Product Management Lead
hace 4 días
Warwick
Title: Product Management Lead \n Location: Warwick | Hybrid (2 -3 days on site) \n Contract: ASAP - End of Sept \n Day Rate: £465.82 (Umbrella Rate Equivalent) \n \n Role Overview \n Our client is looking for an experienced Product Coach to support the mobilisation and adoption of a new Product Operating Model and Agile ways of working across multiple cross-functional product teams. Working within a complex transformation programme, the Product Coach will partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, Delivery Leads, Scrum Masters and business stakeholders to embed product-centric delivery, establish consistent ways of working, and accelerate team maturity. \n \n The role will combine hands-on coaching, facilitation, capability building, and delivery assurance to ensure teams successfully transition from traditional project-based delivery to outcome-focused product teams. Expected mobilisation activities include new product team ways of working, Agile ceremonies, backlog management, Epic & feature definition, roadmap support, governance, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement practices. \n \n Key Responsibilities \n \n Product Operating Model Mobilisation \n\n • Support the rollout and embedding of the Product Operating Model across multiple product teams.\n, • Coach teams on product-centric ways of working, accountability, governance, and decision-making.\n, • Help establish effective product team structures, roles, responsibilities, and team charters.\n, • Ensure alignment between product teams, programme governance, and enterprise delivery standards.\n, • Proactively identify and manage cross-cutting challenges with other Product & Agile Coaches.\n\n Backlog & Planning Excellence \n\n • Coach teams on backlog management, refinement, prioritisation and value-based decision-making.\n, • Support creation and maintenance of Epics, Features and User Stories.\n, • Ensure effective use of estimation techniques, planning practices, and capacity management.\n, • Promote outcome-focused roadmapping and iterative delivery.\n\n Tooling & Ways of Working \n\n • Support effective adoption of Azure DevOps and associated delivery processes.\n, • Coach teams on backlog hierarchies, workflow management, reporting, and Agile metrics.\n, • Promote standardisation of templates, artefacts, and delivery practices across teams.\n\n \n Essential Experience \n\n • Proven experience as a Product Owner, Product Owner support, Product Coach, Delivery Coach or Transformation Coach.\n, • Strong understanding of product management, Agile delivery, and organisational change.\n, • Experience coaching multiple teams simultaneously within complex programmes.\n, • Strong facilitation, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.\n, • Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar Agile tooling.\n, • Ability to operate comfortably from leadership level through to delivery teams.\n\n \n Desirable Experience \n\n • Experience in Utilities/Electricity industry.\n, • Experience supporting Product Operating Model transformations.\n, • Knowledge of SAFe, Lean Portfolio Management, or scaled Agile approaches.\n