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Sr. IT Project Manager (Mainframe Modernization)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in technical project management
  • Strong experience managing cross-functional technical forums
  • Experience working with mainframe, DB2, enterprise database
  • Bachelor's Degree in Health Informatics, Information Technology, Information Systems or related discipline

Responsibilities

  • Own the planning, facilitation, documentation, and follow-up for the Mainframe Workload and Stability Forum
  • Coordinate across mainframe systems, DB2, operations, infrastructure, application, performance, and vendor teams
  • Maintain a centralized risk and issue log for workload and stability concerns
  • Prepare concise executive summaries, forum readouts, status updates, dashboards, and decision logs

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Governance
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Communication

About the company

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Mindlance

Staffing & Recruiting

Founded in 1999, Mindlance is one of the largest diversity-owned staffing firms in the US and has been on SIA’s list of Fastest Growing US Staffing Firms for 10 years. Mindlance has also been recognized as one of the consistently best performing partners to industry-leading MSP programs including Allegis, Kelly, TAPFIN, PROUnlimited, Pontoon, GRI, WorkforceLogiq and Agile-1.What started with contingent staffing has developed to a comprehensive portfolio of workforce solutions. Along with industry specific, talent-centric staffing across a range of specializations- Technology, Engineering, Scientific, Clinical Research, Digital, Creative, Marketing, Profession, Mindlance provides Managed Recruitment services- RPO and Direct + Diverse Sourcing, and Pay+ Services- EoR/Payroll, IC Compliance and AoR.Mindlance is also generating alternative talent pipelines that prioritize diversity through three Diverse Talent Acceleration offerings: (1) RebootTalent, a diverse returning talent acceleration service (2) Mindlance Diversphere, a private diverse talent pool aggregated from a network of diversity partnerships and (3) Quintrix Solutions, an upskilling recruit-train-deploy service.With a year-over-year growth rate of 20% and an annual revenue of over $400 million and growing, the Mindlance story is one of calculable achievement, made meaningful by the commitment to grow a mindful way that creates balance in the work and societal ecosystem.Visit www.mindlance.com to learn more about us and our latest job openings.STAFFING INDUSTRY ANALYSTS RECOGNITIONS:Fastest Growing U.S. Staffing Firms (2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011)Largest U.S. Staffing Firms (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)Largest Diversity-Owned U.S. Staffing Firms (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)Largest IT Staffing Firms (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017)Largest Clinical & Scientific Staffing Firms (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017)

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryStaffing & Recruiting
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

Remote Job - DMV preferred


Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting mainframe modernization, mainframe workload management, DB2 z/OS, DB2 LUW, capacity planning, performance tuning, or production stability initiatives.

• Experience coordinating with managed service providers, infrastructure vendors, engineering teams, application teams, and operations teams in a highly regulated enterprise environment.
• Understanding of ITIL practices, including incident, problem, change, release, and service management processes.
• Experience building executive dashboards, operational scorecards, RAID logs, action trackers, and recurring governance packages.
• PMP, Scrum Master, ITIL, or related project/program management certification preferred.
• Healthcare payer, federal program, financial services, or other regulated industry experience preferred.

PURPOSE:
Sr. IT Project Manager, leads, plans, executes, monitors, controls and closes projects for the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO). This role oversees and directs complex $5M+ enterprise wide corporate initiatives involving 15-50+ stakeholder groups across several organizational work streams. This resource will provide structured governance, coordination, tracking, and executive-ready reporting across mainframe, DB2, operations, engineering, vendor, and application stakeholder teams. The role is focused on improving operational stability, reducing recurring workload and performance risks, strengthening follow-through on action items, and ensuring clear accountability across cross-functional teams supporting high-dependency mainframe platforms.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
30% – Forum Governance and Execution: Own the planning, facilitation, documentation, and follow-up for the Mainframe Workload and Stability Forum. Establish agendas, capture decisions, maintain action trackers, confirm owners and due dates, and ensure recurring cadence with clear operating discipline.
25% – Mainframe Stability and Workload Coordination: Coordinate across mainframe systems, DB2, operations, infrastructure, application, performance, and vendor teams to track workload constraints, recurring incidents, capacity issues, performance trends, remediation plans, and operational dependencies.
20% – Risk, Issue, and Action Management: Maintain a centralized risk and issue log for workload and stability concerns. Drive timely follow-up on open items, escalate blockers, validate closure evidence, and ensure risks are communicated clearly to leadership before they become delivery or production impacts.
15% – Executive Reporting and Stakeholder Communication: Prepare concise executive summaries, forum readouts, status updates, dashboards, and decision logs that communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and required leadership actions in a clear and outcome-focused manner.
10% – Process Improvement and Operating Model Maturity: Identify opportunities to strengthen forum discipline, improve intake and prioritization, standardize reporting, clarify accountability, and increase transparency across mainframe stability and workload management activities.

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.• 8+ years of experience in technical project management, infrastructure project delivery, IT operations governance, systems engineering coordination, or enterprise technology program management.
• Strong experience managing cross-functional technical forums, operational review cadences, action-item tracking, issue/risk management, and executive-level reporting.
• Experience working with mainframe, DB2, enterprise database, infrastructure, production support, incident/problem management, or mission-critical operations environments.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical issues into clear business impacts, decisions needed, and actionable next steps for leadership audiences.
• Strong organizational discipline with proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, dependencies, stakeholders, and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare concise meeting recaps, status reports, decision logs, and escalation summaries.
• Experience using collaboration and tracking tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, SharePoint, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, or equivalent enterprise tools.
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree

Education Details: Health Informatics, Information Technology, Information Systems or related discipline

Experience: 5 years experience leading projects in a cross-functional, technical systems implementation

In Lieu of Education
In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

Licenses/Certifications
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI Pref

EEO: “Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”

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