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<div class="content-intro"><h3><span style="color: rgb(0, 53, 142); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">About Baringa </span></h3>
<p>Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.</p>
<p>The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.</p>
<p>Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.</p>
<p>Certified as a <em>Great Place to Work </em>around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the <em>Financial Times </em>in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by <em>Forbes </em>for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.</p></div><h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 142);"><span data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246395142 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"3",201342449,"1",469777841,"Cambria",469777842,"Arial",469777843,"MS 明朝",469777844,"Cambria",201341986,"1",469769226,"Cambria,Arial,MS 明朝",268442635,"22",469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">Product & Platform Target Operating Model</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW246395142 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> - Manager / Senior Manager </span></span></span></h2>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"3",201342449,"1",469777841,"Cambria",469777842,"Arial",469777843,"MS 明朝",469777844,"Cambria",201341986,"1",469769226,"Cambria,Arial,MS 明朝",268442635,"22",469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">Our </span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Organisational</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> Effectiveness & Agility practice is looking for an experienced Manager or Senior Manager with experience in Product & Platform model transformation</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":252}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">We help organisations rethink how they organise, govern, fund and deliver products and platforms so they can respond faster to changing customer needs, make better investment decisions and get greater value from technology. Many organisations have made progress towards Agile, Product and Platform ways of working, but still operate with legacy project funding, fragmented technology ownership, unclear accountabilities, duplicated capabilities and governance designed around programmes rather than enduring products and services. We help clients move beyond simply introducing Product roles or Agile ceremonies to fundamentally redesign how strategy, funding, governance, technology, people and delivery come together around products and platforms.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":252}"> </span></p>
<h3><span style="color: rgb(0, 53, 142);"><span data-contrast="none">What you will be doing</span></span></h3>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">As a Manager or Senior Manager, you will play a key role in contributing to and leading workstreams in the design and implementation of Product & Platform operating models, working with business, digital and technology stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into practical changes to organisation, governance, funding, capabilities and ways of working. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":252}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">We are particularly interested in people who can connect the different elements of the Product & Platform model and work with clients on questions such as:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":80,"335559740":252}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">What should genuinely be managed as a Product or Platform?</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":252}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">Where should accountability for customer, business and technology outcomes sit?</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":252}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">How should Product, Engineering, Architecture, Data and Operations work together?</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":252}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">What decisions should teams be empowered to make, and what needs enterprise governance?</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":252}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">How should investment move from projects towards persistent products and platforms?</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":252}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">How should demand and capacity be managed across the </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">organisation</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">?</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":252}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">How should enterprise platforms </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">operate</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet"> as products for their internal consumers?</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":252}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">How do we measure whether the Product & Platform model is actually creating more value?</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":252}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">How do we transition from today's </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">organisation</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet"> without disrupting critical delivery?</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":40,"335559740":252}"> </span></li>
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<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":40,"335559740":252,"335559991":360}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet">You’ll</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="List Bullet"> help clients with:</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":360,"335559739":40,"335559740":252,"335559991":360}"> </span></strong></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="10" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Product and Platform Centric Operating Model Design:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> Helping clients design and implement Product and Platform centric operating models, including product and platform structures, taxonomies, roles, accountabilities, decision rights, governance and persistent multidisciplinary teams.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":567,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="11" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Portfolio Governance, Funding & Value:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> Redesigning governance, investment and prioritisation approaches to better connect strategy, demand, capacity and funding to products and platforms, supported by clear outcomes, OKRs and measures of value.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":567,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="16" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":893,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="12" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Ways of Working & Delivery Optimisation:</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> Helping organisations improve how work flows from demand and discovery through delivery and operation, strengthening agile ways of working, planning, prioritisation, team