Senior Mainframe Tech product owner

Job Summary
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Mainframe Tech Product Owner to lead the development and management of mainframe-based products within our technology ecosystem. In this pivotal role, you will bridge the gap between business needs and technical solutions, ensuring seamless integration of mainframe systems with modern cloud and mobile applications. Your expertise will drive innovative product strategies, foster collaboration across teams, and deliver high-quality solutions that support our organization’s digital transformation goals. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence enterprise-wide IT infrastructure while leveraging cutting-edge technologies like AWS, APIs, and SaaS platforms.

Duties

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)

GCP/cloud architecture and hands‑on engineering are supporting skills, not the primary driver

Pay: $94,623.45 - $135,200.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Austin, TX 78701