Defence-Facing Product Lead (Agile & MVP)

Kainos; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Kainos is seeking a Product Consultant to lead backlog maturity and drive MVP-focused delivery. You will facilitate agile ceremonies, plan workshops with stakeholders, and contribute to the product capability while coaching a small team on performance and development.

The role emphasizes client-facing delivery, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and ensuring value delivery within project constraints.

Qualifications

• Experience in bespoke software delivery as part of an agile team for external customers.
• Defence sector experience is desirable.
• Active SC clearance.
• Experience across the software development lifecycle from analysis to live operations.
• Excellent workshop facilitation to drive stakeholder focus.
• Ability to model as-is and to-be business processes for buy-in.
• Strong stakeholder management with adaptable communication styles.
• Breakdown of work into deliverable pieces with backlog ownership.
• Elicit functional, technical, and non-functional requirements into user stories.
• Use prioritisation to refine backlog and manage dependencies.
• Deliver MVP scope within commercial constraints and deadlines.
• Clear user story writing ensuring consistency across the project.
• Build trusted relationships inside/outside the delivery team.
• Experience in client/supplier relationships and translating needs.
• Participation in sales activities (bids, proposals).
• Proven in Agile mentoring for teams and clients.
• Experience developing junior staff and broader community.
• Ability to translate technical jargon for non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Owns backlog maturity and features from inception to delivery.
• Drives MVP thinking and communicates value to team and stakeholders.
• Leads agile ceremonies and facilitates engagement and discussion.
• Plans and runs workshops with diverse stakeholders to achieve consensus.
• Supports delivery initiatives within the Product capability.
• Manages, coaches, and develops a small team, focusing on performance.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Backlog management

User story writing

Facilitation workshops

Client-facing

Team coaching

Requirements elicitation

Job description

Kainos is seeking a Product Consultant to lead backlog maturity and drive MVP-focused delivery. You will facilitate agile ceremonies, plan workshops with stakeholders, and contribute to the product capability while coaching a small team on performance and development.

The role emphasizes client-facing delivery, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and ensuring value delivery within project constraints.