In this example, we look at the fictitious profile of a Wealth Manager, who started her career in a renowned private banking company in London. The traditional career path received a big pivot when a friend was starting a venture in the corporate education market and wanted a person who had the vision to find opportunities in a highly competitive market.
As a person who is used to pitching Wealthy investors, the applicant knew the dynamics of incentivizing the uber-rich – most of who were first-generation entrepreneurs with companies, products, and technology under their management. The success she witnessed in transforming an unknown start-up’s flagship product to a strategic toolkit among two leading technology companies changed her outlook on what is possible.
Although at an operational and Sales & Marketing level, she felt that her contribution was impactful, the applicant believes that real change happens as a Product Manager.
Considered the CEO of a Product, the role requires multi-perspective thinking and an end to end understanding of market, products, technology, and incentivizing the team – a combination of skills she hopes to acquire through the LBS MBA program.
Sample LBS MBA Essay: Post-MBA Goals - How Prior Experience & LBS MBA will contribute (458 Words) (Wealth Management to Growth Management to Product Management)
Q) What are your post-MBA goals and how will your prior experience and the London Business School programme contribute towards these? (500 words)
Coming from a family where both the parents are in the Finance industry, it was a no-brainer to pursue a CFA degree and a bachelor’s in economics. My thesis on ‘managing emotional decisions in high-value transactions’ received attention from the MD of <x>, who offered me a position as an Analyst for his Wealth Management portfolio.
During the four years with the company, I introduced an industry-aware analytics platform and a Robo-advisor framework that limited the impulses of our advisors to initiate transactions. This simple adjustment...
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