Senior Vice President, Product Delivery Coach Contract Length: 12 months About the Role Our client is seeking a dynamic Senior Vice President (SVP) of Product Delivery Coach to elevate product delivery practises across their enterprise. This pivotal role is centred on hands-on product coaching, driving daily coaching and facilitation within product pods and groups, shaping onboarding and training programmes, and ensuring enterprise-level alignment between strategy and delivery. The SVP will focus on specific platforms and geographies to maintain consistent delivery practises, uphold best practises, and prioritise client needs. This role is essential for supporting an outcome-driven, product-led organisation. Key Responsibilities Act as a trusted coach for product pods and groups, offering hands-on support in product management delivery practises and fostering cross-platform collaboration. Facilitate retrospectives, sprint reviews, backlog refinements, and other essential activities to assist Product Owners (POs) and Product Managers (PMs) in Pods and Groups, embedding best practises that align with a product-led development model. Review and refine user stories, initiatives, epics, and requirements to ensure clarity, traceability, and adherence to regulatory, risk, and audit standards. Serve as a connector across pods, addressing platform-related product inquiries and aligning initiatives across client, product, and geographic dimensions. Collaborate with product and technology leadership to enable timely, client-centred delivery while balancing regulatory requirements and business priorities. Drive the adoption of outcome-based roadmaps, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and product success measures, encouraging teams to focus on measurable impact rather than just outputs. Support the evolution of teams from project-based to empowered product models, fostering a strong product mindset organisation-wide. Contribute to the Product practise through onboarding programmes and ongoing training initiatives that reinforce product delivery standards, regulatory awareness, and cross-pod collaboration. Guide product teams in achieving a balance between innovation, speed, and regulatory obligations. Qualifications & Experience 5-9 years of experience in product management, delivery, or product coaching. Proven expertise in agile product delivery, backlog management, and cross-functional product coaching, preferably with organisations like General Assembly, Product School, or similar, and within financial services or fintech environments. Familiarity with financial services products, platforms, and client segments is highly desirable. Demonstrated ability to connect across pods, platforms, and geographies, ensuring alignment in complex organisational structures. If you are passionate about shaping product delivery practises and driving meaningful change within an organisation, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join our client in their mission to enhance product management and delivery standards, creating impactful outcomes for their clients and the industry at large. Pontoon is an employment consultancy. We put expertise, energy, and enthusiasm into improving everyone's chance of being part of the workplace. We respect and appreciate people of all ethnicities, generations, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, gender identities, and more. We do this by showcasing their talents, skills, and unique experience in an inclusive environment that helps them thrive. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you. Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer. By applying for this role your details will be submitted to Adecco. Our Candidate Privacy Information Statement explains how we will use your information - please copy and paste the following link in to your browser