new horizons in leadership
SDM graduates are highly successful in securing top technical and managerial positions. Employers recognize that the rigor of SDM’s academic program, together with the diversity of thought and professional experience shared among SDM fellows, faculty and staff, equip SDM graduates to lead across disciplines and to solve complex problems throughout organizations.
SDM graduates are hired into a wide range of functions, including product development, R&D, engineering management, general management, operations, project management, IT, software development, marketing and sales. Industries that have hired SDM grads include aerospace, defense, government, information systems, telecommunications, energy, banking and consulting.
These diverse opportunities have added to the richness of the SDM academic experience and provided opportunities for SDM fellows to explore new careers as well as to strengthen their technical and leadership skill sets for renewed effectiveness in their current positions. SDM takes pride in educating leaders who will work in traditional engineering roles as well as in nontraditional positions.
Titles held by SDM graduates include:
Senior product manager
Systems architect
Director of hardware engineering
Vice president of engineering and technology
More recently, SDM fellows have chosen to enter nonprofit, financial and consulting industries.
They hold such titles as:
Senior consultant
Manager of corporate strategic planning
Vice president of wealth and investment
Director of business strategy
Program graduates have also gone on to professional leadership programs and to entrepreneurial pursuits.
