Mainframe - Senior Product Owner

Telstra; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life integration

Parental leave 16 weeks

Professional development

Telstra mobile plan

Device allowance

Annual leave scheme

Telstra product discounts

Job summary

Telstra is seeking a Senior Product Owner for Mainframe to shape the future of a critical enterprise platform in Melbourne. You will own strategy, investment, roadmap and lifecycle for a large-scale mainframe environment supporting essential business services.

You will balance operational excellence with modernisation, guiding platform through optimisation and transformation while aligning with senior leaders and vendors to deliver measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading large enterprise mainframe platforms or portfolios.
• Strong knowledge of mainframe environments including z/OS, CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ, RACF, storage and batch processing.
• Experience defining product strategy, roadmaps, investment plans and technology transformation programs.
• Proven success delivering mainframe modernisation, migration, consolidation or decommissioning initiatives at scale.

Responsibilities

• Defining and executing the multi-year vision, strategy and roadmap for the Mainframe platform.
• Owning platform outcomes including availability, security, resilience, performance and cost efficiency.
• Leading investment decisions, business cases and prioritisation of modernisation initiatives.
• Driving simplification, application migration, cloud transition, consolidation and legacy transformation programs.
• Managing strategic vendor and service provider relationships.
• Balancing business needs, risk, technical debt, operational resilience and commercial outcomes.
• Influencing senior stakeholders across business and technology to align priorities and achieve measurable outcomes.

Job description

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

18 Oct 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

Mainframe - Senior Product Owner

Job Summary

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Mainframe Product Owner to shape the future of one of the organisation’s most critical technology platforms.

This is a rare opportunity to own the strategy, investment, roadmap, and lifecycle of a large-scale enterprise mainframe environment supporting mission-critical business services. You will balance operational excellence with modernisation, leading the platform through optimisation, transformation, and ultimately defining its future role within the broader technology landscape.

Working with senior business and technology leaders, architects, application owners, vendors, and managed service partners, you will drive decisions that improve resilience, reduce complexity, optimise cost, and deliver long-term business value.

Our Perks & Benefits:

• Work-life integration - we understand life happens when you’re busy making other plans, so we offer flexibility around where, and when you work
• 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers
• Professional development program
• An epic (free) Telstra mobile phone plan
• Laptop/Device allowance renewed every 2 years
• Purchased Annual Leave scheme
• Discounted Telstra products and services

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Defining and executing the multi-year vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Mainframe platform
• Owning platform outcomes including availability, security, resilience, performance, and cost efficiency
• Leading investment decisions, business cases, and prioritisation of modernisation initiatives
• Driving simplification, application migration, cloud transition, consolidation, and legacy transformation programs
• Managing strategic vendor and service provider relationships
• Balancing business needs, risk, technical debt, operational resilience, and commercial outcomes
• Influencing senior stakeholders across business and technology to align priorities and achieve measurable outcomes

What We’re Looking For

• Significant experience leading large enterprise Mainframe platform, Infrastructure, or Technology Platform portfolios
• Strong knowledge of modern mainframe environments including z/OS, CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ, RACF, storage, and batch processing
• Experience defining product strategy, roadmaps, investment plans, and technology transformation programs
• Proven success delivering Mainframe modernisation, migration, consolidation, or decommissioning initiatives at scale.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing budgets, vendor contracts, software licensing, and business cases
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills

Why This Role?

• Own the full lifecycle of a platform that underpins critical enterprise services.
• Influence strategic technology decisions for Telstra cloud group.
• Lead a significant modernisation and simplification agenda.
• Work across large-scale transformation, resilience, cloud, and legacy exit initiatives.
• Shape the future of one of the most complex and business-critical technology ecosystems in the organisation

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