Most In-demand MBA jobs in 2021

If engineering courses are not your choice, or rather you’d want something specialised, consider a business management programme. In the post-pandemic world, businesses need skilled managers who will be of tremendous help with strategic planning, organisation, and execution.

Read on to find out the top MBA jobs in the year 2021. 

Marketing Manager

A marketing manager is an asset for all types of businesses, and even more the ones that struggled during the pandemic and are making a comeback. The pandemic has led business leaders to ruminate over what is absolutely needful for their brand; they have made difficult decisions and are now even more careful before making choices like branching out to new avenues or to tread carefully and test the waters. A marketing manager with an MBA is the right person to enter a business organisation with strategic goals and a blueprint for the organisation to follow. As marketing is a crucial component of every industry, this job position in any avenue. Most marketing managers typically earn in six figures. If you resonate strongly with marketing or advertisement, you can consider getting your MBA in marketing as you learn to promote services and products, and know-how to execute campaigns, strategise, and also communicate with users or customers in both B2C and B2B organisations.

Business Operations Manager

Business operations are integral to every organisation for making profits. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen abrupt and strong transitions like jobs done completely in-person at a workplace became a hundred per cent work from home situation; this transition was especially difficult because it came without a warning and companies had to struggle with this change. Business operation managers are professionals skilled to make sure that the service faces the least roadblocks and sales increase in number. With such a major change, companies are in need of hiring business operations managers who will be responsible for managing work deadlines, deliverables, and enforces the necessary quality standard protocols. The job of the operations manager is to maximise work efficiency or productivity. If logistics or supply chain interest you, consider a management specialisation in this field.

Financial Manager 

The Covid-19 created many situations where expenses in businesses increased while lowering their revenue standards that made bookkeeping difficult and often confusing. Organisations, old and new alike, need a fresh outlook towards finances and certainly need to develop some creative ways of cost-cutting. Financial managers are also expert investors who are trained to solve issues of cash flow. With this degree, you will also be eligible to be working at financial institutions. Bank stock prices are currently at an all-time high, and the value of a financial expert can change businesses drastically. Financial managers also monitor an organisation’s budgets and decide on the company’s investment. Professionals working under this work profile are usually highly compensated.

Note: The views expressed in this article are that of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) and do not reflect/represent those of Shiksha