AI Delivery Manager

Welcome to an exciting opportunity where ambitious individuals are invited to join a team of inquisitive minds and supportive peers, all driven by a shared passion and diverse skills aimed at creating value for businesses through data!

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 deliver 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.

As our AI Delivery Manager we require a professional with demonstrable experience of managing AI and Large Language Model projects coupled with the technical understanding needed to ensure success. You will lead data development projects from start to finish. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage risks, and keep each initiative on track and on budget. The TDM will own every phase of the project lifecycle, ensuring deliverables meet our clients and Acuity's standards of quality. Our projects sit at the cutting edge of AI, requiring a focus on detail and a readiness to adapt as the field advance.

Plan & Deliver with Precision

• Translate business outcomes into clear product backlogs, sprint plans, and delivery roadmaps.
• Ensure requirements are well-defined, testable, and aligned with Agile ways of working.

Make Work Visible & Drive Execution

• Own backlog management, sprint ceremonies, and delivery cadence.
• Track progress against scope, timelines, and KPIs; elevate blockers early and decisively.

Manage Technical Data Pipelines

• Oversee data ingestion, transformation, and storage workflows across multiple systems.
• Use SQL, JSON, and Python-based queries to understand and validatedata flows.
• Maintain a live RAID log, anticipate delivery risks, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Ensure technical decisions are aligned with architectural standards and ML/AI best practice.

Lead Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Champion shared ownership across engineering, data, product, and Client Success teams.
• Support clear, concise communication of delivery status to internal and external stakeholders.

Own the Budget & Commercial Accountability

• Track project spend, resource utilisation, and financial forecasts.
• Proactively highlight variances and ensure delivery remains within approved limits.

Communicate Using Data

• Build and present data-driven dashboards, forecasts, and delivery insights to diverse audiences.

• 5+ years in technical project management or technical service delivery.
• Demonstrable experience delivering data labelling, annotation, or LLM/AI projects.
• Strong command of Agile Scrum frameworks and tooling (Jira, Confluence).
• Hands-on capability with SQL, JSON, Python and query-based data inspection.
• Experience working in startup, scale-up, or high-growth environments.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and technical translation skills.

• Degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related technical field.
• Proficiency with data visualisation tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker).
• Understanding of system architecture and foundational AI/ML concepts.
• Proven ability to create delivery structures "from scratch" and operate in constrained or rapidly evolving conditions.
• MBA, consulting background, PMP/PMI-ACP certification.

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.