procedures: Anyone may nominate candidate(s) for the Professorship and self-nominations are encouraged. To apply or nominate, email AnalyticsProfessorship@Darden.virginia.edu.
If you are self-nominating please provide a CV, information about why you would be a good candidate and what you hope to produce while at Darden. Successful candidates will need to provide references as well.
For those nominating someone else, please include in your email contact information for the nominee and why they should be considered.
To see additional information about the Professorship, visit the website: https://www.darden.virginia.edu/bodily-bicentennial-professorship-analytics.
The Darden School of Business is a top-rated global business school. The University of Virginia is regarded as one of the nation's finest public universities. Charlottesville is consistently ranked among the best places to live in the United States. See below for more information about UVA and the surrounding Charlottesville area. The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System and the University Physician's Group are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspective and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified nominations will receive consideration without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.