Defence Product Manager | DV Clearance, Agile Leader

Kainos; Chester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Kainos in the United Kingdom is looking for a Product Consultant to own backlog maturity, drive MVP thinking from inception to delivery, and communicate value across the team and stakeholders. You will lead agile ceremonies, plan and run workshops with a variety of stakeholders, support capability delivery, and coach a small team on performance and growth.

Close collaboration with delivery and sales teams, ensuring clarity of user stories and alignment with MVP scope.

Qualifications

• Experience in bespoke software delivery as part of an agile team delivering for external customers (consulting environment).
• Defence sector experience.
• Active DV clearance.
• Experience across the software development lifecycle from analysis to live operations.

Responsibilities

• Own the team backlog and ensure maturity and delivery of features.
• Drive MVP thinking and communicate value to team and stakeholders.
• Lead agile ceremonies, plan and run workshops with diverse stakeholders.
• Coach and develop a small team, focusing on performance and growth.

Skills

Backlog management

Agile ceremonies

Stakeholder engagement

Workshops facilitation

Team coaching

Job description

Kainos in the United Kingdom is looking for a Product Consultant to own backlog maturity, drive MVP thinking from inception to delivery, and communicate value across the team and stakeholders. You will lead agile ceremonies, plan and run workshops with a variety of stakeholders, support capability delivery, and coach a small team on performance and growth.

Close collaboration with delivery and sales teams, ensuring clarity of user stories and alignment with MVP scope.