For the AI seat · application-based · $2,500
You already build with AI. Now take the seat.
The Fractional CAIO Course is for senior operators (CHRO, COO, CIO, VP or equivalent) who want the Chief AI Officer title, the mandate inside their company or a fractional book of business across several. It's not AI literacy. Every module ends with an instrument you produce for your own situation.
I review every application myself and reply within two business days. If the fit is wrong, I'll tell you.
Eight modules, eight instruments
The same instruments I use in live corporate engagements.
Module 1
The mandate
Why boards are asking for an AI officer and how the role differs from CTO, CIO and CHRO. Instrument: the board-meeting one-pager.
Module 2
The 60-day AI baseline
A baseline the organization can defend to its board, its lawyers and its people. Instrument: the week-by-week plan.
Module 3
Governance that holds
Roles, policy and the three governance decisions that most often go wrong. Instrument: the AI-use policy and RACI.
Module 4
Build, buy or platform
Calls that commit real budget, scored against shipped builds. Instrument: the decision matrix.
Module 5
Business case and ROI
Numbers a CFO will sign and how to measure what changed. Instrument: the ROI model.
Module 6
The corporate pilot
Scoping, pricing and running a paid pilot. Instrument: the pilot charter and SOW skeleton.
Module 7
Internal authority
The politics, sequencing and trust mechanics of leading AI for others. Instrument: the internal-authority playbook.
Module 8
The fractional path
Turning the capability into a book of business. Instrument: the retainer kit, with offer copy, pricing logic and a first-ten-targets worksheet.
Fit
Who it's for.
A good fit
- You've run a function and want the CAIO title, mandate and book of business, not another literacy course.
- You already use AI in your own work and need the operating model, governance and commercial playbook to lead it for others.
- You want a fractional or full-time AI seat within the next two quarters.
Not yet
- You're still building your first AI workflows. Start with the AI Wage Gap score and the Briefs.
- You want passive video. Every module ends with an artifact you produce.
- You want the title without having run a function. The positioning in module 8 rests on an operator credential.
Price and format
$2,500, self-paced, personally onboarded.
- Price
- $2,500 for all eight modules, templates and artifacts
- Format
- Self-paced, with personal onboarding so your first artifact maps to your actual company
- Enrollment
- By application; reply within two business days
- Invoice
- Available for employer reimbursement
Looking for a Fractional CAIO for your company, rather than training to become one? That's PortLev's AI Operating Partner engagement ↗.