12 of 12 Lean Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

working alongside digital, data, and technology teams to set a clear vision, mission, and objectives for the platform. This is a senior-level role requiring strong stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking, and technical fluency. You'll help shape the platform's purpose, maintain a strong value proposition, and ensure enhancements align with broader organisational goals - all while optimising performance, scalability … and balancing priorities across new feature development, platform maintenance, technical debt, and cybersecurity. This is your opportunity to lead with impact and deliver tangible value in a dynamic, forward-thinking environment. What You'll Be Doing Agile Product Ownership & Platform Mindset Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of the Technical Product Owner role. Apply Agile methodologies, Agile development, and Lean Thinking in day-to-day work. Understand team roles and the distinction between Product Teams and Feature Teams. Adopt a "platform as a product" mindset, aligning with long-term strategy and vision. Collaborate closely with technical teams, providing strategic context and maintaining focus on goals. Identify and deliver service improvements by engaging DDaT and business stakeholders. Stakeholder Collaboration More ❯

on identifying synergies with other platform technology teams, avoiding duplication of tech efforts, and promoting reuse. Drive agile and product management principles, platform operating model ways of working Leading lean thinking across teams, focusing on removal of waste in process and handoff points across the lifecycle Owner of objectives key results/performance indicator framework and metrics reporting … CD principles focused on test automation, Devops culture and inclination to adopt Open-Source tech Good understanding of Distributed systems, i.e., Distributed computing and exposure to headfirst engineering, design thinking A strong passion for adopting and introducing standard, automated and repeatable processes to improve operational efficiencies, applications/system uptime and reduce total cost of ownership Led teams through … fast paced development cycles; committed to automation, agile, lean-startup, continuous delivery approach Able to work across organizational boundaries and matrixed reporting structures Ability to fully understand business goals and metrics, turn data into insights, and translate requirements into actionable analysis Able to present and communicate technical concepts in a clear and concise manner Strong analytical and problem-solving More ❯

in this role. Key job responsibilities Manage the UFG store improvement plan to focus on best customer experience at the lowest cost - Develop a culture of continuous improvement and lean thinking - Contribute to and facilitate Kaizen activities - Help drive the implementation of Lean Standard Work and SOPs - Train and support all levels in Kaizen activities - Disseminate Lean More ❯

challenge. Track and surface team data - Use delivery and flow metrics to understand how things are going, flag risks and celebrate where things are going well. Champion agile and lean thinking - Help the wider business understand and adopt effective, people-centred ways of working - not just tick-box agile. The Secret Sauce (Key Experience & Skills): A good grounding More ❯

as-is") workflows to highlight pain points, bottlenecks, and opportunities for optimisation. Design future-state ("to-be") workflows and process strategies, supported by clear documentation and flow diagrams. Champion lean thinking, ensuring simplicity and consistency for end users throughout transformation efforts. Support and lead elements of implementation, working closely with relevant teams to embed new processes effectively. Provide More ❯

RESTful, streams, event based, broker models). Knowledge/experience of techniques used to improve the resilience, performance, security and evolvability of complex systems. Experience of applying techniques from Lean and Systems Thinking. Desirable skills/experience you may have ECommerce or Retail experience Working with legacy systems Will have been a hands-on software engineer for part of More ❯

different platforms (broker models, RESTful, streams, event based). Knowledge/experience of techniques used to increase resilience and/or scalability of systems. Experience of applying techniques from Lean and Systems Thinking. Desirable skills/experience you may have Retail experience Will have been a hands-on software engineer for part of their career. Engineering management role, working More ❯

different platforms (broker models, RESTful, streams, event based). Knowledge/experience of techniques used to increase resilience and/or scalability of systems. Experience of applying techniques from Lean and Systems Thinking. Desirable skills/experience you may have Retail or Contact Centre experience Working with legacy systems Will have been a hands-on software engineer for part More ❯

new technologies through to enabling organisational and operational excellence, we are committed to a global sustainable future for our Clients. Our team thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and boundaryless opportunitiesthatdrive each of our careers in new and exciting ways. Innovation is at the heart of our team and we bring cutting edge technology to our clients … Clients questions Draw insights through your well-developed quantitative skills e.g. financial analysis, market data analysis, etc. Project manage and use your experience with delivery methods such as Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking to drive success Leverage your relationship and stakeholder management skills to accomplish team objectives Communicate with excellence (written, conversational and presentation delivery) Discover where this More ❯

new technologies through to enabling organisational and operational excellence, we are committed to a global sustainable future for our Clients. Our team thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and boundaryless opportunitiesthatdrive each of our careers in new and exciting ways. Innovation is at the heart of our team and we bring cutting edge technology to our clients … Clients questions Draw insights through your well-developed quantitative skills e.g. financial analysis, market data analysis, etc. Project manage and use your experience with delivery methods such as Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking to drive success Leverage your relationship and stakeholder management skills to accomplish team objectives Communicate with excellence (written, conversational and presentation delivery) Discover where this More ❯

and Agile delivery frameworks Desirable: Experience in retail, e-commerce, or contact centre platforms Background in hands-on software engineering Knowledge of packaged solutions and system integrations Exposure to Lean, DevOps, or Systems Thinking principles Please note: You must be UK-based with full right to work to be considered. Ready to lead impactful engineering teams in one More ❯

and Agile delivery frameworks Desirable: Experience in retail, e-commerce, or contact centre platforms Background in hands-on software engineering Knowledge of packaged solutions and system integrations Exposure to Lean, DevOps, or Systems Thinking principles Please note: You must be UK-based with full right to work to be considered. Ready to lead impactful engineering teams in one More ❯