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  

We are Ascent! and we help our customers solve problems, elevate, and do existing things better. We are on a mission to help our customers connect data, software, and purpose to create extraordinary outcomes. You could say we are a digital transformation business.  

We specialize in software product development, data and AI solutions, along with modernisation to the cloud. Our projects can encompass some or all aspects of AI, data science, IoT solutions, machine learning, DevOps optimization, data platform, data engineering and application modernisation. 

We work with incredible clients in all types of industries including Insurance, Financial Services, Public Services, Media & Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Health Services, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Business Services, Ecology and Logistics amongst others. We work with some of the sharpest minds in the brightest businesses and we employ the sharpest minds too! 

At Ascent, we also believe in fostering a vibrant office community where collaboration thrives and connections flourish. With our hybrid approach, we prioritize hiring individuals who reside in close proximity to our central offices in Bristol and London. Our aim is to cultivate a positive atmosphere and sense of belonging by facilitating easy access to the office.  

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. 

Working with Ascent 

At Ascent we promote a healthy work-life balance by offering flexibility in where you work.  We also promote well-being and provide access to Well Being Coaches.
Your development and learning will be taken seriously, and we’ll support your professional development with training and certification, with regular feedback and review. It is a fun, supportive and modern workplace where we really live by our company values of Empathy, Energy and Audacity! Ascent also offers a variety of benefits in each of our countries. 
Ascent is an equal opportunities employee. We take intentional steps to ensure inclusion and belonging are something real here, not just something we talk about. No person will be treated less favorably because of their gender, pregnancy, and maternity status, marital or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, or disability status. If you require any reasonable accommodation, please let us know when you apply.