Understand how the pharma industry works today and develop the key management skills you need to boost your career.
In today’s pharmaceutical world, your technical expertise is no longer enough. With digital transformation, growing patient expectations and complex market dynamics—the challenges demand more than knowledge. They require strategic thinking, cross-functional collaboration, the ability to lead through uncertainty and learning how to connect your function to the bigger business picture.
The Mini MBA for the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industries is an intensive and high-impact programme designed specifically for professionals like you—experts in functions like Market Access, Medical Affairs, Operations, or R&D—who are stepping into new management or leadership roles.
You are a pharmaceutical professional with a technical or specialized background and are working in Market Access, Medical Affairs, Finance, Operations, Sales or Marketing. You are now a manager and are dealing with more complexity in your role every day. You want to make better decisions and you need to influence across the organization to get things done. You need to motivate your team, but success also means speaking the language of finance, strategy, and leadership—not just science, operations or marketing. This Mini MBA equips you with the tools, skills and behaviours you need to succeed in your role.
See the big picture across the entire pharma value chain—from R&D to market access.
The MCE Mini MBA for the Pharma and Biotech Industry is a 5 day or 12 live online sessions hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. The programme is ideal for managers with a specialist background who now need to manage a team and get business skills fast. The programme is facilitated by MCE Senior Associates with extensive management experience in international life sciences companies.
Why this matters: You’ll move from executing tasks to understanding how your work connects to long-term business success.
Why this matters: You can’t drive change alone. Leading effectively—especially in volatile, uncertain environments—is essential to achieving sustainable results.
Why this matters: Your ability to translate insights into action will set you apart—whether you’re optimizing processes or shaping the future of healthcare.
Why this matters: With strong financial fluency, you’ll contribute more effectively to planning, prioritization, and cross-functional discussions.
Why this matters: Execution is where impact happens. You’ll be equipped to lead initiatives that create real value for patients, partners, and your company.
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Get in touch with the MCE team to learn more about implementing this programme for your team.
Get in touch with the MCE team to learn more about implementing this programme for your team.
Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy
Alessandro Foresio, Vice President,
Logic S.p.A., Italy
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