Architecting Global Growth

Chief Growth and
Marketing Officer

Built for senior growth and marketing leaders, the programme equips you to transcend functional roles, harness digital and AI, and architect enterprise-wide growth strategies.

Date

Nov 30, 2025 – Aug 23, 2026

Duration

9 Months

Fees

₹6,00,000 + taxes

Format

On-Campus and Live-Online

Programme Overview

Architecting the Future of Growth and Marketing Leadership

Growth and marketing leaders today operate in a world where disruption is constant and expectations are higher than ever. Customers demand personalisation, markets are reshaped by digital platforms and AI, and boards are looking to Chief Growth and Marketing Officers not only for brand building but to drive enterprise value as well.

The Chief Growth and Marketing Officer Programme equips senior executives to step into this expanded mandate. By combining customer insight with financial, digital, and operational levers, the programme prepares leaders to influence at scale, orchestrate cross-functional strategies, and create sustainable competitive value.

Delivered through a mix of live online sessions, immersive on-campus learning, and a capstone Business Leadership Challenge, the programme provides an integrated journey that enables participants to reimagine marketing as the engine of enterprise growth.

Programme Features

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Live Faculty-Led Masterclasses

High-impact sessions on brand storytelling, pricing, digital, finance, and more.

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Campus Immersions at ISB Hyderabad

Two campus immersions at ISB Hyderabad for integration and peer learning.

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Curated Panel Discussions

Hear real-world growth journeys from accomplished leaders.

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Peer Learning and Feedback

Exchange insights with a diverse cohort through dialogue and reviews.

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Business Leadership Challenge

Apply learning to a strategic growth initiative developed across the programme.

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Executive Coaching (Optional)

 

What Makes the CGMO Programme Unique?

Cross-Functional Growth Focus

Integrates brand, digital, customer, pricing, operations, and leadership.

Blended Learning for Busy Leaders

Weekly live virtual sessions plus two on-campus immersions.

Business Leadership Challenge

Put your learning into practice with real-world business challenges.

Expert Faculty

Learn from distinguished ISB and global faculty across the journey.

Senior Peer Group

Join and learn alongside experienced leaders from diverse industries.

Leadership Presence and Influence

Build clarity, voice, and confidence to drive growth.

Lead Strategically, Not Tactically

Reframe, integrate, and influence at the enterprise level.

 

Reimagine How You Drive Growth and Shape Markets

Gain the skills and perspective to deliver enterprise-wide impact:

  • Develop a customer-anchored perspective that links insights to market strategy and enterprise goals

  • Evaluate and align growth decisions by integrating financial, pricing, operational, and macroeconomic inputs

  • Harness digital models and AI applications to drive marketing and business outcomes with strategic impact

  • Bring coherence across brand, market, and channel strategies to strengthen go-to-market systems

  • Enhance cross-functional influence through storytelling, negotiation, and stakeholder alignment, applying insights through the Business Leadership Challenge

For Growth Architects and Marketing Visionaries

This programme is designed for marketing and strategy leaders aiming to drive differentiated growth at scale in dynamic, global markets.

It is best suited for:

  • Mid–senior leaders (AVPs, VPs, Directors) fast-tracking their path to global growth and marketing roles

  • Senior executives leading product innovation, customer experience, or sales to build competitive advantage

  • Experienced growth and marketing leaders transitioning into strategy and innovation as global business architects

  • Entrepreneurs and founders scaling businesses through innovative, data-driven marketing strategies

  • Consultants advising clients on building customer-centric brands and navigating complex global markets

ISB Executive Alumni Benefits

On successful completion of this programme, participants gain the ISB Executive Alumni status. The privileges of this exclusive community include:

  • Access to the Executive Alumni portal
  • Access to ISB Executive Education support team over email
  • ISB Executive Alumni Credentials: ISB Email ID
  • Access to ISB Executive Network LinkedIn Group
  • 10% programme benefit on ISB Executive Education programmes
  • 20% programme benefit on ISB Online programmes
  • Masterclasses led by faculty and industry experts
  • Newsletters
  • ISB Executive Alumni are eligible to receive access to select of ISB research, information, and resources, upon request

Programme Certificate

After successful completion of this programme, you will be awarded an ISB Executive Education Certificate, formal recognition of your professional development.

What Participants Say?

Class Profile

Curriculum

The journey begins by reframing the CGMO's role around customer value creation.

  • Explore how customer journeys, segmentation, behavioural insight, and customer management strategies shape meaningful growth decisions
  • Experience an on-campus immersion that deepens focus on customer-centricity
  • Gain perspectives on behavioural science, product-led growth, and competitive positioning that lay a strong foundation for customer-centric thinking across functions

This module equips participants to translate strategic ambition into executional discipline.

  • Sharpen your ability to make informed trade-offs through sessions on financial reasoning, macroeconomic signals, pricing strategy, and operational alignment
  • Master storytelling as a strategic capability, particularly through the lens of brand storytelling
  • Learn how narrative can be effectively used to align teams, influence stakeholders, and build clarity around growth priorities

This module focuses on how digital transformation and emerging technologies are reshaping the growth landscape.

  • Explore the evolution of digital business models and strategic approaches to scaling in the digital era
  • Discover practical applications of AI, particularly in marketing and growth functions
  • Develop a clear understanding of where digital and AI interventions can create value and how to integrate these tools into customer and growth strategies

This module focuses on how brand strategy, market development, customer experience, and channel architecture come together to support scalable growth.

  • Examine omni-channel design and performance marketing as key components of an integrated growth strategy
  • Explore sustainability initiatives and their impact on brand equity and customer loyalty
  • Master sales enablement techniques that function as interlinked drivers of brand equity and commercial performance

The final module emphasizes enterprise-wide leadership and cross-functional influence.

  • Work through frameworks for stakeholder alignment, strategic negotiation, and multicultural collaboration
  • Experience an immersive learning environment that supports reflection, synthesis, and integration of insights across the journey
  • Culminate your learning experience with final presentations of the Business Leadership Challenge

Architect the Next Era of Growth and Marketing

Starts On Nov 30, 2025

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Learn More about the ISB Advantage.

Each participant is awarded a certificate of completion by ISB Executive Education. You will also gain exclusive access to the ISB Executive Network, a community of over 45,000 executives and entrepreneurs.

ISB Executive Alumni status is awarded on successful completion of programme requirements for our Comprehensive Leadership Programmes.

You can get more information about alumni benefits here.

ISB Executive Alumni are eligible for a 20% discount on Executive Education programmes for individuals. ISB PGP and AMP Alumni are eligible for this discount as well.

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