Technical Project Manager

It’s one thing to deliver a technical project. It’s quite another to delight a customer while doing it.   

About Us  

Ascent has recently been acquired by Acuity Analytics.  This is both a significant milestone for us and a tremendous opportunity for you.  Acuity Analytics is a business with a strong global reputation, an impressive client base and ambitious growth plans.  We delivers deep insights and domain-led digital transformation to high-growth and heavily regulated organisations.  To our customers, we bring a partnership that provides the talent, technology and capability to enhance performance and operational efficiency.

About the role  

We’re looking for a Technical Project Manager who thrives in a consultative environment. You’ll act as the bridge between technical teams and customers, ensuring solutions are not just delivered but truly solve customer challenges. This is more than project management—it’s about building trust, fostering collaboration, and delivering with excellence.  

Responsibilities 

• Partner with customers to deeply understand their needs, translating challenges into actionable plans for technical teams.  
• Lead Agile teams of highly technical specialists in delivering cloud-native, data-driven projects, AI solutions and innovative software products. 
• Lead Proof of concepts, Proof of value or experimental based projects to successful conclusions 
• Proactively identify and address challenges, dependencies, and risks, ensuring smooth delivery and alignment with customer goals.  
• Facilitate clear, effective communication between technical teams, stakeholders, and customers, ensuring transparency and shared understanding.  
• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with customers, acting as their advocate throughout the project lifecycle.  
• Champion continuous improvement and adaptability, encouraging teams to refine and optimize processes.  
• Deliver Ascent Accelerators and platforms, empowering customers to achieve faster time-to-value.  

 
What You’ll Bring  

At Ascent, we believe in finding the right people with the right mindset. Here’s what we value:  

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, modern development practices, AI and data-driven projects.  
• A track record of working on software development, data engineering, data platform, AI and analytics-focused initiatives.  
• A proven ability to understand and align with customer goals, ensuring technical solutions meet their strategic objectives.  
• Experience working collaboratively in consultative environments, engaging with a range of stakeholders to define requirements and refine deliverables.  
• A results-driven approach with a passion for helping customers achieve measurable success.  
• An innate ability to navigate complexity, removing obstacles and creating clarity.  
• Skilled at engaging with highly experienced technical teams, reconciling differing perspectives, and driving consensus on effective solutions. 
• An adaptable and positive attitude, with a desire to drive progress even in uncertain or evolving contexts.  
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a talent for simplifying technical concepts.  
• Commercial awareness, ensuring project deliverables align with both customer value and business objectives. 
• An ability to consistently deliver on contracted commitments with a high level of accuracy, while ensuring strong budget control to maximize value and client satisfaction. 

Why join us

People are at the Heart of our Business.  By investing in people, we achieve exceptional results for our clients and create new opportunities for our teams to thrive.  Check out this page for more details.