DEX-PF Certification
You manage at scale. Your credential should record which scale.
Professionals at the portfolio level lead teams, allocate budgets, and govern strategy across a defined geographic scope. Regional, national, borders, or global — the four credential bands each describe a different scope of work. Choose the one that matches yours.
Choose your band
Four bands. Four scopes of work.
Each band certifies readiness at a distinct scale of portfolio responsibility. Select the band that describes the scope you actually hold today.
You govern a portfolio of work within a single region. Your budget authority, team oversight, and outcome accountability sit within one geographic market.
Study guide included for members. Available separately for $49.
View DEX-PF RegionalYou govern a portfolio across a full national market. Your accountability spans multiple regions within one country, with country-level budget authority and stakeholder engagement.
Study guide included for members. Available separately for $49.
View DEX-PF NationalYou govern a portfolio that operates across two or more national markets. Your work involves navigating different regulatory environments, currencies, and stakeholder structures at the same time.
Study guide included for members. Available separately for $49.
View DEX-PF Borders CertificationYou govern a portfolio with worldwide scope. Your accountability spans geopolitical environments, enterprise-scale operations, and strategic decisions that affect multiple countries and markets simultaneously.
Study guide included for members. Available separately for $49.
View DEX-PF GlobalMembership is $89 per year. Members save $99 on every assessment and receive the study guide at no additional cost.
Choosing your band
Match the band to the scope you hold today.
The band is not about where you want to go. It describes the scope of work you already hold. Use these three points to identify the right fit.
Where does your budget authority stop?
A regional scope means your budget authority ends at the regional boundary. A national scope means you hold authority across a full country. Borders and global mean you manage across multiple countries at the same time.
How many regulatory environments do you navigate?
If your work involves one regulatory environment, you are likely in Regional or National. If you regularly work across the rules of two or more countries, the Borders or Global band is the better match.
What scale do your decisions affect?
Regional decisions affect one market. National decisions shape an entire country. Borders decisions land across multiple countries. Global decisions carry enterprise-wide scope. Choose the one that matches the scale of your actual decisions today.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Choose the band that describes the majority of your current accountability. If you hold cross-border authority most of the time but operate nationally on some accounts, the Borders band is the right fit. You may hold certifications at multiple bands. Each is a separate assessment.
Yes. If your scope of work changes, you can certify at a different band. Each band is a separate assessment. Certifying at a new band does not replace or remove your existing certification at another band.
The credential level (DEX-A, DEX-P, DEX-M, DEX-PF) describes the scope of responsibility you hold. The band describes the scale of that scope within the level. DEX-PF is the portfolio level. The four bands within DEX-PF describe four scales of portfolio work: regional, national, borders, and global.
Each band has its own assessment price. The Regional band starts at $250 for members and $349 for non-members. Each higher band reflects a greater scope of operating complexity. All prices are in USD. Membership is $89 per year and saves $99 on every assessment.
Yes. Every DEX certification, at every level and every band, is renewed every 12 months from the date of the passed assessment. Renewal requires sitting the assessment again. The renewal fee is the same as the standard assessment price for the band.