Senior Project Manager_ COBOL, Telon, IMS, and DB2

Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Remote

Position Summary:

The Senior Project Manager will help lead a mainframe application program, ensuring the stability, performance, and support of a legacy environment that includes COBOL, Telon, IMS, and DB2 technologies. This role serves as the primary liaison between the client and the delivery team, overseeing a team of 10 senior developers while ensuring operational excellence, risk control, and adherence to project scope.

Required Skills and Qualifications:   

·        10+ years of IT Project Management experience: Demonstrated ability to manage long-duration (5-year) sustainment projects within legacy mainframe environments.

·        Experience managing mainframe development teams (COBOL, IMS, DB2): Essential understanding of technical constraints, batch cycles, and change control processes unique to mainframe support. Experience with Telon is highly valuable but not mandatory.

·        Direct client-facing reporting to senior leadership (C-level / Director): The role requires direct reporting to the client, requiring executive communication skills, escalation management abilities, and the capacity to diplomatically handle out-of-scope requests.

·        Risk management & scope control: The project manager must prevent scope creep and maintain system stability for the full five-year period.

·        Resource management: Ability to oversee a team of 10 senior developers, manage potential rebadging transitions, and supervise subordinate project managers or supervisors as the team scales.