Assistant Associate Full Professor Levels Global Digital Transformation

The Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University () is pleased to announce this incredible opportunity for a tenure track/tenured faculty position in Global Digital Transformation focusing on management of technologies and innovation data analytics artificial intelligence and/or global digital transformation across the global private public and/or nonprofit sectors. The position is for the rank (Assistant Associate or Full Professor level) with the expectation that the successful candidate will have a demonstrated record of world-class graduate undergraduate and executive teaching relevant industry experience and ability to conduct high quality research to include publications in A level journals and/or books with premier publishers/University presses as well as impactful teaching case studies and top-tier applied publications (HBR SMR SSIR etc.). The successful candidate will be committed to collegial engagement and deep collaboration with phenomenal colleagues from multiple disciplines and wide-ranging global backgrounds to support and enhance Thunderbirds transnational culture of global inclusive excellence innovation and who have lived or worked for extended periods in different parts of the world with prior experience / demonstrated success in Executive Education teaching and demonstrated global leadership entrepreneurship and service inside and outside of the academy are highly preferred.

Essential Functions of the Position:

• Multiple modality teaching
• Conduct and publish high quality research
• Student advising
• Participation in shared governance including serving on committees as assigned and engaging in service
• Other duties as assigned

Appointments to the position will begin inFall 2026.

About Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU

The Thunderbird School of Global Management(#1 in International TradeQS World University Rankings 2023-2026#1 Masters in ManagementWall Street Journal2019) at Arizona State University (ASU) (#1 for Innovation for nine years inU.S. News and World Report) located in downtown Phoenix Arizona (the 5^thlargest and fastest growing metropolis in the United States) is housed in its brand new $100 million 5-story global headquarters that is equipped with extraordinary technological capabilities to support teaching research and service to the local and world communities that it serves. Its mission is to educate empower and influence global leaders and managers in all sectors - private public nonprofit - for the 4^thIndustrial Revolution to advance sustainable and equitable prosperity and peace worldwide.

Thunderbird is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and is an affiliate of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA). As a historic leader and 21^stcentury pioneer in global leadership and management educationThunderbird has doubled the size of its student body and faculty undertaken a set of curricular innovations including degrees in the management of creative industries and outer space enterprises as well as a pathbreaking doctorate of professional practice in global leadership and management an expanded and built inclusive excellence in its portfolio of executive education offerings with major open enrollment and custom programs with leading private and public sector partners worldwide.

Thunderbird has grown from 3 to 15 Regional Centers of Excellence around the world - from Tokyo to Nairobi Dubai to Shanghai Geneva and Jakarta - recruiting and serving students and addition to these hub locations worldwide Thunderbirds faculty teach in various degree programs at physical locations in both Los Angeles and Washington D.C in addition to Phoenix and designed the courses in the revolutionary Najafi 100 Million Learners Global Initiative ().

The Thunderbird faculty are a globally transnational and collaborative group that strive to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment strongly supportive of providing equal opportunity to exceptional candidates of every race gender creed national origin sexual orientation and identity. We welcome candidates from all over the world!

• Must have a strong record of global research in artificial intelligence advanced analytics digital platforms or other emerging technologies particularly as they relate to global leadership and strategy.
• Demonstrate the potential to actively publish research and cases in premier scholarly and applied journals and/or books with highly ranked publishers.
• Demonstrate ability to effectively teach courses on global digital transformation and data analytics across the private public and non-profit sectors at the graduate and undergraduate levels ideally in multiple modalities.
• Possess an international reputation and distinguished record of scholarship executive education applied experience external leadership and university service.

Other Preferred Qualifications

• Possess an earned doctorate with a specialization in technology management information systems management data analytics and/or digital transformation.
• Demonstrate professional experience working in industry multinational organizations or consulting with direct involvement in digital transformation initiatives and technological innovation.
• Proven experience designing and delivering executive education programs for senior executives with outstanding evaluations.
• Demonstrate the potential to meet both Thunderbird and ASUs requirements for tenure.
• Global digital inclusive and sustainable mindsets and competencies.
• Executive education teaching experience.
• Proficiency in more than one language.
• Experience of either living and working in more than one country.
• Interdisciplinary backgrounds applied research and professional experience as complements to scholarly achievement: and
• Cross-sectoral competencies from business government and nonprofit sectors.