Loyola University New Orleans

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The College of Business at Loyola University New Orleans invites applications for a visiting faculty position in Business Analytics, beginning Fall 2023. This is a full-time, continuing, non-tenure-track position. The ideal candidate will have significant industry experience in the areas of business analytics, information systems, operations management, or applied statistics/econometrics.

Minimum qualifications include a minimum of an earned master’s degree in business administration, business analytics, business intelligence, economics, data science, statistics, or a closely related field. Although not required, a PhD and a record of recent research activities as defined by AACSB will be preferred. Industry certifications such as the Certified Business Analyst, Certified Analytics Professional, Six Sigma Black Belt, or similar certifications are desirable.

Candidates are expected to have proficiency in several of: R, Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, or Stata.

Specific Duties:
• The course load is 4 courses per semester with a variety of upper and lower level undergraduate
courses. Courses typically have 30 or fewer students, with upper level courses having fewer.
• Develop 1-2 new classes as needed for the Analytics program and/or Business Core
• Foster Corporate relationships in the area of Business Analytics
• Help shape the new Business Analytics concentration in collaboration with the other Business faculty
• Advise and mentor students

The successful applicant will be expected to teach several (but not all) from the following courses:
• Intro to Business Statistics
• Data Visualization and dashboarding (Tableau or Power BI)
• Decision Support Systems (Data extraction and databases, SQL)
• Programming for Data Analytics (Python/R)
• Statistical quality control (Sig sigma)
• Management Information Systems
• Business Decision Modelling
• Predictive Analytics & Big Data
• Operations Management
• Logistics / Supply Chain analytics
• Data Mining
• Econometrics
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Principles of Macroeconomics

Online teaching of at least 1 or 2 courses per academic year may be expected of this position.

While this is a teaching focused position, preference will be given to candidates who can publish in peer reviewed business or analytics journals.

Loyola University New Orleans is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.