AI is already embedded in many organisations, often ahead of the structures needed to support it properly. With AI literacy now one of the fastest-growing skills for leaders in Australia (LinkedIn, 2025), expectations on decision-makers are rising fast.
At the same time, while 88% of organisations are using AI in at least one function, only around a third have begun scaling it across the business (McKinsey, 2025). The result is a gap between adoption and real, organisation-wide value.
AI for Business Leaders is designed to close that gap. Rather than focusing on tools or technical detail, this course builds the judgment leaders need to make sound decisions about AI. You’ll learn how to evaluate proposals, challenge assumptions, and prioritise initiatives that align with real business needs, not just technical possibility.
This AI for Business Leaders course will be delivered to you in partnership with Udacity, meaning you’ll have access to both Udacity’s learning and career services as well as RMIT Online’s course enablement support through our Learner Success Team. Upon successful completion of the course, you will also receive an RMIT credential which can be uploaded to LinkedIn, verifying your skill mastery in the discipline.
Our AI for Business Leaders course is best suited for mid-to-senior professionals responsible for making strategic decisions about how AI is used in their organisation, and who need to connect AI opportunities with real business priorities. It’s designed for:
- Decision-makers who need to evaluate AI proposals through a business lens, including feasibility, trade-offs, cost, risk and organisational readiness
- Leaders responsible for prioritising and sequencing AI initiatives so they deliver measurable impact, not just pilots
- Professionals who need to guide responsible adoption, with clear accountability for outcomes, governance and risk
You may be working in roles across operations, strategy, finance, product, transformation, digital or technology leadership, or consulting.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Define and evaluate opportunities for machine learning and generative AI that align with strategic business goals and measurable outcomes.
- Design effective machine learning and agentic AI solutions that delivering actionable business outcomes while minimisig organisational risk.
- Analyse the functional architecture of agentic AI systems to identify capability requirements, performance gaps, and cost drivers.
- Communicate AI strategy, solution design, and implementation roadmapsclearly to executive stakeholders and decision-makers.
During this course, you’ll apply what you learn through three practical, business-focused projects designed for senior decision-makers.
Your first project focuses on developing a machine learning plan for a real business scenario, evaluating use cases, data requirements, risks, and organisational readiness. Your second project centres on building a generative AI strategy and project roadmap, identifying where GenAI can create value and how to implement it responsibly at scale. Your final project explores agentic AI, where you’ll analyse and improve a multi-agent system, assessing feasibility, governance, and real-world risk.