Chair in Business Analytics, Lancaster University

We wish to make a senior appointment in Business Analytics. You will have expertise in a range of areas connected with Business Analytics that includes statistical analysis and computing. You will work with research groups within the Department to strengthen the Department’s engagement with the developing field of Business Analytics (particularly the Forecasting Centre). You will also develop a research agenda involving outside organisations and seek opportunities for collaboration with other Lancaster departments with interests in this area (e.g. Computing and Maths & Stats).

Potential research interests may include:

• Methods of analysing large data bases
• Predictive modelling and forecasting in an organizational context
• A substantive interest in a business area, e.g. CRM, demand planning, digital marketing, health care
• Using social media in the analysis of business problems
• Digital influence dynamics

A key quality in the successful candidate would be the ability to envision how new technology and the methods associated with large dynamic data bases can be harnessed in the solution of organizational problems. You will also help to shape the new undergraduate programme in Business Analytics and Consultancy, contribute to the Masters programme in Management Science and Marketing Analytics and engage with the STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training. A successful candidate will take on a leadership role in the Lancaster Centre for Forecasting, expanding and promoting its research impact agenda.

Candidates should have a relevant PhD, a publication record that demonstrates international excellence and experience of effective organizational engagement.

Full details of the post including job documents, salary and how to apply can be found at https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A898.

Informal enquiries to Professor Richard Eglese, Head of The Department of Management Science, tel: +44 (0)1524 593869, email: R.Eglese@lancaster.ac.uk

Closing Date: 24th March 2014
Interview date: 6th May 2014