AI Strategy & Governance in Marketing for CMOs & Marketing Leaders

Kajal Jain

AI educator for higher Ed & Enterprise

CMOs need an AI plan that drives growth without risking the brand

AI is already inside your marketing org, shaping briefs, drafts, and decisions even if you don’t have an official plan yet. The real risk isn’t that you’re “behind on AI tools,” it’s that your brand, teams, and executives are moving without a shared strategy or guardrails. Your CEO wants to know not just what you’re doing with AI, but how it will grow revenue, protect the brand, and use budget responsibly.

This course exists for CMOs and marketing leaders who want to govern AI in marketing as seriously as they govern brand and budgets. Over four weeks,

-Decide which AI plays actually belong in your org

-Design a brand‑safe AI playbook for content and campaigns

-Define simple governance that lets your teams move with confidence instead of confusion.

You’ll leave with a focused set of AI initiatives, clearly documented guardrails, and a 90‑day plan and narrative you can take to your team, your CEO, and your board showing that AI in your marketing is intentional, governed, and aligned with your brand.

What you’ll learn

Build a practical AI strategy that balances growth, governance, and brand trust.

  • Evaluate AI opportunities based on business impact, organizational readiness, and brand risk.

  • Prioritize 2–3 high-value AI initiatives across marketing, customer experience, and operations.

  • Define each initiative as a clear AI play you can explain to your CEO, leadership team, and stakeholders.

  • Identify where AI is already influencing content, campaigns, customer experiences, and marketing decisions.

  • Establish clear guidelines for approved, restricted, and prohibited AI use across marketing activities.

  • Define when AI-assisted work can move quickly and when additional review is required to protect brand trust.

  • Map AI usage across marketing outputs and identify where additional oversight is required.

  • Create practical risk tiers with clear approval paths, escalation procedures, and accountability.

  • Build a governance framework that marketing, legal, and executive stakeholders can confidently support.

  • Translate your AI priorities into a focused 90-day roadmap with clear milestones and ownership.

  • Define success measures that track business value, adoption, efficiency, and brand impact.

  • Build an executive-ready narrative that answers leadership questions about opportunity, risk, investment, and next steps.

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Who this course is for

  • This course is for CMOs and senior marketing leaders who are accountable for both growth and brand trust CMOs, VPs, and Heads of Marketing

  • Leaders who know AI is already impacting their marketing, and who need a clear, credible way to use it strategically

  • If you’re being asked: “What’s our AI plan for marketing, how does it grow the business, and how are we managing the risks?”

What's included

Kajal Jain

Live sessions

Learn directly from Kajal Jain in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Weekly Office hour

Office hours function like advisory time so you can pressure‑test your AI ideas with an expert before you roll them out.

Community of peers

Stay connected and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Maven Guarantee

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Course syllabus

Week 1

Aug 12—Aug 16

    AI foundations & opportunities

    1 item

Week 2

Aug 17—Aug 23

    Strategy & governance

    1 item

Schedule

Live sessions

2 hrs / week

90 mins of live teaching + weekly optional office hours

Projects

2 hrs / week

Async content

1 hr / week

Frequently asked questions

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Private cohort

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A dedicated cohort with a custom schedule and curriculum, tailored to your team.

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