-Seeking Expertise & Wisdom from PROs-
Need your advice more than most in my life; a little bit of your valuable moment can help in my decision making process to take the next step in my career. Pleasure to have your precious time.
I am a business professional-expertise in business development, partnership & strategy for 12 years in Telecom and mostly in Fintech domain (Mobile Financial services & Digital payment) in Bangladesh. I have been possessing leadership roles for last 8 years of my total 12 years career span, where I headed multiple business departments including product, strategy & business development.
#Objective/Expected Accomplishment#
At this stage of my career I would like to explore my career in international space (no regional preference- wherever my expertise matches suitably- Asia, Europe or US). Since I have expertise in digital payment- I believe getting into digital payment sector internationally may comparatively feasible. However, I am open to explore in any sectors where I get the edge based on my current profile. The bottom line is -I would like to land a profound international career within couple of years. Not getting you biased or restricting of being open- just sharing a few probable employers list that I prefer or my profile suits. However, I am absolutely okay to land somewhere else in any other reputed places.
- Google/Google Pay
- Alipay/ Ant Fin
- VISA
- Master
- Grab
- Paypal
- Stripe
- Go-jek
- Apple Pay
- Amazon/AmazonPay
#1st layer of decision#---
What would be my action plan to land an international job as per my above mentioned objective? Now, let me bounce you guys my plan (still not sure whether that would pay-off or not- that’s why I am bouncing you guys). Do you think an EMBA (since I have 12 years+ exp, regular MBA may not be worthy for me) can be the bridge to fulfill my objective of landing an international job from an orthodox local career? It is to be mentioned that I will not get sponsorship from my employer, hence I have to fund the EMBA on my own. Therefore, would the ROI be feasible?
#2nd layer of decision#---
If the answer for the above question is NO- I would love to hear your suggestion. If it is Yes- then please suggest how do I choose the biz school? Do I have to filter biz school as per my expertise (dig payment or Fintech) or do I have to target the region where I can get better edge? It’s obvious the classmates with whom I will share my EMBA, currently positioned in leadership role in similar industry/domain may help to enter there. However, in this case it’s not a sure-shot thing- e.g. I have seen class profile of a recent session of a reputed EMBA (INSEAD) – where there is not a single participant from digital payment or Fintech industry. I have also listing some biz school here from different regions; then again please don’t get biased on those. Share me your absolute suggestion to help me choosing an EMBA program & Region/country, from where I can fulfill my objective of landing a profound int. job.
- INSEAD GEMBA
- NUS (Asia Pacific EMBA)
- NUS/UCLA EMBA
- NANYANG EMBA
- ESCP Europe EMBA
- London Business School
- Tsinghua/INSEAD
- Or any US based EMBA
It would be a lifetime favor for me to have your suggestion/advice for the same. Waiting for your wisdom.
Thanks in advance,