Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. HCLTech is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead mainframe migration projects. The role manages end-to-end migration planning and execution across mainframe systems, infrastructure, applications, data, and distributed integrations while coordinating stakeholders, service providers, risks, testing, reporting, and post-migration support.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end competitive takeout migration projects involving the mainframe systems (e.g., z/OS, COBOL, DB2), including networking and distributed integrations
- Develop and manage complex detailed project plans, budgets, timelines, and resource allocations, including cross project and business unit (both Client and IBM) dependencies
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including infrastructure, application, data, and business stakeholders
- Work closely and lead Client and 3rd party service providers, coordinating the overall activities to align to planned milestones
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency
- Facilitate regular status updates, steering committee meetings, technical working sessions and executive briefings
- Identify and mitigate risks related to data integrity, system compatibility, resource (human and technology) availability and business continuity
- Assist the Client with their change control processes and ensure smooth transition with minimal disruption
- Ensure migration activities adhere to organizational standards, regulatory requirements, and security protocols
- Oversee testing, validation, and post-migration support phases
- Maintain comprehensive documentation including migration strategy, architecture, test plans, important decisions made and lessons learned
- Provide timely and accurate reporting on project health, milestones, and KPIs
- Track/Manage Open cases with IBM Support
- Briefs Project Executive leadership on blocking issues or migration risks/challenges
- Each project manager is accountable for every Deliverable defined in the SoW (and any subsequent PCRs) for their workstreams
- In addition, each Project Manager is responsible for the following:
- Client-facing Status Reports (to both Client and internal repositories)
- Project Plan
- Meeting Minutes
- Labor tracking
- Financial Tracking
- Purchase Orders (for subcontractors)
- Staffing Plans
- Weekly updates to workstream status, end date
- Project Change Request content
- Lessons Learned
- RAID Logs
- Revenue forecasts
Skills
- Mainframe Migration experience must
- IBM Z/os
- Strong project management skills
- The project manager with mainframe migration projects
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to see the big picture and align migration goals with business objectives for both IBM and the Client
- Communication: Clear, concise, and confident communicator across technical and non-technical audiences. This includes worldwide resources and adapting project documentation into formats, syntax and style readily consumable by the Client
- Collaboration: Skilled in fostering teamwork and resolving conflicts in cross-functional environments
- Adaptability: Comfortable navigating ambiguity and adjusting plans in dynamic settings
- Empathy & Influence: Builds trust, motivates teams, and drives consensus among diverse stakeholders
- Problem Solving: Proactive in identifying issues and implementing effective solutions under pressure
- Each project manager is expected to be able to leverage the Microsoft office tool suite effectively, including but not limited to:
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Project, Visio
- Box
- IBM Sites / Tools: Lead to Cash, Invoices, Time @IBM, Analytics Portal, Clarizen
Benefits
- Performance-based bonuses, subject to company policies
- Medical insurance, subject to company policies
- Dental insurance, subject to company policies
- Vision insurance, subject to company policies
- Pharmacy insurance, subject to company policies
- Life insurance, subject to company policies
- Accidental death & dismemberment insurance, subject to company policies
- Disability insurance, subject to company policies
- Employee assistance program, subject to company policies
- 401(k) retirement plan, subject to company policies
- 10 days of paid time off per year
- Need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year for some positions
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Transparent communication with senior-level employees
- Learning and career development programs at every level
- Opportunities to experiment in different roles or pivot industries
- Unlimited opportunities to find the role that fits you best
Company Overview
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