Certifications

Show that you’re not just “good at partnering” — you’re a certified professional in alliance management.

Partnering is often treated as a soft skill: something you’re either intuitively good at or not.

But effectively managing complex, high-stakes partnerships between organizations takes more than “being good with people.” It requires specific skills and competencies, along with concrete methodologies and frameworks that turn effective partnering from an intuitive skill into a disciplined practice.

ASAP certifications provide rigorous, external validation of partnership expertise. Whether you’re building your alliance management foundation or demonstrating advanced mastery, our experience requirements and scenario-based exams focus on applying alliance management principles to the real-world challenges partnerships face.

Certification makes an often-overlooked capability visible and valuable to employers, colleagues, partners, and clients.

Two certifications. Two levels of expertise.

CA-AM validates the foundational knowledge and competencies needed to manage alliances effectively. CSAP recognizes experienced practitioners who can apply advanced judgment across the full alliance life cycle. Both give professionals a way to demonstrate that their partnership expertise is grounded in more than experience alone.

If you need accommodation during the certification process please reach out to us at certification@strategic-alliances.org.