Senior Mainframe Tech product owner

Role: Senior Mainframe Tech product ownerLocation: Austin, TX (Temple, TX- office 3 times a week)Job Type: ContractKey: strong in MF modernization or migration projects, this experience is critical for the success of this roleThe 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 OwnershipWe 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 systemsAbility to decompose a complex modernization into clear workstreams, EPICs, and execution plansStrong command of Product / Agile execution (Jira, backlog ownership, sprint goals) aligned to our PAD (Product Agile DevSecOps) modelOwnership of technical plan, sequencing, dependencies, RAID, and decisioning, including executive-level reportingReplat 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 storiesArchitecture views mapped directly to EPICs and milestonesDecision logs, RAID logs, dependency matricesWave plans, milestone tracking, and leadership-ready status reportingSoft-skill expectations are equally important:Proactive stakeholder engagement across engineering, data, cloud, and PMO teamsStrong sense of urgency and ownershipContinuous re-evaluation of assumptions while maintaining forward momentumSupporting Skills (Secondary)GCP/cloud architecture and hands-on engineering are supporting skills, not the primary driverContactUdaymuday_bhaskar@"Mining the Knowledge Community"

Created: 2026-05-09