Director - Mainframe Modernisation and transformation
BMC Software
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Job summary
BMC Software seeks a hands-on Director to lead the Mainframe Technical Services (MTS) within IZOT. You will own end-to-end execution across mainframe infrastructure, platform operations, security, automation, and transformational programs, while building and guiding high-performing teams.
You will drive modernization, automation-first operating models, and strategic initiatives, partnering with Architecture, Product Development, Security, and Operations to deliver measurable business outcomes
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
- 15+ years of progressively increasing IT leadership experience.
- 8+ years leading managers, large technical organizations, or infrastructure/platform engineering teams.
- Expertise in IBM Z, z/OS, Linux on Z, Storage, Security, Networking, Middleware, or Enterprise Operations.
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, GitHub, Ansible, Infrastructure as Code, and AI-enabled automation.
- Experience leading large-scale infrastructure modernization, platform engineering, or transformation initiatives.
- Proven track record of delivering complex transformation and modernization programs.
- Strong experience managing budgets, staffing plans, vendor relationships, and operational governance.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end execution and delivery of infrastructure, platform, security, storage, networking, resiliency, and operational initiatives.
- Establish delivery plans, milestones, metrics, and accountability mechanisms.
- Ensure reliable, secure, scalable, and highly available mainframe platforms.
- Lead capacity planning, workload forecasting, technology currency, and lifecycle management activities.
- Drive execution of major upgrade, migration, modernization, and infrastructure transformation programs.
- Ensure compliance with change management, security, audit, and recovery requirements.
- Lead strategic initiatives including Mainframe modernization and related infrastructure transformation programs.
- Drive adoption of automation-first operating models to reduce manual effort and improve productivity.
- Partner with Architecture, Product Development, Security, and Operations teams to accelerate business outcomes.
- Translate executive priorities into measurable execution plans and operational results.
- Lead managers, architects, engineers, and technical specialists across multiple functional domains.
- Drive talent development, succession planning, workforce transformation, and organizational effectiveness.
- Coach and develop future leaders while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and execution excellence.
- Manage employee performance, development planning, engagement, and retention.
- Own operational budgets, workforce planning, vendor management, and investment prioritization.
- Develop business cases and ROI analysis for strategic investments.
- Monitor financial performance and ensure effective utilization of resources.
- Report business outcomes, risks, operational metrics, and transformation progress to senior leadership.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex technical and operational issues.
- Provide guidance on performance optimization, system tuning, resiliency, disaster recovery, and security initiatives.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to enhance platform capabilities and operational efficiency.
- Build strong relationships with IBM and strategic technology partners.
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Job description
BMC empowers nearly 80% of the Forbes Global 100 to accelerate business value, faster than humanly possible. Our industry-leading portfolio unlocks human and machine potential to drive business growth, innovation, and sustainable success. BMC does this in a simple and optimized way by connecting people, systems, and data that power the worlds largest organizations so they can seize a competitive advantage.
BMC is seeking a hands-on Director to lead the Mainframe Technical Services (MTS) organization within Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation (IZOT). This leader will be accountable for both strategic direction and operational execution across mainframe infrastructure, platform operations, security, automation, resiliency, and enterprise transformation initiatives.
The successful candidate will build and lead high-performing teams while personally driving execution of critical initiatives, operational excellence, technology modernization, and business outcomes. The role requires a strong bias for action, ownership, accountability, and measurable delivery.
- Own end-to-end execution and delivery of infrastructure, platform, security, storage, networking, resiliency, and operational initiatives.
- Establish delivery plans, milestones, metrics, and accountability mechanisms.
- Ensure reliable, secure, scalable, and highly available mainframe platforms.
- Lead capacity planning, workload forecasting, technology currency, and lifecycle management activities.
- Drive execution of major upgrade, migration, modernization, and infrastructure transformation programs.
- Ensure compliance with change management, security, audit, and recovery requirements.
- Lead strategic initiatives including Mainframe modernization and related infrastructure transformation programs.
- Drive adoption of automation-first operating models to reduce manual effort and improve productivity.
- Partner with Architecture, Product Development, Security, and Operations teams to accelerate business outcomes.
- Translate executive priorities into measurable execution plans and operational results.
- Lead managers, architects, engineers, and technical specialists across multiple functional domains.
- Drive talent development, succession planning, workforce transformation, and organizational effectiveness.
- Coach and develop future leaders while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and execution excellence.
- Manage employee performance, development planning, engagement, and retention.
- Own operational budgets, workforce planning, vendor management, and investment prioritization.
- Develop business cases and ROI analysis for strategic investments.
- Monitor financial performance and ensure effective utilization of resources.
- Report business outcomes, risks, operational metrics, and transformation progress to senior leadership.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex technical and operational issues.
- Provide guidance on performance optimization, system tuning, resiliency, disaster recovery, and security initiatives.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities to enhance platform capabilities and operational efficiency.
- Build strong relationships with IBM and strategic technology partners.
- Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline.
- 15+ years of progressively increasing IT leadership experience.
- 8+ years leading managers, large technical organizations, or infrastructure/platform engineering teams.
- Expertise in IBM Z, z/OS, Linux on Z, Storage, Security, Networking, Middleware, or Enterprise Operations.
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, GitHub, Ansible, Infrastructure as Code, and AI-enabled automation.
- Experience leading large-scale infrastructure modernization, platform engineering, or transformation initiatives.
- Proven track record of delivering complex transformation and modernization programs.
- Strong experience managing budgets, staffing plans, vendor relationships, and operational governance.
Our commitment to you!
BMCs culture is built around its people. We have 6000+ brilliant minds working together across the globe. You wont be known just by your employee number, but for your true authentic self. BMC lets you be YOU!
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BMC Software maintains a strict policy of not requesting any form of payment in exchange for employment opportunities, upholding a fair and ethical hiring process.
At BMC we believe in pay transparency and have set the midpoint of the salary band for this role at 8,151,200 INR. Actual salaries depend on a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training, licensure, and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
The salary listed is just one component of BMC''s employee compensation package. Other rewards may include a variable plan and country specific benefits.
We are committed to ensuring that our employees are paid fairly and equitably, and that we are transparent about our compensation practices.
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