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, analytics, data science, IoT solutions, machine learning, DevOps optimization, and modernization of applications, data, and platforms.
We work with incredible clients in all types of industries such as smart home devices, space exploration, beer manufacturing, finance, ecology, and logistics. 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. However, we welcome applicants from all other areas in the UK, as we value diversity and recognize the unique perspectives each individual brings to our team. Join us in shaping a workplace where proximity enhances collaboration while inclusivity strengthens our community.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced, passionate, results-oriented Product Management Consultant. Someone who is a great problem solver with proven experience in delivering digital products and services. Our Product Management Consultants work with multi-disciplinary teams, including UX and UI experts, architects, engineers and others to define and roll out digital products and services for our customers.
We are looking for someone who can lead client engagements, get involved in early pre-sales conversations, and take a concept from a proposal through to delivery.
You have proven skills in simplifying and articulating complex processes and touchpoints to deliver exceptional experiences. A strategic thinker, who can prioritise and define product roadmaps, manage a product backlog, make quick decisions and lead teams to release quality products within planned timelines.
Our product management consultants understand modern platform structures, cloud architectures, digital platforms and data strategy considerations.
As a Principal Consultant, we are also looking for someone who can lead and build a team of product consultants. Developing our people and capabilities to be industry leading.
What you'll do
As our Principal Product Management Consultant role is diverse and varied and, depending on your strengths, you will carry out a range of activities from undertaking customer research, running client workshops, leading design sessions to being a proxy product owner for our customers. No one day will be the same.
You will work with customers across diverse sectors, and complex challenges, on both major transformations (typically 6-18 months) and smaller-scope engagements.
Characteristics of the role could include:
Skills and Experience
You are an all-rounder with a set of skills and knowledge that enable them to bring commercial thinking together with creativity, technology and data to deliver awesome solutions for our clients.
Working at 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.
If you have any questions contact our Talent Acquisition team on ta.admin@ascent.io.
For more details about life at Ascent, check out our Life Page here.