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Position Description - Global Digital Transformation (2026-27)

The Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University (www.thunderbird.asu.edu) 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 Thunderbird’s transnational culture of global inclusive excellence, innovation, and impact.  Candidates 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 in Fall 2026.

About Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU

The Thunderbird School of Global Management (#1 in International Trade, QS World University Rankings 2023-2026, #1 Masters in Management, Wall Street Journal 2019) at Arizona State University (ASU) (#1 for Innovation for nine years in U.S. News and World Report), located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona (the 5th largest 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 4th Industrial 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 21st century pioneer in global leadership and management education, Thunderbird 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 faculty. In addition to these hub locations worldwide, Thunderbird’s 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 (100millionlearners.org).

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!

Required Qualifications

•         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 ASU’s 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.

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit the following:

1.         A cover letter introducing the candidate, the qualifications for the position, and motivation to apply.
2.         Curriculum vitae and list of publications under review and stage of review.
3.         Research statement.
4.         A teaching statement with evidence of teaching effectiveness (i.e., evaluations or evaluation summaries.)
5.         A list of at least three (3) references.

Applicants advancing to the second round of review may be asked to provide additional materials.
All Applications must be submitted electronically apply.interfolio.com/182907

 

Application Deadline:

Application deadline is April 30, 2026; applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled. 

Arizona State University conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses and certifications.

Requirements

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