Assistant / Associate Professor of Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Systems

Company:ESSCA - School of Management

Location: France / Lyon

Discipline: Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Systems

Employment Type: Permanent Full-time

Posted:04/12/2025

Assistant / Associate Professor of Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Information systems

Lyon Campus

Founded in 1909, ESSCA is an internationally accredited business school (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS) located on 10 campuses: Angers, Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, Budapest, Luxembourg, Lyon, Malaga, Paris, Shanghai, and Strasbourg. The school offers a wide range of programmes including undergraduate, integrated masters, MSc, and executive programmes.

ESSCA’s Operations Management and Decision Science (OMDS) Academic Department is seeking an Assistant or an Associate professor of Data science, Artificial Intelligence, and Information systems for its Lyon campus.

Candidates must hold a PhD in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems or any related field, and have a proven experience in higher education. Candidates must have skills in mathematics and statistics.

Candidates must be fluent in French (i.e., between Intermediate and Upper intermediate level, which corresponds to a level between B1/B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), and be able to teach in English to various audiences (undergraduates, graduates, and Executives).

Prior corporate experience would be an advantage.

The main missions of the position include:

  • Teaching courses in Data Science, Statistics, Data Management, Business Analytics, Digital Transformation, and Information Systems.
  • Research: candidate must have high potential or a significant record of academic publications in peer-reviewed journals in the areas of Data Management, technology development (AI), and Information Systems.
  • Multi-campus course coordination and working with faculty members on all campus, as a team player with good communication skills.
  • Mentoring and supervision of students.
  • Participation in the life of the institution.

Complete applications consisting of:  

  • a cover letter,   
  • full curriculum vitae,   
  • evidence of a research,   
  • copies of teaching evaluations in different programmes, 
  • the names and addresses of three referees,   

must be submitted via this link: ESSCA application form.

The deadline for applications is January 18, 2026.

Further detailed information on ESSCA, its faculty and research, and programmes can be accessed at https://www.essca.eu/en/.

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