Remote Senior Delivery Lead - Mainframe Modernization

Rocket Software; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited vacation and holidays

Health and wellness coverage

Life and disability coverage

401(k) and Roth matching

Student debt benefit

Tuition and certificate reimbursement

Leadership and skills training

Job summary

Rocket Software is seeking a Senior Enterprise Engagement Manager in the United States to own and deliver end-to-end mainframe modernization engagements. You will manage scope, schedule, cost and risk across multiple workstreams with independence and strategic influence.

In this senior role, you will coach peers, contribute to templates and best practices, and report delivery status to executives. The position emphasizes repeatable delivery with strong customer trust and cross-functional

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience delivering technology projects, including vendor-side or consulting delivery to external customers.
• Demonstrated ownership of engagements end to end — initiation through closeout — with personal accountability for scope, schedule, cost and quality.
• Experience delivering software implementation or systems integration work in complex, production-critical customer environments.
• Experience delivering under both Fixed Price and Time & Materials commercial models, and understanding of the delivery discipline each requires.
• Strong stakeholder facilitation, written reporting and customer communication skills.
• Ability to work independently under limited to general supervision, exercising judgement on complex delivery problems and escalating with a recommendation.
• University degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and execute mainframe modernization software delivery and implementation engagements for assigned customers, from initiation through closeout, with a high degree of autonomy.
• Hold accountability for scope, schedule, budget, quality and risk objectives on your engagements, which may span multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Assessment, discovery and delivery planning
• Migration, re-platforming or re-hosting execution
• Integration with surrounding systems and hybrid cloud targets
• Testing, cutover and rollback readiness
• Post-go-live stabilization, handover and customer adoption
• Apply advanced project management and technical principles to delivery problems that are complex but mostly defined.

Skills

End-to-end ownership

Systems integration

Delivery governance

Stakeholder management

Independent work

Education

University degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Rocket Software is seeking a Senior Enterprise Engagement Manager in the United States to own and deliver end-to-end mainframe modernization engagements. You will manage scope, schedule, cost and risk across multiple workstreams with independence and strategic influence.

In this senior role, you will coach peers, contribute to templates and best practices, and report delivery status to executives. The position emphasizes repeatable delivery with strong customer trust and cross-functional