AI-EMPOWERED SAFe®
Leading SAFe
Become a SAFe Agilist
Unlock the potential of the world’s leading Framework for business agility. This certification equips you to lead a Lean-Agile enterprise by integrating SAFe principles with AI-driven strategies to thrive in increasingly complex environments.
Future-proof your career by bridging the intersection of SAFe and AI. You will be equipped with specific prompting techniques for SAFe Agilist responsibilities and the expertise to leverage modern technology to align large-scale organizations and lead successful transformations.
Foundational level
No prerequisites required
Exam
90 minutes, 45 questions
Passing score
80% to pass
Certification
Accreditation upon passing exam
The value of your SAFe Agilist Certification
Earning a SAFe certification is a strategic investment in your professional future, signaling a mastery of Agile principles that is recognized globally. Beyond a simple credential, it represents a long-term achievement that validates your ability to support enterprise-scale transformations and execute complex solutions. By holding this certification, you demonstrate job-ready expertise and a commitment to continuous growth, unlocking advanced career paths and high-impact opportunities within the Agile landscape.
Benefits of earning your SAFe Agilist Certification
Achieving your certification unlocks exclusive access to additional resources to deepen your understanding of the SA role, including insights into daily responsibilities and practices.
Career development & community
• Access to the SAFe community forums for career advancement, learning and mentorship opportunities, job boards, and more.
• Invitations to role-based networking circles.
• Exclusive webinars on emerging professional development and SAFe topics tailored to your role.
Continuous learning
• Full access to the SAFe Framework articles.
• SAFe Skills Library for professional development in agile practices.
• Certification upgrade learning series.
• Continued learning through SAFe experts and partners.
SAFe resources
• Value stream mapping and other selected workshops.
• On-demand access to all recorded keynotes, breakout sessions, and other content from SAFe Summits.
• SAFe assessments to measure and improve business agility and other core competencies.
Studio toolkits & applications
• Access to SAFe CoPilot AI assistant.
• Role-specific training videos and content.
• Toolkits to help prepare and execute PI Planning.
Who is this certification for?
Leading SAFe is for current or aspiring leaders who need to drive transformation in increasingly complex environments. It is designed for those looking to align teams, adopt AI-driven leadership, and earn their SAFe Agilist (SA) certification to thrive while accelerating value delivery through the SAFe Framework.
Executives
Lead organizational change by aligning strategy with execution, leveraging AI to enhance portfolio transparency and accelerate high-level decision-making across the entire enterprise.
Directors
Transition from traditional management to Lean-Agile leadership, using AI to optimize team flow and ensure organizational alignment with strategic business goals.
Product managers
Drive customer-centricity and improve solution quality by applying AI to analyze research, prioritize backlogs, and define high-impact features within the SAFe Framework.
Agile coaches
Empower teams to reach high performance by integrating AI-driven insights into coaching practices and facilitating smoother, more efficient Lean-Agile transformations.
Why choose SAFe?
#1 Framework for scaling Agile
Trusted by over 20,000 organizations worldwide and recognized as the most considered and adopted framework globally, SAFe is the proven standard for business agility. It provides a configurable bridge to a new way of working, allowing you to scale effectively regardless of your organization’s size, industry, or complexity. Choose the framework that delivers demonstrated results.
Access a global standard
Join over 2 million trained professionals in the world’s largest agile community. SAFe training moves beyond theory with role-based simulations and a comprehensive library of collaboration templates used by top enterprises. You won’t just learn a methodology; you will master the specific tools and practices that define modern business agility.
Learn from proven consultants
SAFe training is exclusively delivered by certified SAFe Practice Consultants (SPCs)—change agents who have demonstrated real-world expertise in scaling agile. Unlike generic trainers, SPCs provide deep practical insights into how the framework succeeds in complex environments, ensuring your learning is directly applicable to your career.
Stand out in the market
In a competitive job market, SAFe certification validates your expertise in the world’s leading Framework for business agility. Earning your certification proves your value to employers, enhances your professional credibility, and opens doors to new career opportunities and higher earning potential.
