Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Operations Management

Department: Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University

About the Department

The Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University is one of the largest business colleges in Virginia, located near Washington, D.C., in Arlington and Fairfax, and at George Mason’s global campus in Incheon, South Korea. The college’s AACSB-accredited business and accounting curricula prepare undergraduate and graduate students from the U.S. and across the globe for career success in business and government. Its research-based faculty and focus on multi-disciplinary academic programs, inclusive entrepreneurship, modular education, experiential learning, and corporate partner engagement are transforming the landscape of business education and workforce development.

With 20 tenure-line faculty and 11 term faculty, the ISOM area is the largest academic area in the College of Business. It is an ambitious and collegial group that highly values excellence in research, teaching, and service. It includes faculty in Operations Management, Information Systems, and Business Analytics disciplines, with several having multidisciplinary interests. The ISOM Area faculty conducts managerially relevant research using a diverse set of methodologies and publishes regularly in premier journals, including Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production & Operations Management, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, Strategic Management Journal, and Administrative Science Quarterly. Faculty members have won coveted university and professional society awards for research and teaching, serve on editorial boards of leading journals, and are active professionally in their respective fields.

About the Role

This is a full-time, tenure-line Assistant Professor of Operations Management (OM) position starting Fall 2027. OM faculty are part of the ISOM area, one of the six areas of the College of Business. The position includes benefits, with salary and benefits competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct high-quality research in Operations and Supply Chain Management.
• Teach Operations and Supply Chain Management courses in undergraduate and graduate programs. The teaching load is 9 credits (typically 3 courses/year) for tenure-track assistant professor candidates and highly productive researchers.
• Engage in service to the ISOM Area, the College of Business, the University, and the profession, including student mentoring, committee membership, and interfacing with the business community.

Requirements

• Earned a Ph.D. in OM or a closely related field, or be ABD with a documented expectation of degree completion before the start of Fall 2027.
• Evidence of effective teaching or the potential to effectively teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Evidence of a strong research trajectory with the potential for publications in top-tier academic journals.
• Good citizenship in terms of service and the ability to work well with colleagues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fewer than two years since Ph.D. conferral.
• Alignment of research interests with current OM faculty.

Required: Eligible for visa sponsorship. Criminal background check required.