Lead Enterprise AI Transformation As A Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officer Programme: Strategic Leadership in the Age of AI

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Chief Operating Officer Programme: Strategic Leadership in the Age of AI

Application closes 26th Oct 2026

Harness AI. Transform Operations. Create Value.

AI Strategy and Operational Technology Curriculum

Develop expertise in AI strategy, operating models, intelligent operations, and risk and maturity assessment, then apply Generative AI, Agentic AI.
Leadership, Governance, and Boardroom Readiness Exercises

Learn to navigate board expectations, structure and defend high-stakes decisions, and lead organisational change with confidence.

Program outcomes

What it takes to lead as a COO in the age of AI?

Become a future-ready, AI-driven Chief Operating Officer

Build a scalable operating model around an enterprise's real trade-off, cost, quality, speed, flexibility
Build the financial fluency to evaluate AI investments through ROI and capital allocation
Size AI-driven returns and govern capital allocation to a board-ready standard
Apply AI, digital twins and analytics to build resilient, sustainable operations
Lead responsible AI, boardroom decision-making, and change management with confidence
Design AI use cases with Generative AI and data foundations that scale across the enterprise

Earn a Certificate of Completion from IIT Bombay (SJMSOM)

#2 in India

QS World University Rankings, 2026
#28 Globally

QS Rankings in Engineering & Technology, 2025
#3

NIRF India Rankings 2025

About IIT Bombay & SJMSOM

Established in 1958, IIT Bombay is among India’s premier institutes for engineering, technology, science and management.

A community of 732 faculty members and 70,000+ graduates, IIT Bombay spans 17 departments and 3 schools.

With ₹700+ crore in annual research funding in 2023–24, IIT Bombay advances impactful research and innovation.

SJMSOM, IIT Bombay’s management school, ranks #14 in NIRF India Management Rankings 2025.

SJMSOM’s startup ecosystem has nurtured 200+ startups and a 2,000+ strong alumni network.

Program Highlights

Why choose the IIT Bombay COO Programme

Experience Campus Life at IIT Bombay

Learn to navigate board expectations, structure and defend high-stakes decisions, and lead organisational change with confidence.
Cross-Disciplinary Faculty and Industry Practitioners

Live executive sessions delivered by faculty from IIT Bombay's SJMSOM and Engineering Departments, supported by live Executive Masterclasses by senior industry experts.
Enterprise Transformation Studio

A mentored, team-based capstone where participants can bring an organizational challenge to build and present a 100-day AI transformation blueprint to an expert jury.
Enterprise Economics and ROI

Evaluate operational decisions and AI investments through capital allocation, ROI and measurable business performance.
Case-Based Learning Pedagogy

Learn from industry case studies and time-tested frameworks, evaluating how leading enterprises have executed change at scale.
Dedicated programme support

Get personalised support from a dedicated Programme Manager throughout your 6-month learning journey.

Skills you will learn

AI Strategy & Enterprise Operating Models

AI Investment ROI & Capital Allocation

Generative AI & Agentic AI for Enterprise

Enterprise Data Foundations & Decision Intelligence

Digital Twins & Intelligent Operations

Supply Chain Resilience & Sustainability

Cybersecurity & AI Risk Governance

Boardroom Decision-Making & Business Cases

Workforce Transformation & Change Leadership

Enterprise Transformation Roadmapping

AI Strategy & Enterprise Operating Models

AI Investment ROI & Capital Allocation

Generative AI & Agentic AI for Enterprise

Enterprise Data Foundations & Decision Intelligence

Digital Twins & Intelligent Operations

Supply Chain Resilience & Sustainability

Cybersecurity & AI Risk Governance

Boardroom Decision-Making & Business Cases

Workforce Transformation & Change Leadership

Enterprise Transformation Roadmapping

Who is this programme for?

Designed for senior leaders who influence business performance and are preparing to own enterprise execution.

