Postdoctoral Fellow – Innovation Management and Competitive and Technological Intelligence JOB DESCRIPTION The School of Engineering and Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey invites applications for ONE Postdoctoral Fellow in the field of: Innovation Management and Competitive and Technological Intelligence within the Research Group with Strategic Focus in Advanced Manufacturing. The successful candidates will be engaged with research activities focused on strengthening the strategic planning of the innovation of products and services through the systemic analysis of the global environment, and will be working in close collaboration with Marisela Rodríguez Salvador, Researcher Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey. Research Issues: • • • • • •
Competitive and Technological Intelligence Datamining of S&T Roadmapping of S&T Scientometrics and Patentometrics Innovation management Foresight
DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE •
PhD in Engineering, InformationTechnology, or related areas (preferably degree granted in 2012 or upwards)
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Strong scientific production at least 3 JCR Journals Q1-Q2
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Software skills
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Excellent oral and writing skills in English. TOEFL >600
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Results oriented
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Autonomy, collaboration, commitment to goals, etc.
Compensation: •
Full-time one year, with possible extension to two years, depending on performance.
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Starting date is flexible, however applications are encouraged to be submitted as soon as possible.
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Competitive salary and benefits such as vacations, a saving fund membership,, discount allowances, IMSS social security, which amounts an additional income of approximately 20% of the base salary.
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A one-year medical insurance policy (valid both in Mexico and abroad) is also paid.
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As a part of the Tecnológico de Monterrey community the successful candidate has free access to the Campus facilities: the library, Internet, sports activities, etc.
Application requirements: •
Covering letter
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Detailed CV including a list of publications and awards.
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Short statement of previous work, research interests and his/her future vision on the field.
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Names and contact information of three references including recommendation letters.
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Recent publications considered by the candidate as being representative of his/her research work. Interested applicants should send documentation to:
Dr. Marisela Rodríguez Salvador E-mail:
[email protected] Web site: http://inteligenciacompetitiva.mty.itesm.mx/home.htm •
Please use as subject for your email: PostDoc Application ABOUT THE EMPLOYER Tecnológico de Monterrey, the leading private University in México, continues strengthening and renewing the commitment with its research strategy, making research an institutional priority to: significantly contribute to the quality of its teaching-learning process (Educate), transform the scientific and technological knowledge into innovative solutions that benefit society (Innovate) and transform, through knowledge generation and transfer, impacting the community in economic, political and social aspects. Aimed to fulfill these objectives, Tecnológico de Monterrey has designed an action-research model, named Research that Transforms Lives, based on a collaborative, interdisciplinary and open innovation ecosystem, with participation of researchers, teachers, professional and graduate students. Research that Transforms Lives objective is to be and engine that generates innovative solutions for the economic and social development of México. 40 Research Groups with Strategic Focus have been stablished where
the scientific activity starts from a specific challenge, which is connected with a discipline and, more precisely, connected with specific topics and approaches. The entire scientific publication effort is done having in mind an application context, either to support the productive sector or to satisfy the communities’ social demands on issues such as health, food, education, housing, transportation, business, public policy, among others. Learn more about Tec de Monterrey here: http://www.itesm.mx/wps/wcm/connect/ITESM/Tecnologico+de+Monterrey/English At Tec de Monterrey we work under a principle of equal opportunities and do not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, health status, religious beliefs, political doctrine or disability.
