Defence Product Lead — Agile Delivery & Stakeholder Success

Kainos; Woking; Vor Ort; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Kainos is seeking a Product Consultant to drive backlog maturity, shape MVPs and communicate value to the team and stakeholders. You will lead agile ceremonies, plan workshops, and support delivery initiatives while coaching a small team and developing junior staff.

You will work in a client-facing delivery environment, modelling As-is and To-be processes, managing stakeholders, and ensuring backlog quality and MVP delivery within constraints.

Qualifikationen

• Experience delivering bespoke software as part of an agile team for external customers (consulting environment preferred).
• Defence sector experience or exposure to defence projects.
• Active DV clearance and ability to work in security-sensitive environments.
• Experience across the software development lifecycle from analysis to live operations.
• Excellent facilitation skills for workshops and stakeholder groups.
• Proven ability to model As-is and To-be processes for buy-in and clarity.
• Strong stakeholder management with ability to adapt communication styles.
• Proficient in translating requirements into well-formed user stories.
• Ability to break work into deliverable pieces and manage the backlog to MVP.
• Experience coaching and developing junior team members.

Aufgaben

• Own backlog maturity within the team and drive MVP thinking from inception through delivery.
• Lead agile ceremonies and facilitate stakeholder engagement to reach consensus.
• Plan and run workshops with diverse stakeholders to align on scope and outcomes.
• Mentor and develop junior staff while supporting delivery capability.
• Contribute to sales activities and client-facing delivery in a consultancy setting.

Kenntnisse

Bespoke software delivery

Client-facing consulting

Defence sector experience

Active DV clearance

Agile methodologies

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder management

User story writing

Backlog management

Team coaching

Jobbeschreibung

Kainos is seeking a Product Consultant to drive backlog maturity, shape MVPs and communicate value to the team and stakeholders. You will lead agile ceremonies, plan workshops, and support delivery initiatives while coaching a small team and developing junior staff.

You will work in a client-facing delivery environment, modelling As-is and To-be processes, managing stakeholders, and ensuring backlog quality and MVP delivery within constraints.