Assistant/Associate Professor for the Industrial Management Department

About the position

TECNUN, the Engineering School of the University of Navarra, through the Industrial Management Department, seeks to fill a tenured professor position as part of its academic staff to begin in September 2026.

As a member of the academic staff, the candidate will contribute to the University of Navarra’s three core tasks: research, education, and management. Thus, his/her role will consist primarily of academic research (50%), lecturing (40%), and services and management (10%).

With the support of the existing academic staff, successful candidates will be expected to teach both undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the Industrial Management Department. In addition to teaching responsibilities, candidates will actively contribute to the management and proper functioning of the department. They should demonstrate a strong research profile by publishing high-quality papers in reputable, indexed journals and show initiative in securing research funding through the development and submission of project proposals

Skills and qualifications required

Candidates will be expected to hold a relevant doctoral-level research degree (or expected to finish in 2026)
Hold a distinguished academic record, including internationally excellent research, demonstrating appropriate markers of academic recognition.
Willingness to lecture on business administration and general management classes, in Spanish and English, to both national and international students for the Engineering programs
Duties include teaching annually 16 ECTS and assisting with program development.
Interest in the identity and mission of the University of Navarra. Knowledge and interest in the core values of the University of Navarra.
Candidates will be expected to join one of the three existing research groups of the department.
High-quality papers aligned with the research groups of the department are valued positively

How to apply

Applicants should submit a dossier including:

a cover letter that describes his or her research, teaching, engineering experience, and administrative work
a Curriculum Vitae
and the names of two referees

To ensure full consideration, please submit your application dossier as soon as possible. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis as applications are received, and the call will remain open until a suitable candidate is found to fill the position. Contractual and financial terms will be discussed after the interview and will be determined based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

The position is expected to commence in September 2026.

About us

The University of Navarra (www.unav.edu) is an international University committed to quality teaching and excellence in research. The university is among the world’s top 100 universities in 7 areas of the QS Ranking. Additionally, it holds the 3rd position in the 2019 Europe Teaching Ranking by Times Higher Education and Elsevier. The University was founded based on Catholic principles by St. Josemaría Escrivá and is a corporate work of Opus Dei. It provides suitable opportunities for the development of its professors and employees, carries out broad cultural outreach and social promotion through NGOs and charities, and encourages service-learning programs. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

The School of Engineering (Tecnun) (tecnun.unav.edu) has 1,200 students and is located in Donostia-San Sebastián, a beautiful city in the north of Spain, on the Basque coast. As an academic institution, we develop basic research in several fields of engineering, but we also carry out applied research in collaboration with Ceit, a non-profit research center that was created by the University of Navarra in 1982.

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