Agile Coach and Product Delivery Consultant

Interim Agile Coach & Product Delivery Consultant

Key Responsibilities

Support product teams in adopting Agile ways of working, including roles, rituals, and mindset shifts aligned with a product-led organization.

Support teams to define compelling product visions and customer-centric roadmaps, ensuring alignment with business goals and market opportunities.

Act as a sparring partner to challenge and coach teams on product strategy, outcome-driven prioritization, experimentation, and go-to-market readiness.

In exceptional cases, proactively step in with hands-on support to fill urgent gaps in product ownership, customer validation, or delivery execution (when needed to maintain momentum) without assuming ownership

Work closely with engineering teams to support delivery execution, ensuring alignment between product goals and technical implementation.

Encourage best practices in software development, including continuous integration, testing, and release management, in collaboration with engineering leads.

Foster a pragmatic, iterative approach to product development, encouraging learning through experimentation and data-driven decision-making.

Required Experience & Skills

Proven experience implementing Agile methodologies in product development environments, ideally within commercial or customer-facing domains.

Strong understanding of product management practices, including discovery, validation, and lifecycle management.

Familiarity with the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams.

Solid grasp of software engineering principles and experience working alongside development teams to ensure high-quality delivery.

Experience with quality assurance, testing strategies, and release planning in software product contexts.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to coach, challenge, and align cross-functional teams.

Ability to support the definition and execution of product vision and strategy, with a focus on customer value and business impact.

Pragmatic mindset, comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments with a strong bias for action.

Experience in domains with strong operational components (e.g. logistics, field services, customer operations) is a plus.