Senior Leaders & CXOs

Build strategic AI expertise, evaluate technology investments, and lead enterprise transformation to drive long-term business value.
Aspiring COOs and Heads of Operations

Build strategic, financial and AI-driven leadership skills to transition into enterprise roles and lead complex, cross-functional organisations.
Functional Leaders and Business Unit Heads

Leverage AI to boost operational performance, make data-driven decisions, lead transformation and deliver measurable business outcomes.
Digital Transformation Ambassadors & Consultants

Build AI and intelligent operations expertise, advise leaders on transformation opportunities and develop business cases for technology adoption.

Campus Immersion

Welcome & Orientation

Cohort Kickoff - Welcome, Inaugural Address & Programme Overview
Masterclasses with Faculty

AI-Driven Operational Excellence Framework, Industry Challenges, Boardroom Preparation, Financial Preparedness, etc.
Workshop

Leadership Workshop for Future-Ready COOs
Experiential Learning

Experience Lab visits and showcase your capstone in board-style
Networking

Gala Dinner with faculty and peers
Feedback & Wrap-Up

Graduation Ceremony & Programme Reflection

Programme Structure & Curriculum

Designed by IIT Bombay's Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management faculty and senior industry practitioners, the curriculum moves from AI strategy and investment economics to AI-driven operations, risk, and board-ready leadership for the modern COO.

Immersion 1: Campus Immersion at IIT Bombay

Opens the programme on the IIT Bombay campus - orients learners to the AI-driven operations journey, builds a shared foundation, and grounds the cohort in the institute's technology and innovation ecosystem before the online curriculum begins.

Topics Covered

- Orientation and cohort kickoff - Foundational masterclasses: AI-driven operational excellence framework, industry challenges - Self-Leadership workshop - Lab visits and IIT Bombay innovation ecosystem exposure - Gala dinner with faculty and peers

Module 1: Strategy, Operating Model, and Value Creation

Develops a full strategic and operational toolkit for the modern COO - connecting enterprise strategy to competitive advantage, translating it into scalable execution, and using AI to redesign business models for enterprise value creation.

Topics Covered

- Enterprise strategy and competitive advantage in the age of AI - From strategy to scalable execution and modern operating model design - Operations trade-offs: cost, quality, speed, flexibility and dependability - AI-accelerated business models and enterprise value chain economics

Module 2: Economics, Finance, and Performance

Gives COOs the economic and financial vocabulary to quantify enterprise productivity, size the value pools unlocked by AI and digital transformation, and build a rigorous, board-ready investment case.

Topics Covered

- Economics of enterprise performance and productivity - Enterprise value pools unlocked by AI, digital and operational transformation - AI investment ROI: investment logic, benefits measurement and value realisation - Capital allocation and benefits governance for the modern COO

Module 3: AI, Data, and Technology Playbook for COOs

Builds the technology fluency a COO needs to act on the investment logic from Module 2 - covering the enterprise technology playbook, Generative and Agentic AI, data foundations, and a practical method for designing high-value AI use cases.

Topics Covered

- Technology playbook and the Industry 4.0/5.0 roadmap - Generative AI and Agentic AI for enterprise knowledge and workflows - Enterprise data foundations, decision intelligence and executive dashboards - Scaling transformation (DBS Bank case) and enterprise maturity assessment - Predictive analytics and designing high-value AI use cases

Module 4: Digital Enterprise for Operations and Service Industry

Examines what it takes to run AI use cases at enterprise scale - AI-native infrastructure spanning enterprise, edge and cloud, intelligent and reusable enterprise platforms, and a practitioner case on scaling digital transformation.

Topics Covered

- AI-native digital infrastructure across enterprise, edge and cloud - Designing intelligent, reusable enterprise platforms - Operational technologies for resilient, high-performance operations - Practitioner case: scaling AI and digital transformation (Tata Chemicals)

Module 5: Intelligent Operations & Sustainability

Puts the infrastructure and platforms from Module 4 to work across the operating core of the enterprise - digital twins, AI-enabled demand and supply planning, and AI, IoT and robotics for logistics and operations.

