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Jul 08, 2026

The Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University is seeking applications for positions in the Management group at all ranks, including newly graduated PhD students, with a preference at the advanced assistant/tenured associate and professor level to begin August 2027. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in management, strategy, organizational behavior or closely related field from an AACSB accredited university. We seek candidates who have demonstrated the ability to conduct influential research, as measured by publications in top journals, as well as the ability to teach effectively.

The Owen Graduate School of Management is engaged in graduate and undergraduate management education, with an enrollment of over 600 students in its MBA, Executive MBA, Master of Science in Finance, Master of Accountancy, Master of Marketing, and Master of Management in Health Care programs. In addition, Owen faculty members teach in the Vanderbilt University undergraduate business minor. Founded in 1873, Vanderbilt University is an internationally recognized research university with a student body of some 13,500 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, and approximately 1,500 full-time faculty (excluding faculty employed by the Medical Center), of whom 55 have their primary appointment at Owen. Vanderbilt University is situated on a 330-acre campus located a mile and a half south of downtown Nashville. Vanderbilt University has also recently expanded or is in the process of expanding to New York, NY, West Palm Beach, FL, and San Francisco, CA.

Home to more than 2.0 million people, the Nashville metropolitan statistical area has over a dozen colleges and universities. Nashville features many cultural and recreational amenities including a symphony orchestra, professional sports, an extensive park system, hiking and biking trails, exceptional restaurants, and live music offerings across a broad variety of genres. Major industries include healthcare, publishing, insurance and finance, higher education, and music. Nashville is frequently identified as one of the best U.S. cities for work, family, and quality of life by various national publications.

We seek to attract research active, global-minded, and intellectually diverse faculty of the highest caliber, skilled in the scholarship of teaching, discovery, application, and integration of knowledge. Owen enrolls a student body from all parts of the U.S. and 47 countries. Both Owen and Vanderbilt University are fully committed to environments that are intellectually stimulating and dynamic.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in management, strategy, organizational behavior or closely related field from an AACSB accredited university.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a current vita, a statement of research and teaching interests and recent teaching evaluations. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. Please direct questions about the search to Tim Vogus (timothy.j.vogus@vanderbilt.edu).

Review of applications will begin August 31 and continue until the positions are filled.

This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossieraccount and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.

Vanderbilt University shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.