Tenure Track Assistant Professor in \"Digital Finance\"

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) invites applications for the position of Tenure Track Assistant Professor in » Digital Finance « as soon as possible. The position is a W2 fixed-term (6 year) tenure-track professorship with the possibility for promotion to a tenured W3.

Scientific Environment

The professorship will be assigned to the TUM School of Management and located at TUM`s Heilbronn Campus as part of the School’s Heilbronn Data Science Center. The TUM School of Management is one of the leading management schools in Germany and internationally. Our focus in research and teaching is at the interface of management and technology, where we aim to make a real impact. Our faculty members publish regularly in leading journals relevant to the school’s departments Finance & Accounting, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Strategy and Leadership, Economics and Policy, and Operations & Technology and maintain close ties in interdisciplinary research with other schools and industry.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities include research and teaching as well as the promotion of early-career scientists. We seek to appoint an expert in the research area of Finance with a focus on digital technologies and/or advanced data science or AI methods. Teaching responsibilities include courses in the university’s bachelor’s and master’s programs explicitly in the Bachelor in Management & Data Science (BMDS), the Master in Management (MIM), the Master in Management and Digital Technology (MMDT) as well as the elite master program in Finance and Information Management (FIM).

Qualifications

We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated initial scientific achievements and the capacity for independent research at the highest international level. A university degree and an outstanding doctoral degree or equivalent scientific qualification, as well as pedagogical aptitude, are prerequisites. Substantial research experience abroad is expected (please see for further information).

Our Offer

Based on the best international standards and transparent performance criteria, TUM offers a merit-based academic career path for tenure track faculty from Assistant Professor, through a permanent position as Associate Professor, and on to Full Professor. The regulations of the TUM Faculty Recruitment and Career System apply. TUM provides excellent working conditions in a lively scientific community, embedded in the vibrant research environment of the Bildungscampus Heilbronn. The TUM environment is multicultural, with English serving as a common interface for scientific interaction. TUM offers attractive and performance-based salary conditions and social benefits. The TUM Munich Dual Career Office (MDCO) provides tailored career consulting to the partners of newly appointed professors. The MDCO assists the relocation to and integration in the Greater Heilbronn Area of new professors, their partners and accompanying family members.

Your Application

TUM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from women. The position is suitable for disabled persons. Disabled applicants will be given preference in case of generally equivalent suitability, aptitude, and professional performance.

30 September 2026