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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in leading agile delivery teams and managing end-to-end product backlogs while ensuring effective requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement. Proven ability to coach and mentor teams, drive product management practices, and navigate commercial negotiations within the UK public sector.
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Agile Delivery ManagementEnd-To-End Product Backlog OwnershipStakeholder EngagementCoaching And MentoringCommercial Awareness
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Hard Skills
Bespoke Software DeliveryRequirements GatheringProduct Management PracticesRoadmap DevelopmentScope ManagementBusiness Analysis TechniquesAgile TechniquesSoftware Development LifecycleValue-Delivering Work BreakdownWorkshop Facilitation
Soft Skills
Team ManagementCoaching SkillsRelationship BuildingNegotiation SkillsPerformance Management
Industry Keywords
UK Public SectorCentral GovernmentConsulting EnvironmentStakeholder Buy-InMVP FocusCommercial ConstraintsDelivery ApproachesSenior Stakeholder EngagementConflict ResolutionAgile Team Leadership
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead across one or more multi-disciplinary agile delivery teams
- Own the end-to-end product backlog and overall product quality and maturity
- Lead business analysts and product consultants
- Ensure requirements-gathering and prioritisation processes operate effectively
- Work with delivery managers and solution architects to shape delivery approaches
- Seek commercial opportunities and lead product-level commercial negotiations
- Engage product- and programme-level business stakeholders, gain buy-in and manage expectations
- Act as a visible leader within the consulting capability
- Own delivery of consulting initiatives
- Manage, coach and develop staff
- Manage employee performance
Requirements
What you’ll need- Experience in bespoke software delivery as part of an agile team working for an external customer
- Client-facing experience in a consulting environment
- UK public sector experience, specifically central government
- Experience owning an end-to-end product backlog and responsibility for story quality and maturity
- Experience shaping approaches across software development lifecycle phases, including analysis, acceptance, launch and live operations
- Experience ensuring requirements gathering, refinement and prioritisation processes are effective
- Experience devising goal-oriented roadmaps, gaining stakeholder buy-in and focusing on MVP
- Experience breaking goals into small pieces of value-delivering work
- Experience leading product teams and managing scope effectively
- Proven ability to lead and promote product management practices across agile teams
- Experience coaching and mentoring clients and colleagues in agile techniques and best practices
- Strong team management, mentoring and coaching skills
- Strong commercial awareness and participation in revenue or sales-generating activity
- Ability to build relationships with product- and programme-level business stakeholders
- Experience facilitating workshops with senior stakeholders and negotiating conflicting viewpoints
- Experience implementing tools, standards and techniques for business analysis and requirements gathering
- Experience managing scope within commercial constraints such as cost restrictions or project deadlines
- Good understanding of relevant technologies and architecture concepts
Benefits
Comp & perks- People-first culture
- Growth and professional development support
- Diversity, equity and inclusion commitment
- Recruitment accommodations or adjustments
- Tailored recruitment process support