Product Coach
Contract: 3 Months (Immediate Start - End of September)
Location: Hybrid - Warwick (2-3 days onsite per week)
Rate: £460 - £475 per day (Inside IR35/Umbrella)
The Opportunity
We are seeking 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 large-scale transformation programme, you will partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, Delivery Leads, Scrum Masters, and key business stakeholders to embed product-centric delivery practices and accelerate team maturity.
This is a hands-on coaching role focused on enabling teams to move from traditional project delivery approaches to high-performing, outcome-driven product teams.
Key Responsibilities
Product Operating Model Mobilisation
- Support the rollout and embedding of the Product Operating Model across multiple product teams.
- Coach teams on product-led ways of working, governance, accountability, and decision-making.
- Help establish effective product team structures, role clarity, responsibilities, and team charters.
- Ensure alignment between product teams, programme governance, and enterprise delivery standards.
- Collaborate with Product and Agile Coaches to identify and resolve cross-team challenges and dependencies.
Backlog & Planning Excellence
- Coach teams on backlog management, prioritisation, refinement, and value-based decision-making.
- Support the creation and maintenance of Epics, Features, and User Stories.
- Promote effective estimation, planning practices, and capacity management.
- Help teams develop outcome-focused roadmaps and embrace iterative delivery approaches.
Agile Ways of Working & Tooling
- Drive adoption of Agile frameworks, ceremonies, and continuous improvement practices.
- Support effective utilisation of Azure DevOps and associated delivery processes.
- Coach teams on backlog hierarchies, workflow management, reporting, and Agile metrics.
- Encourage standardisation of templates, artefacts, and delivery practices across teams.
Stakeholder Engagement & Capability Building
- Facilitate workshops, planning sessions, retrospectives, and coaching engagements.
- Build Product and Agile capability across teams and stakeholders.
- Influence senior leaders and delivery teams alike to support successful organisational change.
- Provide delivery assurance and guidance throughout the transformation lifecycle.
Essential Experience
- Proven experience as a Product Coach, Product Owner, Product Owner Support, Delivery Coach, Agile Coach, or Transformation Coach.
- Strong understanding of Product Management, Agile delivery methodologies, and organisational change.
- Experience coaching multiple teams simultaneously within complex transformation programmes.
- Excellent facilitation, communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar Agile delivery tooling.
- Ability to operate effectively from senior leadership level through to delivery teams.
Desirable Experience
- Experience within the Utilities or Electricity industry.
- Previous involvement in Product Operating Model transformations.
- Knowledge of SAFe, Lean Portfolio Management, or other scaled Agile frameworks.
