About us
We are PPA Gesellschaft für Finanzanalyse und Benchmarks mbH, part of Acuity Analytics since 2024. For over 23 years, Acuity Analytics has been a trusted partner to the world's leading financial services firms and corporates. With more than 7,800 colleagues across 28 locations, we combine deep financial services expertise with strong engineering, digital and AI capability, supporting over 850 organisations in working more efficiently and making better decisions.
Our core business in the DACH region: we extract, structure and digitise financial data, for example from annual financial statements or ESG reports, and deliver it in the highest quality to banks and other clients in the financial sector.
To further develop our Product and Business Innovation function, we are looking for someone who brings together technology projects, product ownership and strong customer relationships.
Your role
As Manager PMO & Product Management (m/f/d), you own the steering of complex technological projects, the associated requirements and product management, and the autonomous management of stakeholders and customer meetings. You work closely with our specialist departments and development teams and represent the voice of the customer.
Your tasks
PMO & Project Steering
- End-to-end steering of projects from concept to rollout, both classic and agile, incl. timeline, budget, quality and risk management
- Value-based prioritisation and steering of the project and product portfolio
- Establishing agile ways of working and effective cross-team collaboration
- Transparency through progress, flow and delivery metrics up to management level, plus lean, decision-oriented steering formats
Product & Requirements Management
- Functional steering of (AI) development teams and development partners across the full delivery lifecycle
- Capturing, prioritising and managing requirements and translating them into clear specifications and stories
- Ownership of the roadmap and further development of our solutions for extracting and structuring financial data
- Defining and tracking relevant product and delivery metrics
Stakeholder & Customer Management
- Autonomous stakeholder management across all levels
- Leading customer meetings from clarifying requirements to aligning on results
- Structured communication with internal and external stakeholders at project and programme level
Transformation
- Driving transformation and change initiatives within the division
- Embedding new ways of working and technologies, in particular AI, into day-to-day operations
- Evolving processes and collaboration towards scalable, efficient workflows
- Aligning cross-functional initiatives with our parent company Acuity Analytics
Your profile
- A university degree or comparable qualification; a Master's or MBA is preferred
- Multi-year experience with demonstrable impact in demanding projects, ideally in management consulting, financial services or software and technology
- Proven experience in leading complex technological projects and in the functional steering of (AI) development teams
- Experience in regulated industries is an advantage (e.g. EU AI Act, KWG, DORA, MaRisk)
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking, a structured way of working and strong problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills at senior stakeholder and management level
- A servant-leadership mindset and experience in the functional leadership of teams
- Confident use of common project and collaboration tools (e.g. MS Project, Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps)
- Certification in agile project and product management (e.g. Scrum, SAFe, LeSS) is an advantage
- Willingness to travel occasionally (approx. 5 to 10%, including international)
- Business-fluent German and English (C1)
Our offer
- A role with room to shape things and high visibility
- The chance to work on demanding technology and AI projects in the European financial sector
- Integration into a growing, international company with a strong market position
- Modern working environment with flexible working hours and home office options
- Attractive benefits: in-house daycare centre, sports & relaxation room, health offers
- Targeted further development and individual career planning
- Competitive compensation based on your qualifications and experience
Skills Required
- University degree or comparable qualification
- Master's degree or MBA
- Multi-year experience with demonstrable impact in demanding projects (management consulting, financial services, or software)
- Proven experience leading complex technological projects and functionally steering (AI) development teams
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g., EU AI Act, KWG, DORA, MaRisk)
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking, structured working style, and problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills at senior stakeholder and management level
- Servant-leadership mindset and experience in functional leadership of teams
- Confident use of common project and collaboration tools (MS Project, Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps)
- Certification in agile project and product management (e.g., Scrum, SAFe, LeSS)
- Willingness to travel occasionally (approx. 5–10%, including international)
- Business-fluent German and English (C1)
What We Do
Ascent is a design-led software, data and cloud business that specialises in advanced analytics and AI. We design, build and manage cloud-native products, solutions, platforms and experiences on Azure. Our community of engineers, architects, data scientists, experience designers and consultants is here to help customers do something new, or do something better. Ascent is home to 450+ technology specialists across 5 key European locations (UK, Germany, Portugal, Malta and Bulgaria). Our talented, consultative teams deliver a range of solutions, from digital product and service design to mobile app development, API integrations, data engineering, AI and data science. Our modern app, data and infrastructure platforms help businesses leave legacy behind and enable rapid, efficient innovation
