The AI Governance Practitioner Program: Foundation Track

Build your AI governance practitioner capability

with the Foundation Track (practitioner cohort)

The most rigorous way to complete the Foundation Track. If you want structured accountability, direct access to James Kavanagh, and a credential earned through assessed work - alongside a small group of practitioners like you - a practitioner cohort learning environment is the right choice.

Cohort 1: Starts 16 June 2026
(Calls will be US-morning, EU-afternoon)

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Price includes Foundation Track (US$199) & AIGP Exam Prep Course (US$99).

Guided & supported by James Kavanagh
8-week program with live virtual sessions
Guided Practitioner Cohort (max. 15)  
Practitioner Award, AI Gov.  Foundations 
AIGP Exam Preparation Course included

Why learn in a practitioner cohort?

Live sessions & guided feedback

Every fortnight, you join James Kavanagh in a live virtual session with up to 15 practitioners. Between sessions, you have direct email access to James to work through questions and challenges as they arise.

Structured peer interactions

You learn alongside practitioners at a similar stage who are working across different organisations and contexts. Their challenges expand your understanding of what AI governance involves beyond your own experience .

The Practitioner Award, AI Governance Foundations

Successful completion of a graded assessment earns you the Practitioner Award, Foundations. It validates that your cross-domain governance capability has been tested and confirmed. 
The Curriculum

Foundation Track

The Practitioner Cohort program is structured around the four Foundation Track courses. Before each live virtual session, you work through the relevant course for that fortnight - so when you arrive you're ready to discuss, debate and build your AI governance capability.

Course 1: Introduction to AI Governance
Understand the fundamental technologies and potential harms that can arise from AI systems, giving rise to the need for AI governance.

Course 2: Organising for AI Governance
Learn to define roles and build accountability across disciplines, map your AI system inventory and define principles and commitments.

Course 3: Governance through the AI Lifecycle
Understand every stage of the AI lifecycle, and how to design mechanisms that embed good governance into AI development.

Course 4: Writing AI Governance Policies
Learn to create the core policy framework for AI governance with complete templates for governance, risk management and use policies.

Also includes access to the AIGP Exam Preparation Course by AI Career Pro, for if you choose to pursue the AIGP credential. 

How it works

Eight weeks. A peer cohort. Guided & supported. 

Welcome Call

Before the program begins, your cohort meets for the first time. James introduces the program, sets expectations for the eight weeks ahead, and you get to know the practitioners you'll be working alongside. It's the foundation for everything that follows.

Live Sessions

Four live virtual sessions over eight weeks — one per course, every fortnight. Each session is your opportunity to bring questions, challenges, and real work directly to James and your peers. With a maximum of 15 participants, every session is a genuine conversation, not a webinar.

Between Sessions

The learning doesn't stop between live sessions. You have direct email access to James throughout the program, and a private community group where your cohort discusses, debates, and works through challenges together — with James participating alongside you.

Assessment

A final assignment is submitted to James for grading after the eight-week program concludes. It tests whether you can apply your cross-domain AI governance capability to a realistic scenario — not just recall what you've learned. Successful completion earns you the Practitioner Award, AI Governance Foundations.

Price includes Foundation Track (US$199) and AIGP Exam Preparation Course (US$99).

The Credential You Earn

Practitioner Award, AI Governance Foundations

The Practitioner Award, Foundations is the only credential in AI governance that validates demonstrated capability — not just course completion. It's earned through assessed work, not granted for attendance.

  • What it validates

    The graded assignment tests your ability to apply cross-domain AI governance capability to a realistic scenario. Pass it, and you have proof that your governance capability has been tested and confirmed .

  • What it signals

    Most AI governance credentials tell an employer you've studied the material. The Practitioner Award tells them you can do the work. 

  • What it opens

    The Practitioner Award, Foundations is one of the requirements for the Master Practitioner Award — AI Career Pro's highest recognition of AI governance expertise.
Your Guide

James Kavanagh

James spent two decades building governance programs at Microsoft and Amazon where none existed. The AI Governance Practitioner Program is built on that experience. Every case study, every mechanism, every policy template comes from real implementation work at scale. When James teaches governance, he's teaching what he built and tested himself.
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In AI governance, James Kavanagh is my source of truth. From building governance mechanisms at Microsoft to leading Amazon's RAI program, Kavanagh's experience runs deep. His curriculum stresses the practical capabilities needed in AI governance.
Edward Feldman
AI Governance & Risk | Certified AIGP | Certified AI Auditor
James has actually been close to the work, and it shows in how he trains your thinking, strengthens what you build, and helps you communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Jasmine Luedke
Strategic Innovation & AI | Responsible AI & Governance | Healthcare & Life Sciences
Choose your cohort

Three cohorts. Limited places. 

Enrol now or join a waitlist.

Cohort 1: Enrolment now open.

Starting 16 June 2026

With only 15 places available, this cohort will fill quickly. If you're ready to start building your AI governance foundation this year, this is your opportunity.
Limited to 15 participants · 30-day money-back guarantee · Calls in US-morning/EU-afternoon time  

Price includes Foundation Track (US$199) and AIGP Exam Preparation Course (US$99).

Cohort 2: Waitlist now open.

Starting 25 August 2026.

Enrolment opens approximately four weeks before the start date. Join the waitlist now and you'll be offered a place 24 hours before enrolment opens to the public.

Cohort 3: Waitlist now open.

Starting 27 October 2026

Enrolment opens approximately four weeks before the start date. Join the waitlist now and you'll be offered a place 24 hours before enrolment opens to the public.

Is this the right program for you? 

The Practitioner Cohort is for practitioners who are ready to do the work.
Most people who choose the Cohort over self-paced have made a deliberate decision. They know that structured accountability produces better outcomes than good intentions. They want to bring real governance challenges to someone who has solved them before — not work through them alone. They're serious enough about AI governance to invest in the credential that proves it, not just the courses that cover it.

If that's you, the Cohort is the right choice. If you'd prefer to learn at your own pace without the commitment of a fixed program, the Self-Paced Foundation Track is a strong alternative — and the credential pathway will still be here when you're ready.

Your AI governance foundation starts here.

And the Practitioner Cohort is the most rigorous way to build it. 

Cohort 1 starts 16 June and is open for enrolments now. Secure your place - there's only 15 spots. 
Or join the waitlist for Cohort 2 or Cohort 3 and be notified 24 hours before they open to the public.