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Main purpose of role & level in the business:
As a Product Consultant (Consultant level) in Kainos you will be responsible for your team's backlog maturity, taking ownership of features from inception through to delivery. You will drive MVP thinking and communicate the value of it with those in your team, the wider project team, and relevant stakeholders.
You will be a leader in your team, comfortable running agile ceremonies, encouraging engagement and discussion. You will plan and run workshops, engaging with a variety of stakeholders to facilitate consensus in areas of uncertainty. You will actively participate within the Product capability, supporting the delivery of initiatives. You will also manage, coach, and develop a small number of staff, focusing on managing employee performance.
Responsibilities:
Experience of the software development lifecycle, involved from analysis through to acceptance, launch, and live operations. Excellent facilitator of workshops, able to lead stakeholder groups to achieve focused outcomes. Accomplished at modelling As-is and To-be business processes, able to present these to stakeholders and the team to ensure understanding and to achieve buy-in. Experience in stakeholder management, comfortable challenging decisions when appropriate and tailoring collaboration and communication styles where necessary. Responsible for the breakdown of an area of work from inception through to delivery, managing the team's backlog ensuring quality and maturity. Responsible for the elicitation of functional, technical, and non-functional requirements, translating these into user stories so they are easily understood across the whole team. Ability to use prioritisation techniques to refine the backlog and manage dependencies. Proven ability to manage scope to meet the required MVP, ensuring value is delivered. Ability to work within commercial constraints, for example, cost restrictions and project deadlines. Excellent user story writing skills, ensuring quality and consistency of stories across the project. Proven ability to build trusted relationships both inside and outside of the delivery team, comfortable collaborating on the breakdown of an area into deliverable pieces of work. Experience working in a client/supplier relationship, sensitive to their needs. Experience contributing to sales activities (e.g., working on bids, writing sales proposals, etc.). Experienced in Agile methodologies and able to mentor those in your team as well as coach our clients. We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching, and developing junior members of your team and wider community. Experience of explaining technical jargon to non-technical/commercial teams. Ability to participate in technical discussions with a broad understanding of technical terms. Experience working closely with clients on-site day-to-day. Active participation in communities of interest, for example, online groups, meetups, and speaking at conferences. WHO YOU ARE: Our vision is to enable outstanding people to create digital solutions that have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our values aren't abstract; they are the behaviours we expect from each other every day and underpin everything that we do. We expect everyone to display our values by being
determined
in how obstacles are overcome;
honest
when dealing with others;
respectful
of how you treat others;
creative
to find solutions to complex problems; and
cooperative
by sharing information, knowledge, and experience. These values, applied collectively, help to produce an outstanding Kainos person, team, and culture. We're an inclusive bunch at Kainos and we believe in equal opportunity. We welcome applications from all walks of life, including those with criminal records. Everyone who is offered a position here undergoes a basic background check; however, no one is treated differently due to their background where it isn't relevant to the role. It's important to note - failure to reveal information which is relevant to the position sought could result in us having to withdraw the conditional offer of employment. In short: Having a criminal record will not exclude you from a career with Kainos. This depends entirely on the nature and requirements of the position, together with the circumstances and background of offences. Kainos has a policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders (available on request). About the company
Kainos Group plc is a software company headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland that develops information technology solutions for businesses and organisations particularly in the public, healthcare, and financial services sectors.
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Experience of the software development lifecycle, involved from analysis through to acceptance, launch, and live operations. Excellent facilitator of workshops, able to lead stakeholder groups to achieve focused outcomes. Accomplished at modelling As-is and To-be business processes, able to present these to stakeholders and the team to ensure understanding and to achieve buy-in. Experience in stakeholder management, comfortable challenging decisions when appropriate and tailoring collaboration and communication styles where necessary. Responsible for the breakdown of an area of work from inception through to delivery, managing the team's backlog ensuring quality and maturity. Responsible for the elicitation of functional, technical, and non-functional requirements, translating these into user stories so they are easily understood across the whole team. Ability to use prioritisation techniques to refine the backlog and manage dependencies. Proven ability to manage scope to meet the required MVP, ensuring value is delivered. Ability to work within commercial constraints, for example, cost restrictions and project deadlines. Excellent user story writing skills, ensuring quality and consistency of stories across the project. Proven ability to build trusted relationships both inside and outside of the delivery team, comfortable collaborating on the breakdown of an area into deliverable pieces of work. Experience working in a client/supplier relationship, sensitive to their needs. Experience contributing to sales activities (e.g., working on bids, writing sales proposals, etc.). Experienced in Agile methodologies and able to mentor those in your team as well as coach our clients. We are passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching, and developing junior members of your team and wider community. Experience of explaining technical jargon to non-technical/commercial teams. Ability to participate in technical discussions with a broad understanding of technical terms. Experience working closely with clients on-site day-to-day. Active participation in communities of interest, for example, online groups, meetups, and speaking at conferences. WHO YOU ARE: Our vision is to enable outstanding people to create digital solutions that have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our values aren't abstract; they are the behaviours we expect from each other every day and underpin everything that we do. We expect everyone to display our values by being
determined
in how obstacles are overcome;
honest
when dealing with others;
respectful
of how you treat others;
creative
to find solutions to complex problems; and
cooperative
by sharing information, knowledge, and experience. These values, applied collectively, help to produce an outstanding Kainos person, team, and culture. We're an inclusive bunch at Kainos and we believe in equal opportunity. We welcome applications from all walks of life, including those with criminal records. Everyone who is offered a position here undergoes a basic background check; however, no one is treated differently due to their background where it isn't relevant to the role. It's important to note - failure to reveal information which is relevant to the position sought could result in us having to withdraw the conditional offer of employment. In short: Having a criminal record will not exclude you from a career with Kainos. This depends entirely on the nature and requirements of the position, together with the circumstances and background of offences. Kainos has a policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders (available on request). About the company
Kainos Group plc is a software company headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland that develops information technology solutions for businesses and organisations particularly in the public, healthcare, and financial services sectors.
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