Key Responsibilities
Discovery & Assessment
Lead assessment of legacy Mainframe document generation and print solutions, including XICS, COBOL, Assembler, VSAM, DB2, batch processing, and related integrations.
Develop a comprehensive inventory of applications, programs, jobs, forms, business rules, interfaces, and dependencies.
Analyze policy print, billing, correspondence, endorsements, notices, and customer communication processes across multiple business units.
Document current-state architecture, process flows, operational risks, and modernization constraints.
Facilitate workshops with business, architecture, application, infrastructure, and operations teams.
Modernization Strategy
Evaluate target-state solutions and replacement options for legacy print and correspondence platforms.
Define business, functional, operational, and technical requirements.
Develop future-state architecture recommendations, migration approaches, and implementation roadmaps.
Support technology evaluations involving CCM platforms, document management, AWS, APIs, and modernization tools.
Build executive-level business cases, funding requests, and governance materials.
Program Leadership:
Transition into Program Manager role during implementation.
Manage project plans, risks, dependencies, stakeholder communications, and governance activities.
Coordinate business, development, architecture, cloud, infrastructure, vendor, and testing teams.
Support architecture reviews, funding approvals, and executive decision making.
Required Qualifications:
10+ years of Business Analysis, Project Management, or Program Management experience.
Strong Mainframe background with experience in:
IBM z/VSE and/or z/OS
COBOL and Assembler
JCL, VSAM, DB2
Batch processing environments
Experience with Mainframe modernization and legacy application transformation initiatives.
Strong requirements gathering, process analysis, and documentation skills.
Proven ability to drive discovery efforts and translate findings into actionable roadmaps.
Excellent executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Experience
Mainframe modernization and platform migration programs
OpenLegacy or API enablement solutions
Customer Communications Management (CCM) platforms such as Quadient Inspire or Exstream
Document Management platforms such as OnBase
AWS and cloud-native architectures
Insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated industries
Print, correspondence, billing, and customer communication systems
Key Deliverables
Current-State Assessment
Application & Dependency Inventory
Business Process & Requirements Documentation
Forms, Correspondence & Business Rules Inventory
Modernization Strategy & Technology Recommendations
Future-State Architecture Blueprint
Migration Roadmap & Wave Plan
Executive Business Case
Program Charter & Delivery Plan
Ideal Candidate
A hands-on modernization leader who can understand complex Mainframe environments, engage business and technical stakeholders, assess legacy technologies, define future-state solutions, and lead the program from discovery through implementation. The candidate should be equally comfortable reviewing COBOL programs, facilitating executive workshops, and managing large-scale transformation initiatives.
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