Assistant/Associate Industry Professor in FinTech

Job Description

Assistant/Associate Industry Professor of Fintech
Stevens Institute of Technology

School of Business
 

The School of Business at Stevens Institute of Technology invites applications for a full-time non tenure-track faculty position in Fintech at the Assistant or Associate Professor level with an expected start date of January 1, 2025.

Applications from those with backgrounds in fields or applications related to financial technology are invited including computational finance, machine learning, optimization, data modeling and visualization, cybersecurity, robo-advising, digital identification and authentication, distributed ledgers, decentralized exchanges, automated market makers, insurtech, crowdfunding, digital payment systems, algorithmic trading, digital forensic, pricing and hedging, financial risk management, explanatory AI, financial innovation, and multivariate statistics.

Candidates should have, or be close to completing, a Ph.D., or foreign equivalent, in Finance, Information System, Analytics or related fields with a domain emphasis on financial technologies.

The position is available immediately and applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Successful candidates will possess extensive experience teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Professional experience in industry and/or government is a plus as well as experience in teaching corporate cohorts and executive education programs.

The rank of the position will be dependent upon experience and qualifications.

Evidence of effective teaching is required.

The candidate Ph.D.

degree must be completed before December 31, 2024.

The School of Business has a special focus on information systems, analytics, and finance, and encourages interdisciplinary research.

The school also houses a National Science Foundation (NSF) I/UCRC – Center for Research toward Advancing Financial Technologies (CRAFT).

CRAFT is the first-ever NSF awarded I/UCRC devoted specifically to FinTech research and policy initiatives.

The candidate will be closely involved with the center research in the related areas such as artificial intelligence in finance, blockchain, smart-contracts, green finance, etc.

Stevens offers a large number of courses, programs and certificates in the areas of Finance, Financial Engineering, and Financial Analytics at the graduate, PhD, and executive level.

Our flagship undergraduate program called the Bachelor's program in Quantitative Finance emphasizes business, math, finance and computer science, preparing students to understand and seize new opportunities across industry categories.

Stevens also has master’s degrees in Finance, Financial Engineering, and Financial Analytics.

The School of Business at Stevens Institute of Technology is ranked among the top business schools in the nation, owing to the incredible career outcomes and high ROI enjoyed by students; the close relationships faculty cultivate with industry; and the universi...