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Job Description
Job Role:
Senior Mainframe Tech Product Owner Location:
Austin, TX (Hybrid) Long Term Project No C2C only W2
Job Description:
The core requirement is a senior Technical Product Owner for our mainframe modernization program. This is a large, multi year, multi track effort and success hinges on strong technical product ownership more than incremental cloud engineering capacity.
Primary Focus:
Mainframe Modernization Technical Product Ownership We are looking for a hands on, senior level TPO who has led mainframe modernization programs end to end, not just participated in them.
Critical skills:
Must-Have:
Ability to map legacy business processes to modern technical requirements.
Must-Have:
Understanding of Data Integration (how to get data out of a mainframe via CDC or APIs).
Nice-to-Have:
Hands-on COBOL experience (they don't need to code, just understand the logic), JCL, CICS, Control M, z/OS systems Ability to decompose a complex modernization into clear workstreams, EPICs, and execution plans Strong command of Product / Agile execution (Jira, backlog ownership, sprint goals) aligned to our PAD (Product Agile DevSecOps) model Ownership of technical plan, sequencing, dependencies, RAID, and decisioning, including executive level reporting Replat forming
Experience:
Familiarity with Mainframe-to-Cloud re-hosting patterns (e.g., Micro Focus, Rocket Software) and the nuances of environmental parity, EBCDIC-to-ASCII conversion, and batch job translation, VSAM to RDBMS/Flat Files. Expected artifacts and outcomes include (non exhaustive): Clearly defined modernization workstreams with EPICs and aligned stories Architecture views mapped directly to EPICs and milestones Decision logs, RAID logs, dependency matrices Wave plans, milestone tracking, and leadership ready status reporting Soft skill expectations are equally important: Proactive stakeholder engagement across engineering, data, cloud, and PMO teams Strong sense of urgency and ownership Continuous re evaluation of assumptions while maintaining forward momentum Supporting Skills (Secondary) Google Cloud Platform/cloud architecture and hands on engineering are supporting skills, not the primary driver