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  1. Learning Paths
  2. Leadership
  3. Agile Leader

Agile Leader
Role and Learning Path

A leadership progression for aligning strategy and execution, leading Lean-Agile change, managing portfolio investment and flow, and governing AI-enabled transformation.

  • 3

    Core Courses

  • 3–9

    Months to Complete

  • Foundational → Expert

    Difficulty Level

  • 6 Certifications

    Career Advancement

Your journey from learning to leading

This curated path builds your capability step by step, from “establish lean-agile leadership foundations” to “apply and sustain organizational change”.

  • 4

    Stages

  • 10

    Days of Guided Training

  • 3–6

    Months of Role Practice

  • 6

    Certifications

  1. 1
    SA certification badge

    SAFe® SA

    Stage 1

    Establish Lean-Agile leadership foundations

    Learn how SAFe connects strategy, value streams, teams, Planning Intervals, customer centricity, and organizational change.

    Approximately 2 guided training days plus exam preparationFoundational

    • Required: Leading SAFe®
    • Optional: AI-Native Foundations
    View course details

    Outcome

    • Explain how SAFe enables business agility
    • Align organizational work around value
  2. 2
    LPM certification badge

    SAFe® LPM

    Stage 2

    Lead strategy and portfolio flow

    Develop the portfolio practices needed to connect strategic priorities, investments, governance, and delivery.

    Approximately 2–2.5 guided training daysAdvanced

    • Recommended: Lean Portfolio Management
    • Optional: Advanced Facilitator: Value Stream Mapping
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    Outcome

    • Align portfolio investments with enterprise strategy
    • Organize and fund value streams
  3. 3

    Leading the AI-Native Organization

    Stage 3

    Lead AI-native strategy and governance

    Align senior leadership on AI priorities, investment, workforce implications, governance, and an executable roadmap.

    1–3 optional guided training daysAdvanced

    • Recommended: Leading the AI-Native Organization
    • Optional: AI-Native Foundations
    View course details

    Outcome

    • Create shared leadership language for AI
    • Prioritize AI initiatives around business value
  4. 4
    SPCSAFe®

    SAFe® SPC

    Stage 4

    Apply and sustain organizational change

    Use leadership, portfolio, and AI strategy practices to sponsor measurable change in the organization.

    3–6 months of recommended applied leadership practiceExpert

    • Optional: Implementing SAFe®
    View course details

    Outcome

    • Sponsor change using measurable business outcomes
    • Remove organizational barriers to value flow

Path Highlights

  • Lean-Agile leadership
  • Strategy and execution alignment
  • Portfolio investment and governance
  • Organizational change
  • AI strategy and governance
  • Value-flow leadership

Certifications Earned

  • SA certification badge
    SAFe® Agilist (SA)

    Core certification

  • LPM certification badge
    SAFe® Lean Portfolio Manager (LPM)

    Optional extension

  • ★SAFe®
    SAFe® Advanced Facilitator Micro-credential

    Optional extension

  • ★SAFe®
    AI-Native Organization Leader

    Optional extension

  • ★SAFe®
    Certified AI-Native Foundations Professional

    Optional extension

  • SPCSAFe®
    SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC)

    Optional extension

Next Steps

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Who this path is for

  • Executives and senior leaders

  • Directors and business-unit leaders

  • Portfolio, PMO, and product-management leaders

  • Leaders accountable for enterprise transformation

Recommended experience

  • Leadership responsibility for teams, products, programs, or portfolios
  • Experience making strategy, investment, or organizational change decisions
  • Familiarity with Agile delivery is helpful but not required to begin

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