AI Leadership Career Accelerator

LEADERSHIP ACCELERATOR

Monash AI Strategy and Leadership

Develop the AI leadership capability to identify opportunity, secure investment and lead transformation in your organisation, backed by a Monash University Digital Credential.

Developed in collaboration with industry leaders

6 months online

+ 2 weeks Orientation

6-9 hours per week

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Flexible for busy professionals

Weekly goals. Your schedule.

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Get more than skills – get results

Go from advisor to strategic decision-maker

Deliver a board-ready AI strategy that secures investment and earns you a seat at the leadership table.

From project manager to AI transformation lead

Design an implementation roadmap that drives cross-functional alignment and fast-tracks your promotion.

From AI sceptic to executive innovator

Gain the tools, language, and confidence to lead your first AI initiative and future-proof your leadership.

What you’ll learn

Across four practice-led courses, you’ll develop the strategic, commercial and change leadership capability to take AI from opportunity to organisational impact. You’ll work with AI tools at every stage, applying them directly to the challenges in your own organisation.

Please note: Course titles and content are subject to change during development.

2 WEEKS

Onboarding and Goal Setting

Begin with a two-week orientation to get familiar with the platform, connect with your cohort, and align your goals. You’ll also meet your Success Manager and Leadership Coach, who will help tailor your experience to support your leadership development and strategic outcomes.
6 WEEKS

Course 1: AI in action

Develop a clear understanding of what AI actually is – across machine learning, generative AI and agentic systems – at the level needed to make decisions, not build them. You'll examine how AI creates value across business functions, engage with the Australian regulatory landscape and apply a structured methodology to identify and prioritise AI opportunities in your own organisation.

Deliverable: A strategic AI opportunity map – a boardroom-ready assessment of where AI creates the most significant value in your organisation, with prioritisation logic and a clear recommendation on where to start.
6 WEEKS

Course 2: Building AI value

Develop the components of a full AI investment case: readiness assessment, opportunity prioritisation, solution design, financial modelling and risk analysis. Alongside the investment proposition, you'll build an AI governance framework – covering decision rights, oversight mechanisms, accountability and Australian regulatory compliance – as a separate standalone document.

Deliverables: An AI Investment Proposition and an AI Governance Framework – two separate documents that work together – one makes the case for investment, the other demonstrates it will be governed responsibly. Together, they give senior leaders everything they need to say yes.
6 WEEKS

Course 3: Making AI work

Develop the capability to lead the human and organisational side of AI adoption. You'll build a stakeholder engagement plan, assess workforce impact and redesign workflows, develop an organisational capability building approach and establish the implementation governance to manage delivery. Australian workforce context, including Fair Work Act implications, is embedded throughout.

Deliverable: An AI Transformation Roadmap covering stakeholder engagement, workforce impact, capability building and implementation governance.
4 WEEKS

Course 4: The AI executive

Apply AI to your own executive decision-making, work hands-on with AI agents and examine the governance implications of agentic systems. You'll set AI operating norms for your team and consolidate the program into a personal AI operating model and 12-month leadership agenda.

Deliverable: An AI Leadership Playbook – your personal AI operating model, team operating model and 12-month leadership priorities.

Who you’ll learn from

Industry Experts

The program is co-developed by Monash faculty and industry leaders at the forefront of AI transformation.

Facilitators

Receive live and on-demand support from experienced professionals who guide you through complex content and real-world business applications.

Leadership Coaches

Set yourself up for long-term success in your career through a mix of one-to-one sessions and interactive industry sessions.

Get proof of what you know and of what you can lead

To drive AI adoption at a senior level, you need more than familiarity with the technology – you need the strategic credibility, commercial rigour and governance capability to act on it.

The Monash University Digital Credential is a mark of AI leadership capability from one of Australia’s leading universities, recognised by boards, peers and stakeholders across the region.

You’ll graduate with five professional deliverables built around your own organisation – an AI opportunity map, investment proposition, governance framework, transformation roadmap and leadership playbook – ready to use in your role immediately.

Different ways to invest in your career

Accessing our flexible payment plans is easier than you think (it takes less than 5 minutes). Book a call with an Enrolment Advisor to see if you qualify – chances are, you do.

INAUGURAL COHORT DISCOUNT:

~~AU$13,250~~

AU$12,250

(incl. GST)

Save AU$1,000 on the full program fee, for the August intake only.

Once-off

pay in full & save

Save AU$500 when you make a one-time payment before the program begins

~~AU$12,250~~

AU$11,750

UPFRONT

6 months

10% deposit, no added fees

Start with a AU$1,225 deposit, followed by six monthly payments of AU$1,837.50

AU$1,837.50

MONTHLY

Monash University alumni receive AU$1,250 off the program fee. If paying upfront, Monash alumni receive an additional AU$500 off (paying AU$11,500).

What could you earn in AI leadership?

As organisations across Australia accelerate AI adoption, demand is growing for leaders who can translate emerging technologies into measurable business outcomes. According to Australian salary benchmarks, professionals leading AI strategy, transformation and innovation can expect salaries such as:

Director of AI Strategy: A$233,000

Chief AI Officer (CAIO): A$350,000–A$500,000+

Chief AI Transformation Officer: A$300,000–A$450,000+

Head of AI / Head of Data & AI: A$250,000–A$350,000+

AI Transformation Consultant / Leader: A$250,000–A$500,000+ (depending on scope, industry and organisation size)

As AI leadership becomes a defined executive function across organisations, the commercial value of this capability continues to grow.

If you’re a business, you could be our next partner

We work with industry partners in a few different ways, and we’re open to finding a way that works for you. Here are some of the benefits.

Outsource a project

Co-design a business project to get access to the minds of a group of ambitious and diverse professionals who are solely focused on solving your business problem.

Train your team

We’ll work with you to find a custom solution for your team on all or part of a program. As learners or mentors, they’ll benefit from relevant skills and university-approved knowledge.

Make recruitment easier

Transform the way you recruit for complex digital roles with exposure to a highly relevant pool of talent and tangible proof of what they’re capable of.

“Currently, there is a lot of hype around AI, and a lot of fear. Participants will leave this program with a balanced, nuanced understanding of what AI is (and isn’t) and the ability to apply this knowledge to their workplaces and careers.”

– Dr Mallory Avery, Lecturer, Department of Economics

Why learn AI leadership?

As AI moves from experimentation to enterprise-wide implementation, organisations are looking for leaders who can turn AI investment into measurable business value.

Research shows that AI leadership roles grew by 40–60% during 2025 as organisations expanded their AI initiatives and sought executives capable of driving transformation at scale.

At the same time, 92% of business leaders expect to increase AI investment over the next three years, creating growing demand for professionals who can align AI strategy with organisational goals.

The role of dedicated AI leadership is also becoming increasingly mainstream. Organisations with a Chief AI Officer are 24% more likely to outperform their peers on innovation and report stronger returns on AI investments, highlighting the strategic importance of effective AI governance, adoption, and value creation.

For professionals looking to lead transformation and influence strategic decision-making, AI leadership is rapidly becoming one of the most valuable capabilities in today’s business landscape.

If you’re not sure, speak to someone

Find out if this program will suit you and your goals by talking to an Enrolment Advisor. They’ll help you feel confident in your decision (whether it’s a yes or a no).

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