Topics Covered

- Enterprise performance analysis and digital twin foundations - AI-enabled demand, supply and production planning - Supply chain resilience and sustainable value chains - Intelligent operations: AI, IoT and robotics for enterprise transformation

Module 6: Enterprise Risk, Resilience, Trust, and Governance

Equips COOs to manage the enterprise's exposure to disruption raised by intelligent, connected operations - building a cybersecurity playbook, addressing responsible-AI risk, and integrating AI accountability into enterprise governance.

Topics Covered

- Cybersecurity playbook for COOs - AI trust, responsible AI and enterprise risk - Business risk assessment and continuity planning - Enterprise governance in the age of AI

Module 7: Board, Transformation, People, and Leadership

Brings the entire programme together - preparing COOs to meet board expectations, scale transformation using real enterprise cases, lead workforce and organisational change, and integrate strategy, technology, people and risk into one leadership agenda.

Topics Covered

- Board expectations and boardroom decision-making - Workforce transformation and leading organisational change - Leadership, culture, human-AI collaboration and executive integration

Immersion 2: Campus Immersion at IIT Bombay (Closure)

Sharpens learners' cost and boardroom communication skills, prepares them to lead with influence, and brings the cohort back to campus for the Capstone showcase and formal programme completion.

Topics Covered

- Smart cost management masterclass: COO-level playbook for cost strategy in the AI era - Board-level business case masterclass - Leadership workshop: leading with influence as a future-ready COO - Enterprise Transformation Studio showcase: Capstone proposals presented before faculty and industry jury - Graduation: closing reflections and formal award of certification

Note: The curriculum listed above are indicative and subject to updates as technology evolves.

Case-Based Learning

Engage in sample case studies using strategic, financial, and AI tools.

Leadership

The second-in-command

Description

A newly appointed COO at a fast-growing enterprise inherits a role with no settled definition: part chief of sta, part head of execution, part CEO-in-waiting, depending on who is asked. This case follows how such executives negotiate the scope of their mandate, share power with the CEO, and decide whether the role is a destination or a pathway to the top job. Learners will understand how to define their mandate deliberately rather than inherit it by default.

Skills you will learn

Leadership Mandate
Role Definition
Executive Communication

Operations

From strategy to operating model

Description

A business with a clear growth strategy finds its operations pulling in the opposite direction, with costs rising, service levels slipping and teams unsure which priority wins. This case examines how operations leaders confront the trade-os between cost, quality, speed, flexibility and dependability, and redesign the operating model to reflect the strategy the business actually chose. Learners will understand why an operating model is a set of explicit choices rather than an organisation chart.

Skills you will learn

Operating Model Design
Strategic Execution
Trade-off Analysis
Business Alignment

Digital Transformation

When the digital twin becomes the business model

Description

Industrial manufacturers are building digital twins of their products to improve design and maintenance, only to discover that the same data can support entirely new oerings. This case examines how vehicle and equipment makers move from selling assets to selling uptime, performance and usage-based services. Learners will understand how an operational capability becomes a source of enterprise value.

Skills you will learn

Digital Twins
Business Model Innovation
Data-Driven Services
Value Creation

AI in Services

AI-led operational excellence in services

Description

Service organisations are moving past dashboards towards decision intelligence, where systems recommend the action rather than just surface the number. This case examines what it takes to move from visibility to action at enterprise scale. Learners will understand why data foundations determine how far AI can be trusted.

Skills you will learn

Decision Intelligence
AI Trust
Data Foundations
Service Operations

Note: The above list of case studies is not exhaustive and is under the purview of the academic team. It is subject to change to ensure alignment with evolving industry requirements.

Learn from renowned IIT Bombay faculty

Prof. Varadraj Bapat

Programme Coordinator, Professor & Head, SJMSOM

He has 28 years of experience and authored books with McGraw Hill.

IIT Bombay finance professor with CA, CMA and PhD qualifications.

