Data Governance Program
In the age of AI, You cannot govern AI without first governing data. This program gives you the foundation every AI governance program is built on — then shows you exactly how it applies to the AI era. Become the professional who ensures AI is trustworthy, compliant, and built on data that actually works.
AI Is Exploding. Governance Is the Gap.
Every organization is racing to deploy AI — predictive models, generative tools, automated decisions. But AI is only as reliable, compliant, and trustworthy as the data and governance behind it.
The EU AI Act is in force. GDPR fines reach 4% of global revenue. The average data breach costs $4.88M — and regulators are asking for model lineage, bias assessments, and audit trails most organizations cannot produce. The professionals who can bridge data, AI, and governance are becoming the most valuable people in the room.
What the Market Is Paying
Data governance is no longer a back-office compliance function. It's a strategic capability — and the market is paying accordingly.
Data Governance Analyst
Works with data producers, consumers, and platform teams to investigate and document data assets across the data platform.
Data Governance Manager
Leads governance programs, stewardship councils, and policy frameworks. High demand across finance, healthcare, and tech.
AI Governance Analyst
Specializes in model governance, bias evaluation, and regulatory compliance for AI systems — a role that barely existed three years ago.
Data Steward / Quality Lead
Owns day-to-day data quality, lineage documentation, and stewardship workflows at every analytics-scale organization.
Organizations with mature, governed data programs report 3.2× higher analytics ROI. The professionals who can design, operate, and scale these programs are commanding top-tier compensation — and they are in short supply.
Program Overview
Build a Real Governance Program
Design the frameworks, RACI matrices, escalation flows, and policy structures that make governance operational — not theoretical — in any organization.
Master AI-Era Compliance
Work through the EU AI Act, GDPR Article 22, HIPAA, and Security by Design — and leave with risk, PII, and incident response frameworks ready to adapt.
Govern AI Model Lifecycle
Design Model Risk Management, pre-deployment gates, fairness testing, model cards, and drift detection across the full AI model lifecycle.
Program Details
- Format: Live Online · Interactive
- Duration: 4 Saturdays · July 11 – August 1, 2026
- Schedule: Saturdays, 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST
- Content: 8 Comprehensive Modules
- Assessment: Readiness Assessment After Each Module
- Certification: DataTechCon Data Governance for AI Certificate
What You'll Learn
- Governance frameworks: DAMA-DMBOK, Gartner, EDM Council DCAM
- Data quality, metadata, and lineage for AI explainability
- Policies, security, GDPR, HIPAA, and EU AI Act compliance
- Governance technology stack: catalogs, lineage, DataOps & MLOps
- Maturity assessment, KPIs, and improvement roadmaps
- Intro to AI model governance
4 Saturdays · 8 Modules · One Certification
Join the July 2026 Cohort
Become the professional who ensures AI is trustworthy, compliant, and built on data that actually works — across eight modules and four live Saturdays.
Why Data Governance Matters More Than Ever
For years, data governance was treated as a compliance formality — a box to tick, a policy document to file. That era is over.
The moment organizations began training AI models on real data, making automated decisions that affect real people, and deploying systems regulators could fine, penalize, and prohibit — governance became existential.
The EU AI Act now requires high-risk AI systems to have documented governance, human oversight mechanisms, and bias testing. GDPR's right to explanation means every automated decision affecting an individual must be traceable. Organizations that cannot demonstrate governed AI will face regulatory action, reputational damage, and market exclusion.
The question is no longer whether your organization needs data governance. The question is whether you are the professional who can build it.
Our Graduates Work Here
Join alumni working at world-class companies, applying AI skills to drive innovation and growth
Netflix
Cigna
Etsy
NBC Universal
Disney+
Live Nation
Meta
OracleWhat You'll Take Away
Concrete deliverables and a credential you can apply Monday morning
Data Governance for AI Certification
A credential demonstrating practitioner-level governance capability in the most in-demand data discipline of the AI era.
Eight Readiness Assessments
Self-scored evaluations of your organization's current governance maturity across every domain covered in the program.
A Complete Governance Toolkit
Frameworks, templates, RACI matrices, escalation flows, KPI dashboards, and policy structures you can adapt immediately.
A 90-Day Implementation Roadmap
A prioritized, actionable plan for the specific governance improvements your organization needs most.
Peer Network
Four Saturdays with a cohort of data, analytics, and AI professionals facing the same governance challenges you are.
Practical AI Governance Fluency
Speak credibly about governance requirements to regulators, executives, engineers, and business leaders — in language each audience understands.
This Program Was Built for You If…
A practitioner-level certification for professionals already working with data, analytics, or AI — not a beginner's introduction.
Perfect If You're:
Not Right If You're:
Built for the Way Senior Professionals Actually Learn
This is not a passive video series. This is a live, interactive program built on the principle that governance is learned by doing — by analyzing real cases, making framework decisions, completing hands-on assessments, and building actual governance artifacts for your real-world context.
Every Saturday includes live instruction, practical workshop exercises, peer discussion, and immediate application. Every module includes a readiness assessment that scores your organization's current governance maturity against best practice — giving you a personalized gap analysis alongside the curriculum.
You will not leave with a certificate and a slide deck you never open again. You will leave with a governance program you have started building.
Program Investment
Enrollment closes July 4th · Live cohort seats are limited
Standard
- Live sessions (4 Saturdays)
- All 8 modules + recordings
- Module assessments
- Certificate of Completion
- Reusable Governance Frameworks
- Policy & RACI Templates
- 90-Day Implementation Roadmap
- 3 Free 30-min 1:1 coaching sessions post completion
Professional
- Live sessions (4 Saturdays)
- All 8 modules + recordings
- Module assessments
- Certificate of Completion
- Reusable Governance Frameworks
- Policy & RACI Templates
- 90-Day Implementation Roadmap
- 2 Free 30-min 1:1 coaching sessions post completion
Team & Enterprise
Private cohort for your organization, custom branding, tailored case studies, and a team governance readiness assessment.
Contact for PricingEnrollment closes July 4th. The live cohort is limited to ensure quality discussion and personal attention. The professionals who act first are the professionals who show up July 11th ready to build.
The Organizations That Govern Well Will Win the AI Era
Every week without governed AI is a week of compounding risk — models trained on unverified data, decisions made without audit trails, regulators asking questions organizations cannot answer. The professionals who can build, operate, and scale data governance programs for AI are essential — and in short supply.
Questions? Contact us · Enrollment closes July 4th · Live cohort only: 4 Saturdays, July 11 – August 1, 2026
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