Why is an MBA a critical next step toward your short and long-term career goals?
My short-term goal is to excel in a “product management” or “new product development” responsibility area of a global financial services corporation. Such a role will help me develop an in-depth understanding of consumers’ needs and commercialize innovative financial products/services on an international scale. A larger corporation would also bring in the opportunity of managing complex operations and enhancing team-building skills by working with professionals from varied functional and cultural backgrounds.
The accomplishment of my near-term objectives will further facilitate my long term goal (in five years) – which is to identify and provide innovative products/services in the field of consumer finance in emerging economies of South America. I thus plan to establish and operate a full service financial services firm that will offer a range of services suited to these markets.
An M.B.A program at this stage in my career forms the first step towards actualization of my career objectives. While my undergraduate B.B.A degree did equip me well for the objectives at that stage, a global M.B.A from The Tuck School of Business will enable understanding at a cross-functional level of enterprise complexity. More specifically, during the M.B.A program finance is taught through lectures and methodologies that cultivate “intuition” – this will contribute immensely for my development as a seasoned professional.