What you will learn: strategic business agility
The Leading SAFe course explores the principles required to lead a Lean-Agile enterprise. You will learn to drive large-scale transformation, align strategy to execution, and utilize AI as a powerful accelerant for organizational value and flow.
Drive business agility
Discover the foundations of business agility through leading SAFe practices and learn how to apply the Framework function effectively to drive a successful, sustainable Lean-Agile transformation within your organization.
Create strategic alignment
Align your entire organization around clear objectives to improve the flow of work. Learn to move from traditional hierarchies to agile teams organized around value to accelerate delivery and quality.
Execute PI Planning
Experience the power of alignment by learning how to lead and participate in key SAFe events. Synchronize the rhythms of planning to move teams and departments toward shared goals.
Foster Customer Centricity
Build a shared culture and language that puts the customer at the heart of every decision. Apply Lean-Agile mindsets and tools to ensure the solutions you build meet real-world market needs.
Languages Available
*All listed languages are available for this course.
However, the AI-Empowered SAFe update is currently available in select languages only.
Leverage AI to accelerate strategic value
Harness AI fundamentals and prompting techniques specifically designed for SAFe Agilist responsibilities to enhance leadership decision-making and operational efficiency.
Utilize the SAFe CoPilot AI assistant to quickly navigate Framework guidance, synthesize complex data, and streamline the creation of strategic organizational artifacts.
Apply role-specific AI prompting to improve portfolio transparency, refine backlogs, and facilitate more impactful communication across the Agile Release Train and enterprise.
Evaluate AI-generated strategic insights to ensure alignment with Lean-Agile principles, maintaining human-in-the-loop oversight for ethical and high-quality outcomes.
Watch the Leading SAFe video to learn more about the course.
Certification Process Includes
Perpetual access to the course workbook and Studio™ for additional preparation
An unlimited practice test with question-level feedback and coaching report that acts as a simulation and study tool
Customer support team for service requests
A timed, multiple-choice exam with a coaching report
Certified Professionals Earn
Industry-leading AI-Empowered SAFe certification, renewed yearly
Digital badge with social media share capability to grow your network
PMI PDUs, Scrum CEUs
Exam guidelines
Domain
Topics
Adapting and Thriving with SAFe (7-9%)
- Thrive in the age of disruption
- Build a Lean-Agile organization
Building a Foundation with Mindset, Values and Principles (18-21%)
- Understanding the Lean-Agile mindset and SAFe Core Values
- Apply the SAFe Lean-Agile principles
- Empower agility with AI
Establishing Team and Technical Agility (7-9%)
- Describe cross-functional Agile Teams
- Organize around the flow of value with Agile Release Trains (ARTs)
- Built-In Quality practices
- Build and maintain a Continuous Delivery Pipeline with DevOps
Product Development Flow (25-28%)
- Apply customer-centricity and Design Thinking
- Prioritize the ART Backlog
- Participate in PI Planning
- Execute the PI
Exploring Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) (25-28%)
- Define a SAFe Portfolio
- Connect the Portfolio to the enterprise strategy
- Maintain the Portfolio Vision
- Realize the Portfolio Vision through Epics
- Establish Portfolio flow
- Apply AI tools to LPM
Leading the Change (7-9%)
- Lead by example
- Lead the change
- Empower leaders with AI
Resources for SAFe Agilists
Learn more about the process of earning your certification, and how SAFe helps enterprises undergo successful agile transformations.
Getting Certified with Scaled Agile
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Lean-Agile Leadership
The Lean-Agile Leadership competency describes how leaders drive organizational change and operational excellence by empowering individuals and teams and unlocking intrinsic motivations.
Business Agility Podcast
Get personal, expert perspective on a range of SAFe topics from interviews on the Business Agilist Now podcast. With new episodes releasing every week, it’s the easiest way to learn from other practitioners and professionals on what works in SAFe, and why.