Professorship in Cybersecurity and Digital Strategy

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is a university-level institution and ranks amongst the leading international Business schools worldwide. Our goal is to educate entrepreneurial, responsible and effective business leaders through excellence in research and teaching. HHL stands out as an entrepreneurial institution with a clear research focus, outstanding teaching and effective knowledge transfer into practice. HHL was established in 1898 as first business administration faculty in German-speaking countries and the first private German Business School with AACSB accreditation. Today, HHL is an international organization, with a diverse and international student and faculty and alumni body, and cooperations with 140 top universities worldwide and extensive company and research operations.

The candidate is expected to have a holistic view on how disruptive technologies challenge our society and businesses and a clear view on the kind of transformation that embeds digital strategy considerations into all business products and processes while maintaining the pace of innovation. This includes cybersecurity issues (risk assessment, digital resilience, digital trust and transparency, crisis response, development of digital capabilities) but also issues of digital strategy (utilizing data, facilitating informed strategic decisions, optimizing business performance). The successful candidate is expected to take over a leading role in shaping the interdisciplinary technology cluster.

We particularly value candidates:

• That have a technical background (e.g. computer science, business informatics) and management expertise with a proven track record of applying their cross-disciplinary skills to achieve business objectives.
• That have a strong commitment to working across disciplinary boundaries willing to foster connections across different management disciplines and research topics.
• That aim to combine rigorous research in their field with state-of-the-art teaching on a graduate and executive level.

Applicants should have passed a positive evaluation either as junior/assistant professor via “Habilitation” or equivalent qualifications, a proof of suitability for university teaching (Master & Doctoral level) and engage in international academic networks. HHL has set a priority of increasing the number of international scholars among its faculty. It actively pursues a policy of diversity and gender equality.

Interested candidates for Professorship should submit their application via our application tool to the Dean Prof. Dr. Tobias Dauth. The application should include a motivation letter, CV, a teaching statement including evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., student evaluations or teaching awards), a research statement including a list of publications, an overview of knowledge transfer activities, and references. We intend the successful candidate to assume the role in 2025.