Associate or Full Professor Faculty Position - AI and the Workplace - Technology Management

Associate or Full Professor Faculty Position - AI and the Workplace
- Technology Management

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering's Department of Technology Management invites applications for an associate or full professor position in the area of AI and the Workplace. The position has a start date of July 1, 2027, or later.

We are particularly interested in candidates with research experience in creating and teaching courses focused on the role AI is playing in changing the nature of work. This can include changes to individuals or groups, formal or informal aspects of organizational structure, or strategic action. Successful applicants will contribute to the exciting intellectual environment within the Department of Technology Management and contribute meaningfully to its initiatives and programmatic activities.

The selected candidate is expected to play a key role in helping to develop novel research programs and courses in the area of AI and the workplace.

The Department of Technology Management resides in UCSB's highly ranked Mehrabian College of Engineering, where it offers a successful professional master's degree, a Ph.D. program, and undergraduate and graduate certificates. Core faculty in the Department of Technology Management include:
Matthew Beane, Christine Beckman, Sukhun Kang, Paul Leonardi, Nelson Phillips, Renee Rottner, Jessica Santana, Mary Tripsas, and Ting Xiao; all of whose research and teaching reflect the unit's intentional interdisciplinary character.

Basic qualifications (required at time of application):

• Applicants must have a PhD in Management or a related field at the time of application.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start):

• Applicants must have a program of research in the area of AI and the Workplace.
• Applicants must have a record of research, teaching, and professional activities in the area of technology management commensurate with an appointment at the rank of tenured associate or tenured full professor at UCSB.

Document requirements:

• Curriculum Vitae
  - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter
• Statement of Research
• Statement of Teaching
• Research Sample or Publication (Optional)
• Teaching Evaluations (Optional)
• Evidence of Teaching Effectiveness (Optional)

Reference requirements: 3-5 required (contact information only)

For the Associate or Full Professor position:
Three (3) contacts are required, an additional two (2) are optional contacts, for a total of five (5). Candidates who are considered finalists will have letters of recommendation solicited from their references through UC Recruit after their onsite interviews.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination as defined by the employer.
• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, students and third parties
• APM - 035:
  Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment

Additionally, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs, as may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

Santa Barbara, California