"Professor of the Practice & Head of Infrastructure"

Job Details

We invite applications for the Head of Infrastructure, a senior academic and executive leadership role with dual accountability:

I. Infrastructure Academic Leader, Subject-Matter Expert¹, & Professor - Leads Infrastructure curriculum modernization within the Steers Center, brings deep industry and/or academic expertise in one or more facets of Infrastructure; teaches a select number of courses, and serves as an external-facing industry authority.

¹In one or more defined areas of Infrastructure: Includes energy & power, transportation, digital, public/private partnerships, Infrastructure finance & capital markets.

II. Business Unit (BU) Leader - Full responsibility for the performance and achievement of BU KPIs, including enrollment growth, student experience, career readiness, and business planning and budgeting.

This position works in close partnership with the Director and the Executive Director to convert the Steers Center’s strategic objectives into a market-leading Infrastructure education, and a clearly differentiated MSGRA brand aligned with current and emerging industry practice and trends.

This role provides a multi-year contract with the possibility of renewals based on programmatic and curricular needs and favorable performance. We seek candidates to begin this position as soon as practical. Principal responsibilities for this position include:

• Own Infrastructure curriculum vision and modernization across all programs, ensuring alignment with Real Assets strategy, AI/tech integration, employer skill demand, and evolving market and policy dynamics.
• Refresh curriculum to reflect real-time market evolution, policy dynamics, and investor practice.
• Lead and coordinate Infrastructure faculty contributors across programs.
• Define Infrastructure-specific career pathways, roles, and competency expectations for MSGRA students as a member of the Academic & Curriculum committee.
• Ensure the Infrastructure curriculum, experiential learning, and student career readiness are aligned with employer skill requirements and placement pathways.
• Establish the Center as a convening authority on Infrastructure issues by acting as its external face representing Steers in policy forums, panels, and investor engagement.
• In coordination with the Center’s Research Director, produce applied Infrastructure research outputs requiring analytical effort, suitable for distribution to industry, policy, or academic audiences.
• Lead an annual Fall Infrastructure flagship event, a counterpart to the legacy spring event (“Steers Luminaries”) and grow it into a nationally-recognized conference on real estate asset innovation, capital formation, and emerging trends
• Member of the 1) Executive Leadership and 2) Academic & Curriculum Committees.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must hold a graduate degree (a Ph.D. preferred) in Business, Real Estate, Infrastructure, or a closely related discipline. We seek candidates with a demonstrated record of excellence in teaching and curriculum development across the real assets spectrum, as well as meaningful professional experience in real estate, infrastructure, or adjacent investment and development fields. The successful candidate will be highly student-centric with a demonstrable track record of helping young people advance their careers. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in course design and pedagogical innovation. Applicants should possess a solid understanding of the technologies shaping digital transformation in the real estate professions.

ABOUT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY's MCDONOUGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business offers unparalleled access to the world's business, policy, and thought leaders. The school, which attracts faculty and students from around the world, is committed to building global business knowledge and inspiring ethical leaders to serve the common good. Known for its emphasis at the intersection of business and global affairs and its values-based approach to business as part of Georgetown's rich Catholic, Jesuit tradition, the school also is focused on how business can be a force for change by addressing fields of the future, such as healthcare, sustainability, and AI and the future of work. The school's undergraduate and graduate degree programs provide solid grounding in all the core management disciplines, with an emphasis on the global, ethical, and political environment of business. The McDonough School of Business has an ongoing commitment to being a community in diversity as a fundamental aspect of the Georgetown community.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Please submit a cover letter, CV, recent teaching evaluations, relevant syllabi, and the names and contact information of two references to Interfolio apply.interfolio.com/182186. You may submit questions about the position to msbdeputydean@georgetown.edu.

We will start reviewing applications submitted by May 1, 2026, and will review on a rolling basis.

The projected salary or hourly pay range for this position is $150,000-$230,000. Compensation is determined by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s individual qualifications, experience, education, skills, and certifications, as well as the University’s business needs and external factors.

GU is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship, color, disability, family responsibilities, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, matriculation, national origin, race, religion, personal appearance, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.