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IT Director / CTO

You'll be asked to evaluate, deploy, and govern AI tools across the business, this is what you need to know.

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Practical  ·  Clear group pricing  ·  9 courses available for this role

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CPD Member

Coaley Peak is a member of The CPD Certification Service. CPD eligibility is confirmed before booking for each recommended course.

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Progression

Your suggested learning path

Work through the three levels in order to build your AI knowledge systematically. Start at Step 1 and progress at your own pace.

FoundationStart here

Step 1, Foundation

Build foundational AI literacy, understand what AI is, what it can do, and how to use it safely.

Practitioner

Step 2, Practitioner

Apply AI tools to your specific function and build repeatable workflows that create measurable value.

Senior

Step 3, Senior

Lead AI adoption strategically, governance, vendor evaluation, and organisation-wide transformation.

Outcomes

What you'll be able to do

Learning goals

  • ✓Evaluate AI vendor proposals with rigour, technically and commercially
  • ✓Design a data governance framework appropriate for AI deployment
  • ✓Lead AI implementation projects with appropriate governance controls
  • ✓Advise the senior leadership team on AI strategy with evidence
  • ✓Manage the security and compliance implications of AI tool adoption

How AI helps in this role

  • →Evaluate AI vendors and platforms with the right technical questions
  • →Design data governance frameworks that enable safe AI deployment
  • →Lead AI implementation projects that stay on time, budget, and scope
  • →Advise the board on AI adoption strategy with credibility and clarity
  • →Identify where AI creates genuine IT efficiency vs. where it creates new risk

Curriculum

Topics worth exploring

Key AI subject areas that appear in the courses recommended for this role.

Subject areas

How modern AI systems work, LLMs, RAG, and fine-tuningAI vendor evaluation and procurementData governance for AI systemsAI security risks and mitigationAI governance and risk management for IT leadersBuild vs. buy vs. partner decision frameworkAI implementation governanceTotal cost of ownership for AI platforms

Typical responsibilities

  • Evaluating and deploying technology tools and platforms
  • Managing IT infrastructure, security, and data governance
  • Advising the senior leadership team on technology strategy
  • Managing external technology vendors and implementation partners
  • Leading technical teams and managing delivery risk

Pricing

Two versions of every course

Choose the course exactly as we publish it, or a bespoke version rebuilt around your organisation. Both are delivered in person, one rate covers the whole group, and both are paid in advance.

Option 1 · Non-bespoke

Standard

Paid in advance

Our published course, delivered exactly as written. Every team gets the same presentation, exercises, and examples, and nothing in it changes for your organisation.

Half day
£450 + VAT
3 hours 40 minutes of training, not including travel
Full day
£787.50 + VAT per day
7 hours of training, not including travel
  • The presentation, exercises, and examples exactly as published
  • Not adapted to your team's skill level
  • Not built around your current setup, or the tools and systems you use

Option 2 · 1.5 × the standard rate

Bespoke version

Paid in advance

The same course, rebuilt around your organisation. We spend an extra half day before your session researching your company and updating the presentation for your team, your needs, and the way you work. It costs 1.5 times the standard rate.

Half day
£675 + VAT
3 hours 40 minutes of training, not including travel
Full day
£1,181.25 + VAT per day
7 hours of training, not including travel
  • An extra half day of research and preparation before your session
  • Examples and exercises built around your company, your team, and what you need the training to achieve
  • Pitched at your team's skill level, around your current setup and the tools you use
  • Part of that half day is your trainer learning the updated material, so it is delivered as fluently as the standard course

Delivered in person at your workplace. One rate covers the whole group, and the hours are hours of training, not counting travel. We do not bill you for the trainer's travel. CPD eligibility for a bespoke version is confirmed before booking.

Delivery, group sizes & venue

How the day runs, and who is in the room.

In person or online

Every course runs either in person or online, and we strongly recommend in person. The room, the exercises, and the conversations delegates have with each other are most of what makes the day work, and very little of that survives a video call.

We do not run hybrid sessions. Splitting a group between a room and a screen makes the day worse for both halves, so each session is one or the other.

How many people in the room

In person, one trainer takes up to 15 delegates. Around 10 is the ideal size. A room works best when delegates are at a broadly similar level of experience, though we can and do train mixed-experience groups.

Teams of more than 20 people are split across multiple sessions rather than squeezed into one room.

A second trainer for bigger rooms

We can bring a junior trainer to support the room for £100 + VAT per day plus their travel. That is well below what a second trainer costs us, and we recommend it for any group above 15: it takes the room up to 20, and it puts a second pair of hands alongside delegates during the practical parts of the day. Being able to put more than one trainer in the room at this price is something very few providers offer.

Where it runs

Training runs at your premises, or at a neutral venue we have access to. We hold rooms in many major cities through an office rental company, and we share the room cost with you rather than passing all of it on, so a neutral venue adds very little to the price.

Conferences and large groups

For large groups — conferences, all-hands sessions, away days — we run a different programme that leans on lecture rather than hands-on, interactive work. It is charged at the same day rate, and we agree it with you in advance rather than falling into it because the headcount is high.

Workshop, interactive, or lecture

Any of these can be run as a workshop, as an interactive session, or as a lecture-style training day. We agree which it is when we plan the day with you.

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Coaley Peak training is delivered as commercial AI training for business teams. We confirm delegate numbers, delivery format, travel requirements, the version you want, and booking terms before reserving a session. The standard course runs exactly as published, from £450 + VAT for a half day. The bespoke version is rebuilt around your organisation, at 1.5 times the standard rate. Both are paid in advance, and one rate covers the whole group. Training booking terms are confirmed before delivery, including organisation, location, delegates, delivery format, dates, and applicable pricing. Dedicated team sessions are scoped before booking so pricing, travel, and delivery requirements are clear upfront.

Group pricing and eligibility are confirmed before booking.

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Last modified: 24 March 2026

Training Hub·By Role·IT Director / CTO