Helping Product Owners and Product Managers deliver value more effectively
SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager is designed for people who need to bridge customer needs and programme execution in a SAFe environment. It gives Product Owners and Product Managers a clearer understanding of how their roles differ, where they need to collaborate closely, and how to keep the flow of value moving from strategy through to delivery.
The course covers the practical disciplines that matter most in day-to-day work, including customer centricity, backlog management, prioritisation, PI Planning preparation, collaboration with Agile teams, and turning larger ideas into features and stories that can actually be delivered. It also reflects the current AI-Empowered SAFe curriculum, which introduces practical use of AI to strengthen decision support, backlog work, and product thinking without losing sight of judgment and customer value.
For organisations working to improve product clarity, alignment, and execution across Agile Release Trains, POPM is often one of the most useful foundational role-based courses to run as a private cohort.
What your people will learn
- How Product Owners and Product Managers work together inside SAFe
- How to connect customer needs, business goals, and backlog decisions
- How to prepare effectively for PI Planning and contribute with confidence
- How to break down epics and features into stories that teams can act on
- How to manage and refine backlogs to support flow and value delivery
- How to collaborate with Agile teams, stakeholders, and Business Owners
- How to think more clearly about prioritisation, forecasting, and outcomes
- Where current SAFe guidance introduces AI-enabled product practices in a practical way
Who this course is for
- Product Owners
- Product Managers
- Business Analysts
- Business Owners and key stakeholders
- Project Managers moving toward product-based ways of working
- Agile team members who work closely with backlog and value decisions
- Leaders supporting product operating models within SAFe
- Anyone responsible for maximising value delivery across an ART
Certification and exam
This course prepares attendees for the current SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager certification and reflects the AI-Empowered SAFe curriculum.
- SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager certification
- Timed exam, 90 minutes
- 82% passing score
- Two exam attempts within 60 days included
- Accreditation on successful passing of the exam
- Perpetual access to the course workbook and SAFe Studio for preparation
- Unlimited practice test with question-level feedback and coaching report
- Multiple-choice exam experience with coaching report
- Digital badge on successful passing of the certification exam
Scaled Agile positions the certification as foundational level and suitable for people who are building role-specific capability in product ownership and product management within SAFe.
What attendees get after the course
- Course workbook and certificate of completion
- Eligibility to sit the SAFe® Product Owner / Product Manager certification exam
- Access to SAFe Studio resources for additional preparation and continued learning
- Practice tools, exam support resources, and wider SAFe community access
- Digital badge on successful passing of the certification exam
Prerequisites
Anyone is welcome to attend the course. For people intending to sit the certification exam, some familiarity with Agile delivery, Scrum, or product-related work is helpful, but not mandatory.
- Experience in Product Owner, Product Manager, analyst, or delivery-adjacent roles is useful
- Some experience of Scrum or Agile ways of working is recommended
- An interest in customer value, prioritisation, and planning inside SAFe will help participants get more from the course
Why organisations choose this course
It helps product and delivery roles build a shared language around value, priorities, backlog flow, and planning. That usually leads to better conversations, stronger alignment, and less confusion between strategic intent and team-level execution.
It is particularly useful when organisations are clarifying Product Owner and Product Manager responsibilities, introducing SAFe role training, or trying to improve the quality of backlog and PI Planning conversations.
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Delivery options
We provide this as a private course for organisations, either remotely or in person. That allows the material, examples, and discussion to stay grounded in your own operating model, delivery context, and product challenges.
Remote delivery can be supported with collaborative tooling where appropriate, and in-person delivery can be arranged across the UK, Europe, the USA, and beyond.
Current SAFe curriculum
Scaled Agile Inc. now positions POPM as an AI-Empowered SAFe certification focused on bridging customer needs and programme execution, maximising value, aligning strategy with Agile delivery, and using AI to strengthen decision-making, backlog management, and cross-functional alignment.
Lead trainer
Matt Hosking
SAFe Premier Trainer & A-SPC
Matt has been working with SAFe since 2012 and brings practical, real-world product and delivery experience into the classroom.