Agile Product Consultant — MVP-Driven Leader & Facilitator

Differencesat Kainos; South Shields; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos is seeking a Product Consultant to lead backlog maturity and drive MVP thinking across delivery teams. You will own features from inception to delivery, run agile ceremonies, and communicate value to stakeholders while coaching junior staff.

Customer-facing with a focus on the UK public sector, you will collaborate across teams to ensure clear requirements and high-quality outcomes. The role emphasizes stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and the ability to translate complex

Qualifications

• Experience in bespoke software delivery within an agile team.
• Excellent facilitator of workshops and stakeholder groups.
• Proven ability to elicit requirements and translate into user stories.
• Experience working in a consulting environment with client-facing delivery.
• Experience mentoring and developing junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Own backlog maturity and feature ownership from inception to delivery.
• Drive MVP thinking and communicate value to team and stakeholders.
• Lead agile ceremonies and foster team engagement.
• Develop and coach junior members of the delivery team.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Facilitation

Stakeholder management

Coaching juniors

Backlog management

MVP thinking

Story writing

Client-facing

Job description

Kainos is seeking a Product Consultant to lead backlog maturity and drive MVP thinking across delivery teams. You will own features from inception to delivery, run agile ceremonies, and communicate value to stakeholders while coaching junior staff.

Customer-facing with a focus on the UK public sector, you will collaborate across teams to ensure clear requirements and high-quality outcomes. The role emphasizes stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, and the ability to translate complex