[Job-offers-cs] TT Professorship 'Operations Research and AI' at the Technical University of Munich

[Pekka Orponen]

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) invites applications for the 
position of Tenure Track Assistant Professor

in »Operations Research and AI«

to begin 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.

=> Please submit your application by 30 March 2026 via the TUM 
recruitment portal: http://www.recruit.tum.de/

Scientific Environment

The professorship will be assigned to the TUM School of Management and 
located in Munich. 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 top business, economics, and general 
science journals. An interdisciplinary research
environment awaits the successful candidate. The school has close ties 
to 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 Operations Research with a 
focus on Artificial Intelligence, especially
data driven optimization and machine learning. Teaching responsibilities 
include courses in the university's
bachelor's, master's, and PhD programs, particularly in the Master in 
Management and Technology.

Qualifications

We are looking for candidates who have demonstrated initial scientific 
achievements and the capacity for
independent research at the highest international level. The ideal 
candidate combines strong methodological
expertise in both disciplines and their intersections and should have 
the potential to publish in leading academic
journals. 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
http://www.tum.de/en/faculty-recruiting-faq/ 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 Greater Munich Area. The TUM environment is 
multicultural, with English serving as a common
interface for scientific interaction. TUM offers attractive 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 and integration 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.
Application documents should be submitted in accordance with TUM's 
application guidelines for professors.
These guidelines and detailed information about the TUM Faculty 
Recruitment and Career System are available
at http://www.tum.de/faculty-recruiting. Here you will also find TUM's 
information on collecting and processing personal
data as part of the application process.