As AI agents become more capable, how should the roles and responsibilities of the AI-first enterprise employees evolve? Which skills will matter at each level, and how will technical and business teams collaborate to effectively leverage agents and agent-based systems? As the capabilities of agents advance, employees will move from executing tasks to supervising workflows, orchestrating agent collectives, and, ultimately, setting mission-level strategy. Preparing for this transformation requires a clear view of how roles evolve across the six levels of AI agents, and how responsibilities will shift among AI specialists, application users, and supporting teams.
