Building your AI Center of Excellence on Google Cloud

Overview

The course, Building your AI Center of Excellence on Google Cloud, is a strategic program designed to help organizations move from fragmented, siloed innovation to a structured, enterprise-wide AI strategy. It focuses on the creation of an AI Center of Excellence (CoE)—a cross-functional unit that centralizes expertise and governance to accelerate AI value.The curriculum is built around four foundational pillars: Strategy, Structure, Governance, and Scale.

Participants will learn through a combination of case studies and practical demonstrations of Google Cloud tools like Gemini Enterprise. By the end of the 3-hour session, leaders will have a strategic roadmap for building an AI CoE that aligns with their organizational maturity.

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Familiarity with cloud concepts
• General understanding of organizational business strategy

Target Audience

This course is designed for:

• Business leaders
• C-suite executives such as CIOs and CDOs
• Strategic leads responsible for enterprise-wide AI transformation and governance

Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

• Construct a formal AI CoE charter that translates business strategy into a dual-track mandate
• Design a cross-functional CoE structure by selecting the appropriate operating model based on organizational maturity
• Apply governance playbooks to dual-track AI projects for safe and effective AI implementation
• Evaluate AI transformation success using a balanced KPI framework to roadmap the CoE’s evolution

Outline

The Case for an AI CoE

• The challenges facing transforming organizations
• Defining the AI CoE
• Pillars of the AI CoE

Strategy: Building a Business-Aligned Vision

• Identifying the right tools for your organization
• Securing executive sponsorship
• Building your AI CoE charter

Structure: Building Operating Models and Workflows

• Choosing your operating model
• Staffing your AI CoE
• Establishing your AI CoE workflows

Data Management and Governance: Building Guardrails for Safe Execution

• Dual-track governance
• Security on Google Cloud Platform

Measure and Scale: Executing Enterprise-Wide Transformation

• Measuring AI impact on business outcomes
• The AI CoE strategic roadmap

Summary and Quiz

• Review core concepts

Exams and Assessments

There is no certification or exam associated with this course. The course includes a quiz with scenario-based multiple choice questions.

Hands-On Learning

Participants will engage in practical demonstrations, discussions, and exercises, including case studies and hands-on use of Google Cloud tools such as Gemini Enterprise.