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Prof. M. D. Agrawal

Visiting Faculty, SJMSOM and Industry Expert

Industry expert with 40+ years in industry, academia and associations.

Former CIO at BPCL and Advisor and Director at TCS.

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Prof. Milind Atrey

Deputy Director, Academics, Research & Translation, IIT Bombay

IIT Bombay Deputy Director and INOX Chair Professor of Cryogenics.

He is President of the Indian Cryogenics Council and an IMechE Fellow.

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Prof. Ravi Gudi

Deputy Director, Finance, Infrastructure and Administration

Professor of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay and a B.Tech alumnus.

He won the Herdillia Award for Excellence in Basic Research in 2009.

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Prof Rajendra Sonar

Professor, SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

He has 32 years of experience and founded the AI startup iKen.

Professor of Information Systems and Technology at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay.

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Prof. Gajendra Kumar Adil

Professor, SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

Faculty at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay since 2000 in operations management.

He has published in Operations Research, EJOR and Omega journals.

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Prof. Siva Kumar

Professor, DCSE, IIT Bombay

Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay.

He works on formal verification of safety-critical real-time systems.

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Prof. Omkar D. Palsule-Desai

Professor, SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

Operations and supply chain faculty at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay.

He was core faculty at IIM Indore from 2010 to 2025.

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Prof. Pankaj Dutta

Professor, SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

Shailesh Mehta Chair Professor in Decision Sciences at IIT Bombay.

He is in the Stanford list of the world’s top 2% scientists.

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Prof. Ashish Pandey

Professor, SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

Professor teaching Organization Behaviour, OD and HRM.

His research focuses on yoga, mindfulness and workplace spirituality.

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Prof. Trupti Mishra

Professor, SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

Professor at the School of Management, IIT Bombay.

Her research focuses on economics of pollution and climate change.

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Prof. Sarthak Gaurav

Associate Professor, SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

Assistant Professor of Economics at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay.

His research focuses on development economics and insurance markets.

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Prof. Snehal Awate

Professor, SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

Strategy and international business researcher at SJMSOM, IIT Bombay.

Her work has appeared in Strategic Management Journal and JIBS.

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Learn from Industry Leaders

Learn from industry experts and senior practitioners driving transformation and operational excellence.

Prof. Mayank Pareek

Former President, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Division (PV)
Prof. Dipak Gupta

Former MD & CEO of, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Mr. Vikrant Deoras

Chief Digital & Information Ocer, Tata Chemicals
Mr. Shreeram Shanbhag

Global Head, Digital Consulting & Solutions, L&T Technology Services
Mr. Prasad Ramdasi

Head, Engineering & Delivery , ATS-Global
Mr. Harvinder Singh Banga

Chief Digital Officer, Movers International Group
MR. S. Karthik

Former Head, Talent Development, TCS

Note: This is an indicative list and is subject to change based on the availability of faculty.

Get certificate from IIT Bombay

Earn a Certificate of Completion from IIT Bombay, validating your expertise in strategic leadership and enterprise AI transformation. This credential enhances your professional profile and demonstrates your ability to drive measurable business value.

Prestigious recognition

Earn a Certificate of Completion from IIT Bombay, one of India’s top institutions.
Enhance your leadership profile

Strengthen your professional credentials and showcase your expertise in AI-driven transformation.
Global credibility

Benefit from IIT Bombay’s global reputation and alumni network.
Boardroom-ready skills

Demonstrate advanced capabilities in strategy, AI, and enterprise leadership.

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Course Fees

Gain strategic, financial, and technology skills to lead enterprise-wide AI transformation.
Experience campus immersions and live sessions with IIT Bombay faculty and industry experts.
Work on a real-world capstone project and present your AI transformation blueprint.
Earn a prestigious Certificate of Completion from IIT Bombay.

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Application closes: 26th Oct 2026

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Course eligibility

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, or higher qualification, from a recognised university with a minimum aggregate of 50% marks or equivalent CGPA.
Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional work experience.

Limited seats available