Applications are invited for a tenure-track faculty opening at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in finance at the Tepper School of Business of Carnegie Mellon University, commencing Fall 2026. The position is limited to candidates with expertise in entrepreneurship, venture capital, or private equity.

Applicants should have completed or be nearing completion of a Ph.D. in Finance or Economics, have strong training in finance, economics, mathematics, and statistics, and have demonstrated potential for excellence in research and teaching.  Teaching assignments encompass the undergraduate, master?s, and doctoral levels.

Applications must include a cover letter, current curriculum vitae, recent publications or research papers, and three recommendation letters. Please submit your application via Interfolio as soon as possible, but no later than November 23, for full consideration.

If you have any questions, please contact the Search Coordinator, Rosanne Christy, at rosanne@andrew.cmu.edu or 412-268-1320.

Carnegie Mellon University is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate in admission, employment, or administration of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy or related condition, family status, marital status, parental status, religion, ancestry, veteran status, or genetic information. Furthermore, Carnegie Mellon University does not discriminate and is required not to discriminate in violation of federal, state, or local laws or executive orders.

About Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon (www.cmu.edu) is a private, internationally ranked research university with programs in areas ranging from science, technology and business, to public policy, the humanities and the arts. More than 12,000 students in the university’s seven schools and colleges benefit from a small student-to-faculty ratio and an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. A global university, Carnegie Mellon’s main campus in the United States is in Pittsburgh, Pa. It has campuses in California’s Silicon Valley and Qatar, and programs in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and Mexico.

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