Department Chair (Finance)

🇺🇸 Auburn, AL 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Finance 🗓️ September 1st, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Auburn University is hiring a Department Chair (Finance). The role involves providing strategic leadership and day-to-day management of the Department of Finance, promoting research excellence, advancing teaching quality across all degree levels, recruiting and mentoring faculty, managing budgets, and fostering relationships with industry partners and alumni.

Highlights

Provide strategic leadership and manage daily operations of the Department of Finance.
Promote a strong research culture supporting the college’s scholarly impact.
Advance excellence in undergraduate, master’s (including MBA), and PhD teaching programs.
Recruit, mentor, and retain talented faculty and staff members.
Oversee department resources and budget effectively.
Strengthen partnerships with industry, alumni, and donors.
Collaborate with other department chairs and college leadership to pursue strategic goals.
Requires a PhD in Finance or related field from an AACSB-accredited institution and tenure eligibility at a Carnegie R1 institution.
Must demonstrate leadership in higher education and a commitment to innovative, student-centered pedagogy.
Department includes 14 tenure-track faculty and serves over 1,000 majors, with strong faculty research in top finance journals.