The Lancaster University MBA offers this in a focused 12-month, in-person MBA program, featuring practical workshops, career coaching, and consultancy challenges to prepare you to take the next steps in your career.
Here are some of the MBA jobs a UK MBA program could help you secure, with examples of alumni succeeding in MBA jobs in the US, UK, Pakistan, and Hong Kong.
MBA jobs in tech
Working in technology puts you at the forefront of innovation and gives you a chance to experience some of the world’s fastest-growing industries.
Aman Bhutani completed his MBA at Lancaster University Management School and is now the chief executive officer of GoDaddy, the global internet domain registrar and small business tech provider.
Aman pursued the MBA because, in his previous consultancy role, he saw a lack of people skills among tech leaders and wanted to combine technical excellence with great leadership.
In the program, he learned not only from professors but classmates with years of experience in the areas they were studying. He consulted his notes from the MBA for at least a decade after graduating.
The lessons he learned in his UK MBA program helped him make the transition into tech management at companies like JPMorgan Chase and Expedia, before becoming CEO of GoDaddy in 2019.
“A lot of the ideas I have were formed in my mind at Lancaster,” he says.
MBA jobs in consulting
Working in leadership at a tech company isn’t the only way to take part in digital transformation on a grand scale. Demilade Adenuga is a Lancaster MBA grad currently working in management consultancy at Accenture, where she specializes in digital finance transformation.
“My role involves targeting transformation challenges or changes faced by the C-suite, especially the CFO in an organization—to help CFOs or finance executives navigate through digital disruptions to deliver value for the business,” she explains.
Although this sounds highly technical, the generalist nature of an MBA degree gives students a holistic view of the challenges facing businesses, enabling them to make informed strategic decisions about tech transformation.
Students on the MBA at Lancaster put their learning to the test in the Consultancy Challenge, working directly with organizations to address real business problems. In combination with field trips and networking events, this hands-on experience helped Demilade get her foot in the door in consultancy and laid the groundwork for her later career.
MBA jobs in entrepreneurship
Perhaps you don’t want to work in a big organization but strike out on your own as a startup leader. A UK MBA program can help with that too.
Lancaster University’s Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) scheme connects promising MBA students with successful entrepreneurs, providing mentorship and insight to students and course-runners.
Brian Gregory is the director of the EIR initiative and one of 50 entrepreneurs connected to the program. He sold his business for a seven-figure sum in 2018 after completing an EMBA at Lancaster and now shares his experiences with Lancaster MBA students.
Support for entrepreneurs at Lancaster doesn’t end at graduation. Ankur Agrawal graduated from the Lancaster MBA in 2003 and launched his own business in 2017. One of the first things he did when starting the company was to contact the school for support.
The school provided knowledge about sales, marketing, law, and finance both during and after the program, and Ankur believes it’s been essential to his entrepreneurial journey.
MBA jobs in sustainability
The future of business is green, and UK MBA programs prepare students well for the transition.
Amjad Ali Awan graduated from the Lancaster MBA in 2006 and has since become a key figure in the push toward clean energy in Pakistan. It was on the MBA in the UK that his attention was drawn towards sustainable development.
“It created an interest in me to work in green technologies, like solar, and biomass,” he says. “The University played a big role in drawing my attention to global issues – CO2 emissions, climate change.”
The Lancaster MBA also gives students the tools to create this change long-term, by informing them how organizations are structured, and how to manage stakeholders and work towards a goal.
Carmen Chan is senior sustainability and fabric manager for Tesco International Sourcing in Hong Kong and says the grounding in business the MBA gave her has been invaluable.
“As sustainability leaders or practitioners, we have to understand the purpose of the business,” she explains. “If we want to go fast, we can go alone; but if we want to go far, we go together. You have to think beyond the business itself and work with a broad group of stakeholders, including competitors, on certain agendas, particularly sustainability, where we have a common goal.”
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