Chief Technology Officer Program
A 12-week executive program for leaders who shape how their organization uses technology.
About this course
A 12-week executive program for leaders who shape how their organization uses technology. You will cover technology strategy and roadmaps, AI and data, cloud and architecture, teams and delivery, security and resilience, and the finance and board communication the CTO role demands, finishing with a transformation plan you pitch to an executive panel.
What you'll learn
- Define a technology strategy that serves business growth.
- Build roadmaps and manage a portfolio of technology initiatives.
- Lead the adoption of AI, data platforms and cloud architecture.
- Build engineering teams and a culture of innovation and delivery.
- Manage cybersecurity, risk and resilience at executive level.
- Lead digital transformation across the organization.
- Build business cases and manage technology budgets and vendors.
- Communicate technology value and risk to boards and executive teams.
Curriculum
- The CTO's role across industries and company sizes
- CTO, CIO and CDO: how the roles fit together
- Technology as a driver of growth
- Your technology leadership agenda
- Aligning technology with business strategy
- Platforms and ecosystems
- Build, buy or partner
- Technology as a product, not a cost centre
- Technology roadmapping methods
- Managing a portfolio of initiatives
- Technical debt as a business risk
- Prioritization and trade-offs
- How machine learning and generative AI work
- AI agents and automation
- Where AI creates value in products and operations
- Measuring productivity gains
- Cloud strategy: public, private and hybrid
- Enterprise and solution architecture
- Integration, APIs and modern platforms
- Cloud economics and FinOps
- Data strategy and governance
- Data platforms: warehouses, lakes and lakehouses
- Data quality and ownership
- Building analytics and machine-learning capability
- Structuring engineering organizations
- Hiring, growing and keeping technical talent
- Psychological safety and team performance
- Innovation processes that ship
- Product management and discovery
- Agile and DevOps at scale
- Engineering metrics that matter
- Release, quality and reliability
- Threat landscape and security strategy
- Zero trust and identity
- Business continuity and disaster recovery
- Third-party and supply-chain risk
- Transformation strategy and governance
- Changing processes, skills and culture
- Working with business leaders
- Sustaining momentum
- Technology budgets and business cases
- Total cost of ownership and ROI
- Vendor selection and contracts
- Outsourcing and partnerships
- Presenting technology to boards and executives
- Technology governance and reporting
- Your leadership brand
- Capstone pitch to an executive panel
Who it's for
CTOs, CIOs, IT and engineering directors, digital leaders and senior technical managers preparing for C-level roles.
Before you start
No formal prerequisites. Bring curiosity and a willingness to practise.
Let's plan your next step together.
Tell us the course or certification you have in mind and we'll send the outline, upcoming dates, fees and private-team options.