Corporate Certificate in Advanced Management

• Now through April 25th 
  1. Get the green light from your Manager & VP for budget and participation
  2. Submit your interest to Vertex by completing this form. 
• April 28th - May 14th - Vertex Leadership will review all submissions
• May 15th - May 30th - Babson will send out the application instructions to approved employees and officially open the Fall 2025 Babson-Vertex Corporate CAM Program application (tip: start updating your resume, inclusive of Vertex experience) 
• Application Deadline: May 30th

• 5 MBA core business and elective courses selected to develop business acumen and leadership skills, customized with Vertex-specific content.
• Delivered in a flexible course format with weekly in-person classes held at Fan Pier
• Finish the Program in 10 months, taking one course at a time with a cohort of Vertex colleagues (7-week semesters with small breaks between courses)

Fall 2025 Courses

Spring 2026 Courses

Summer 2026 Course

• Participants will earn a graduate credential (Certificate in Advanced Management), and will have completed 1/3^rd of the core courses in Babson’s MBA Program. Colleagues will also join our worldwide alumni network of more than 46,000.
• For those interested in an MBA, participants are automatically accepted into the Babson MBA program with a 3.0 or higher gpa.
• A cohorted structure helps associates grow their Vertex network while applying learning directly to work.
• Because Vertex views this program as a pivotal investment in your professional development, the entire tuition for this program is funded through Vertex. In fact, you will never receive a tuition bill during the entirety of this program.
• Sessions are taught by senior Babson faculty, utilizing “Entrepreneurial Thought & Action^®” (ET&A)—our trademarked solutions-focused teaching methodology, customized with group discussions and learning scenarios specific to Vertex.

The following courses have been selected for Vertex associates to develop business acumen skills that can be applied directly to their work.  Courses will also incorporate Vertex business cases and scenarios to make content applicable and relevant to work situations.

Experiment to Scale: Participants will examine their firms’ operations toward the goals of fine-tuning operations for faster scaling. Using techniques from operations management, including lean, agile, and enterprise systems transformation, students will:

• Learn and apply several approaches to rapid experimentation (e.g, Kaizen events) to support scaling;
• Complete a value stream map including steps and operations metrics, of at least one major process within their organization,
• Identify areas of opportunity (e.g., delays in process) from the value stream map and sketch a plan of action;
• Discuss how those areas of opportunity may impact their scaling efforts if not addressed prior to scaling (risk assessment)
• Discuss the importance of leading through coaching.
• Discussion of rapid experimentation in drug development and an emphasis on developing a “community of scientists” to identify and address problems in companies’ operations, will additionally be incorporated into this course. (Elective, 3 credits)

Financial Acumen: Finance and Accounting as Competitive Tools: This finance course bridges the gap between functional business knowledge and practical financial information. By connecting company strategy to its financial implications, participants increase the value of their firm and become more effective business leaders. Topics covered include: understanding financial statements, using finance to improve decision-making, projecting cash flows, and assessing organizational performance. The curriculum focuses on universal business problems that are specific to Vertex and teaches colleagues how to immediately apply that information in ways that are relevant to their work. (Elective, 3 credits)

Entrepreneurship: This course provides the framework for Babson’s trademarked teaching methodology known as Entrepreneurial Thought & Action (ET&A), which enables you to create, identify, assess, and act on opportunities in a variety of contexts to drive change. Colleagues will explore and practice the concepts of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship and learn how to foster innovation in identifying, solving and acting on management challenges. You will build an ET&A toolkit to create and evaluate opportunities, marshal resources, and form teams driven by creativity, leadership, and smart action. This course is an immersion experience for finding, creating, and evaluating early-stage opportunities for value creation. (MBA Core, 2 credits)

Managing People & Organizations:  The People & Organizations course will offer you a better understanding of your leadership and career capacity with a particular emphasis on developing your ability to think and act as an entrepreneurial leader. You will have multiple chances to reflect on who you are, how you work with others as you pursue an opportunity, and how this relates to you as a growing leader. This self-awareness forms the basis for your leadership development as we explore issues such as enlisting and motivating a diverse team, influencing and negotiating, cultivating a developmental network, and how to grow and align an organization to support new and innovative opportunities. You will have a variety of ways to practice and gain feedback on these skills. (MBA Core, 2 credits)

Strategy: This strategy course focuses on strategic and competitive analysis to enable entrepreneurial action in a corporate setting. Participants will explore how to position their business units, products, or firm to compete effectively, as well as identify what sources of competitive advantage can be created, exploited, and sustained.   Finally, this course will review what capabilities are needed to launch, grow, and adapt successfully to changes in the environment. (MBA Core, 2 credits)