Product Management - Inside IR35

Product Management Coach (Contract)

Rate: £750 per day
Duration: 6 months (likely extension)
Locations: Edinburgh, Leeds, Halifax, Manchester, Chester, Birmingham, Bristol
Headcount: 6

Overview

We're seeking a highly experienced Product Management Coach to help drive the adoption of modern product management practices across a large enterprise environment.

This is a senior advisory and coaching role focused on improving product management maturity, embedding product-led ways of working, and supporting the evolution of a product operating model. You will work closely with senior product leaders, Heads of Business Agility, Product Managers and Product Owners to enhance product capability, customer-centricity and value-based decision making.

Key Responsibilities

• Coach Product Managers, Product Owners and product leadership teams on modern product management practices.
• Drive improvements in product discovery, strategy, prioritisation and outcome measurement.
• Support the adoption and evolution of product operating models and product-led ways of working.
• Assess product maturity and recommend practical improvements across teams and functions.
• Help organisations become more customer-centric and outcome-focused.
• Work with senior stakeholders to improve governance, accountability and product decision making.
• Influence leadership teams and challenge existing practices where appropriate.
• Support alignment between Product, Technology and Delivery functions.

Essential Experience

• Significant Product Management or Product Leadership experience.
• Experience coaching and developing Product Managers, Product Owners and senior product communities.
• Experience improving Product Management maturity and capability.
• Product operating model transformation experience.
• Strong product strategy, discovery and customer-centric product development expertise.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and executive stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Product and Delivery operating models.
• Experience working within large, complex and regulated organisations.

Ideal Backgrounds

• Product Management Coach
• Head of Product
• Product Director
• Product Excellence Lead
• Product Practice Lead
• Product Transformation Consultant
• Product Operating Model Consultant
• Principal Product Manager with coaching and transformation experience
• Product Advisory Lead

Important

This is not a Product Owner, Delivery Lead, Project Manager or Agile Coach position. The client is specifically looking for individuals who have successfully coached product organisations, implemented product-led ways of working and driven measurable improvements in product management capability and maturity