When you join the Innovation Management team as endowed professor standardisation management in the department of Technology and Operations Management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), you explore the connections between standardisation management and the cutting-edge world of innovation management. Your efforts help to enrich RSM’s research and education, and together we write the next chapter in the world of standardisation, innovation and transformation.

Job description
As endowed professor standardisation management, you create a fertile ground for investigating standardisation at various levels and from different perspectives. Your role resides within the Innovation Management group of RSM’s department of Technology and Operations Management.

In addition to your primary focus, the department's expertise in supply chain management and business information management presents an excellent opportunity for you to weave the threads of standardisation management into these relevant areas.

Your scientific insights are particularly invaluable when it comes to new technologies like AI, where there is a tremendous opportunity for innovation. Our joint vision is to establish a strong bond between our school and standardisation stakeholders. Within this vision, you create change, build consensus and drive innovation – all integral aspects of standardisation.

Standardisation requires a broad, managerial perspective. As endowed professor, you connect relevant stakeholders such as the Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (NEN) with the Erasmus University (EUR). You do this by, for example, developing innovative methods and techniques or by validating the impact of standardisation within or across organisations. Whether small and medium-sized businesses or corporate businesses.

Established over three decades ago, the role of endowed professor standardisation management is truly one of a kind. It emphasises a managerial focus that sets RSM apart. We’re proud to be part of the SOONS network – a hub for education and research in standardisation within the Netherlands – and to foster collaboration with research groups at universities like Delft, Eindhoven and Tilburg.

Over the years, the endowed professor standardisation management has played a leading role in organisations such as the European Academy for Standardisation (EURAS), and we continue to be active participants in scientific and professional communities that are dedicated to advancing the field of standardisation, both nationally and internationally.

We don’t expect you to have all the answers upon arrival; your journey at RSM involves continuous learning and knowledge development. Our team values your ambition to take our understanding of standardisation beyond its current state of expertise.

We are interested in you when you possess the following:

• PhD in management and organisation or a closely related field
• Strong commitment to high-quality, impactful research, demonstrated through publications in top management and business journals
• Ability to engage in multi-disciplinary research to bridge the gaps between diverse fields
• Exceptional teaching skills that ignite enthusiasm in the classroom
• Experience and/or proven interest in standardisation
• Passion for connecting standardisation to innovation to drive business improvements as well as to contribute to societal and economic impact
• Full professional proficiency in English; proficiency in Dutch is a bonus, which bolsters the Netherlands' prominent role in standardisation

At RSM, we view diversity as an essential aspect of our identity, not just a factor that is ‘nice to have’. We embrace diversity in all its dimensions, and it is a key consideration in our hiring process.

Here’s what we offer you:

• Strong research environment in an enthusiastic, international and prolific group
• Research budget that covers conference participations, data collection and research assistance
• Limited teaching load
• Five-year temporary contract (0.2 FTE) supported by funding from NEN

NOTE: This position is currently defined at the level of endowed professor (professor by special appointment) (scale 15).

The conditions of employment comply with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO NU). You may be able to take advantage of favourable tax agreements if you are not from the Netherlands. EUR also offers you attractive employment conditions, which include a holiday allowance of 8 per cent, an end-of-year bonus of 8.3 per cent and a generous number of vacation days.

Additionally, we have excellent training and career development opportunities on offer. EUR ensures all employees receive an annual personal career budget, which you can use to advance your skills and competences. There are plenty of training, development and coaching opportunities at EUR too.

Erasmus University Rotterdam

This position is offered by the Innovation Management group of RSM's department of Technology and Operations Management (TOM). It’s your opportunity to gain a full-time role in an inclusive university environment which values and invests in your professional and personal growth.

Innovation management is one of three critical business areas covered by TOM and it is focused on developing strategies, structures and processes to generate, select and implement innovations.

The group comprises around 20 faculty and PhD students. We teach our own master programme as well as two of RSM’s bachelor programmes and several of the school’s full-time and part-time master and MBA programmes. Our specialised MSc in Management of Innovation is among the top programmes of its kind in the world.

Faculty / Institute / Central service
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) is one of Europe’s top-ranked business schools. RSM provides ground-breaking research and education furthering excellence in all aspects of management and is based in the international port city of Rotterdam – a vital nexus of business, logistics and trade. RSM’s primary focus is on developing business leaders with international careers who can become a force for positive change by carrying their innovative mindset into a sustainable future. Our first-class range of bachelor, master, MBA, PhD and executive programmes encourage them to become critical, creative, caring and collaborative thinkers and doers. www.rsm.nl

RSM is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly encourages applications from candidates of all genders, ethnicities and nationalities.

Department of Technology and Operations Management (TOM) - Dept. 1