About Ascendion
Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.
Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life
We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:
- Build the coolest tech for world s leading brands
- Solve complex problems and learn new skills
- Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
- Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience
Experience a community of change makers!
Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.
About the Role:
Job Title: Program Manager
Job Description
- We are seeking a highly skilled Program Manager with strong technical depth, cloud-native experience, and proven ability to drive complex, cross-functional programs.
- The ideal candidate will work closely with engineering, product, and data teams to ensure successful planning, design, migration, and delivery of enterprise-scale initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain detailed technical architectures, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with cloud-native design best practices.
Engage and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, providing clear, concise, and timely program updates.
Collaborate with Agile Scrum teams, using JIRA and Confluence for sprint planning, tracking, documentation, and governance activities.
Identify, assess, and mitigate program and technical risks throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Apply domain expertise in collections or recoveries to ensure accurate implementation of business logic and data integrity during system migrations.
Demonstrate strong Technical Program Management (TPM) capabilities, including planning, execution, prioritization, dependency management, and cross-functional coordination.
Drive discussions with product teams and ramp up quickly on new systems to deliver high-impact program outcomes.
Take full ownership of end-to-end program delivery, ensuring adherence to governance standards, quality checkpoints, and defined timelines.
Utilize cloud-native experience (AWS preferred) to support solution design, migration strategy, and operational readiness.
Exhibit exceptional communication and collaboration skills to effectively align engineering, product, and data partners.
Nice to Have
Location: Richmond, VA or McLean, VA - Hybrid Onsite role
Salary Range: The annual [salary/hourly rate] for this position is between [$90,000-95,000 annually]/[$50.00-54.00 per hour). Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year]
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