Cambridge Senior Management Programme
Step up to transformational leadership
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Lead transformation and navigate digital disruption
In a rapidly shifting environment, shaped by technological and geopolitical developments, business leaders are facing tough questions. Is your organisational strategy right for this new era? How do you navigate the legal and ethical issues of data-based decision-making? How will the organisation evolve as it strives for sustainable competitive advantage? As you prepare to take on a leadership role, you need to have the ability to address these challenges while steering your organisation ahead.
Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) Executive Education’s Senior Management Programme is designed to help you build key leadership skills and apply them to drive strategy, lead digital innovation and manage change in an increasingly volatile economy. You will benefit from a structured approach across three expertly developed modules as well as personal development sessions, all of which are designed to prepare you to deliver true transformation in your organisation.
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 a holistic view of project management by navigating complexity and uncertainty while strengthening stakeholder relationships and organisational alignment
Increase team effectiveness, performance and commitment in line with organisational strategy
Apply strategic marketing approaches to improve customer reach, profitability and productivity
Strengthen decision-making and problem-solving through reframing strategies
Understand core accounting and finance fundamentals to manage organisational performance
Apply methodologies and frameworks to lead innovation and efficiency through digital transformation and AI in your organisation
Build the ability to respond to external change by understanding drivers, sensing opportunities and shaping effective strategies
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.
The organisation: end-to-end
Marketing and frugal innovation
Attaining excellence through operations
Beyond the bottom line
Digital finance
Managing talent
Leadership from an end-to-end perspective
Harnessing creativity for leadership
Implementing strategic projects
Cascading strategy
Managing career transitions
Beyond the organisation
Ecosystems
Geopolitics and their implications
External forces
Artificial intelligence: drivers, consequences for different industries; harnessing artificial intelligence for the organisation
Navigating the challenge of data and digitisation: the organisation and industry
Climate change: antecedents and consequences; impact on businesses; challenges and opportunities
The future of work
Talent and the changing nature of the social contract
Fluid organisational forms to cope with flux
Leading through flux
Horizon scanning
Dealing with disruption
Managing complexity through flux
Leadership in the age of hype
Transformational innovation
Talent and the organisation
Leveraging diversity, equality and inclusion
Learning, performance and outcomes: lessons from sports and championship teams
Making headway
Managing transformation
Power and politics
Networks
The professional
Individualised personal and professional development
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?
A blend of classroom learning, small group work, coaching and individual reflection to support personal development
Pre-work to build self-awareness and reflect on how you show up in your leadership role
Live, small group sessions to examine your impact on others during the programme
A 360° feedback instrument to gather perspectives from your workplace
A personality framework to understand the difference between behaviour and preference
Coaching support throughout the programme to strengthen leadership effectiveness
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?
Designed for experienced managers across industries, the Cambridge Senior Management Programme is suited to professionals with more than five years of management experience who are preparing for broader leadership responsibility, including general management or entrepreneurial roles.
Participants typically include:
Senior functional or technical managers transitioning into general management
Managers from large and medium-sized organisations or start-ups with responsibility for a function, team or business unit
Professionals preparing to drive organisational change or launch new ventures
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 | 17–22 May 2026 | Cambridge, UK |
Module 2: Coping with flux | 10 June – 2 July 2026 | Live online module |
Module 3: Utilising the levers of the organisation | 20–25 September 2026 | Cambridge, UK |
Note: Programme schedule is subject to change.
FAQs
The Cambridge Senior Management Programme has been designed with your busy schedule in mind. You will be required to commit not more than four to six hours per week, enabling you to benefit from this transformational programme while fulfilling your day-to-day work responsibilities. Please note the programme also includes in-person modules in Cambridge, UK.
The tuition fee covers teaching fees, all programme materials and access to online coursework. The fee does not include accommodation for the in-person modules, travel expenses (domestic, international, visa fees and more), and other expenses not specifically mentioned in the programme fee.
You can pay the full programme fee upfront or pay in easy instalments. If you apply well in advance of the programme start date, you can receive a programme fee benefit. If you believe you may qualify for other discounts, please check with your programme adviser to confirm the applicable discount that will provide the greatest benefit and whether there are specific terms and conditions for use. If you would like to approach your organisation with a sponsorship request for this programme, here is a customisable template that you can use.
Yes, we provide closed-captioning and transcripts for all pre-recorded videos as well as closed-captioning for recordings of live sessions.
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For the programme refund and deferral policy, please click the link here.
Programme fees for Emeritus programmes with Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education may not be paid for with (a) funds from the GI Bill, the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Act of 2008 or similar types of military education funding benefits or (b) Title IV financial aid funds.
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*) / +65 3138 1820 (SG)
*If you are dialing the India number, please make sure to include the first three zeros (000).
We encourage early application due to limited cohort capacity.
Flexible payment options available.
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