Yes - and faster than most people expect, because AI strategy is a business role, not an engineering one. The people organisations need are those who understand operations, customers and commercial trade-offs and can apply AI to them. If that describes your current job, you are closer than you think.
What transfers from your current career
- Domain knowledge - you already understand a business, sector or function
- Judgement - deciding priorities and risks is the core of the role
- Stakeholder skills - AI strategy is mostly about people and change
- Project experience - pilots need planning, budgeting and follow-through
These are the hard-to-teach parts. The AI-specific knowledge sits on top.
What you need to add
Enough fluency to ask good questions, evaluate tools, spot risks and design a pilot - achievable in a focused course rather than a multi-year degree. You do not need to build models; you need to understand what AI can and cannot do for a business and how to direct it.
A realistic path
- Get fluent with mainstream AI tools in your current role
- Learn the strategy fundamentals - value, risk, measurement
- Run a small AI project where you already work
- Use that result as your portfolio when you move
The bottom line
Switching into AI strategy is usually about repositioning your existing skills, not starting over. The Strategic Application of AI in Business course at London School of Business UK is designed exactly for that transition - see the wider AI courses too. Enquire today.