Cambridge Senior Management Programme
Step up to transformational leadership
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Designed for your success
The Cambridge Senior Management Programme is designed with the needs of busy executives in mind. The programme offers a blended learning format, including in-person and online faculty sessions, guest lectures and case studies for maximum career and business impact.
Aspirational
Benefit from the experiences of world-class faculty and influential leaders from the Cambridge community to build a lifelong global network.
Practical
Draw upon the School’s cutting-edge academic research and groundbreaking thought leadership to solve real-world business challenges.
Immersive
Engage on campus with your cohort peers through in-person modules and leverage the Cambridge ecosystem.
What you will learn
This transformational learning experience will enable you to:
Develop key leadership skills and drive strategy in an uncertain and evolving business environment
Harness the power of digital transformation and AI and drive innovation and efficiency in your organisation
Enhance your ability to lead and manage change across teams and business units
Maximise your personal learning and development through individual executive coaching
Transition to a senior management role in your organisation or in an entrepreneurial venture
Key programme features
Enhance your leadership skills to be a transformational business leader, with in-depth learning of over 20 topics.
Engage with faculty, peers and industry experts during highly interactive in-person modules held on the Cambridge campus.
Make significant progress on your leadership agenda through individualised personal development sessions.
Learn from renowned Cambridge Judge Business School faculty who are experts in their fields.
Connect with a distinguished group of peers who bring diverse experiences and perspectives.
Become an associate member of the CJBS network of more than 14,000 alumni worldwide.
Curriculum
The Cambridge Senior Management Programme offers a tailored curriculum to help you expand your business acumen and take on a greater leadership role. It covers three themes for transformation.
Note: The session topics mentioned are subject to change.
Campus immersion at Cambridge
Immerse yourself in the rich Cambridge ecosystem on the UK campus. During the in-person modules, you will engage in meaningful discussions with programme faculty and industry experts, gaining invaluable knowledge and perspectives from their experience. You will also have the opportunity to network with global peers, participate in group exercises and engage in hands-on learning activities. This immersive experience will deepen your understanding of strategic leadership, improve your decision-making skills and enhance your ability to lead and manage change across teams.
Individualised Personal Development (IPPD) sessions
The Individualised Personal and Professional Development (IPPD) Sessions will give you a range of opportunities to understand yourself better as you look at your behaviour from multiple perspectives and use them, along with the other content from the programme, to make significant and sustainable progress on your development plan — for which you are responsible. It involves a combination of class work, small group work, coaching and individual reflection space to maximise your personal learning and development.
How does it work?
Combination of class work, small group work, coaching and individual reflection space to maximise your personal learning and development.
Pre-work that will enable you to start to think about who you are and how you “show up” in your professional role.
Small group and live sessions that will provide opportunities to look at yourself and your impact on others during the programme.
A 360° instrument that gives you the opportunity to get feedback on both you and your impact from those at your regular place of work.
Personality framework tool to help you understand the difference between behaviour and preference.
Individual coaching over the duration of the programme to make a significant difference in your leadership.
Meet the faculty
Learn from world-leading CJBS faculty who are renowned for their cutting-edge academic research and bring extensive industry experience to help you address the challenges of today's business environment while anticipating tomorrow's needs.
Academic Programme Director; Professor of Operations Management, Cambridge Judge Business School
Kishore Sengupta is an expert in operations and technology management and has served as advisor on several projects with the US Government Department of Defence and NASA. He h...
Certificate
Upon successful completion of the programme, participants will be awarded a digital certificate by Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education.
Who is it for?
The Cambridge Senior Management Programme is ideal for:
Senior functional or technical managers looking to make the transition to a general management role
Experienced professionals who aim to start new entrepreneurial ventures
Programme eligibility criteria include:
Accomplished work experience in functional, technical or business roles
More than five years of management experience with a successful track record in one or more functional areas of business
An agenda for change
Past participant profile
Diverse industries
A wide range of work experience
Global cohort
Hear from our participants
Select alumni benefits
Join CJBS’s global network of more than 14,000 alumni in over 100 countries and receive select benefits, including:
Invitations to exclusive events
Bi-monthly newsletter with updates on the School’s latest research and activities
CJBS.net email for life
Access to the CJBS Executive Education LinkedIn group
20% discount on all future CJBS Executive Education open-enrolment programmes
Access to country and special interest groups
Programme calendar
Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|
Module 1: An end-to-end perspective on business | 18–23 May 2025 | Cambridge, UK |
Module 2: Coping with flux | June–September 2025 | Live online module |
Module 3: Utilising the levers of the organisation | 21–26 September 2025 | Cambridge, UK |
Note: Programme schedule is subject to change.
FAQs
Connect with a programme adviser for a 1:1 session
Our programme advisers have helped senior executives around the world choose the right programme for their career goals. Schedule a 1:1 to get a deeper understanding on why the Cambridge Senior Management Programme is the right fit for you.
Email: cambridge_smp@emeritus.org
Phone: +971 80 0088601097 (UAE) / +44 1786 649936 (UK) / +1 573 527 3654 (USA) / +52 55970 73870 (LATAM) / 000 8009191970 (India)
Early registrations are encouraged. Seats fill up quickly!
Flexible payment options available.
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