Associate Professor (Teaching) in Business Analytics

The UCL School of Management is home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes. The School has forged a reputation for world-leading research and teaching in the areas of innovation management, the creation and growth of technology-intensive organisations, business analytics, and entrepreneurship. The research undertaken at the UCL School of Management has been rated as ‘world-leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF), placing us 2nd in the UK for Business and Management. The School is home to over 2,100 students, with more than 55% from outside the UK. The School’s faculty members also come from all over the world, with PhDs from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, UCLA, North-Western, Cornell, Duke, Cambridge, and London Business School among others. The UCL School of Management takes full advantage of being part of a world-leading university through its interdisciplinary outlook and builds on close collaborations in both research and education with other UCL departments, including computer science, engineering, economics, psychology, public policy, statistics and medical sciences.

The UCL School of Management is looking to appoint a full-time Associate Professor (Teaching) to become a key member of the team delivering the School’s MSc in Business Analytics degree which teaches students statistical and programming skills to explore how data and analytics are transforming business areas like strategy, marketing, and operations. All the students work with a company to research and develop a solution to a business challenge. The School is looking for candidates who have experience of liaising with the industry and the motivation to create opportunities for students to get exposure to real-life business analytics problems. Experience in curriculum innovation, student recruitment, industry partnerships and enterprise are an advantage. The postholder will have opportunities to start new projects to enhance the Business Analytics degree. The postholder will also be involved in dissertation/project supervision, personal tutoring, and a range of citizenship roles within the School and/or the wider UCL. The post is available from 1st August 2025 or as per negotiation.

Salary Details: UCL Grade 9 £67,341-£73,142 (including London Allowance) Competitive salary (includes Market Supplements on top of basic salary listed above). Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. When completing your supporting statement, please tell us, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description.

The successful candidate will need to evidence the following in their application: The School is looking for candidates with a relevant PhD or equivalent Doctorate in a field related to business analytics including statistics and data science. The postholder will teach modules in the area of business analytics. Example modules include: Programming for Business Analytics, Software Engineering, and Data Visualisation. Depending upon the profile of the successful applicant, opportunities exist to teach other modules in the School. The ideal candidate will have experience in leading a team or a project in the field of education, for example, as programme leader, to deliver education excellence, curriculum reform, and/or professional development opportunities with experience of the use of new technologies in designing and delivering teaching or training, including electronic marking. They will also be able to demonstrate their ability to teach students or delegates from a wide range of disciplines and cultural backgrounds.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.