MBA PD Engage: Careers in Marketing

Featuring MBA PD Coach Beena!

Explore what a marketing career looks like. We’ll discuss common roles, required skills, and how MBA PD prepares you to stand out in interviews and internship recruiting. Great for anyone curious about brand management, product marketing, or growth roles.

In addition to this sessions featured topic, we’ll provide an overview of the MBA Professional Development Program and go over how to apply.

From coaching to career clarity, get the full download on MBA PD. We’ll cover what the program includes, what you’ll work on, and how each step builds toward a successful internship search. Perfect for applicants who want to understand how MBA PD works behind the scenes.

Beena Kavalam

Senior Coach, MBA Professional Development

Beena started her career as a management consultant for Accenture and later worked for a boutique consultancy focused on the pharmaceutical industry, Pacesetter Management Consulting. After completing her MBA, Beena switched careers into brand management and worked for Bayer ConsumerCare on the Bayer Aspirin®and Flintstones™ Vitamins brands and for WhiteWave Foods on the International Delight Iced Coffee business. Beena joined MLT in January of 2013. As a Senior Coach, Beena draws on her real-world brand management experience and her consulting background to prepare her fellows for roles in Product Management and Brand Management or are interested more broadly in the Tech and CPG industries. Currently, she is also CEO of Personal Revolution, a consulting, coaching, speaking, and training company based in New Jersey.