Mainframe - Senior Product Owner

Telstra is hiring a Mainframe - Senior Product Owner for a remote role open to applicants in Australia. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

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Own the strategy and modernization roadmap for enterprise-scale mainframe platforms and infrastructure.

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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

If you're a strategic mainframe leader who enjoys combining platform ownership, modernisation, commercial management, and technology strategy, we'd love to hear from you.

Diversity is more than a policy – it’s how we thrive

We know diverse teams deliver better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where everyone feels safe, respected, and supported — regardless of gender, background, or ability.

We strongly encourage women and gender-diverse people to apply and are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements or adjustments to the recruitment process.

How we rate this

Mainframe - Senior Product Owner at Telstra rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Key facts

Mainframe - Senior Product Owner is an open job at Telstra.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Australia (Flexible) and is marked remote.
The job was posted on October 14, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Telstra. Apply on Telstra

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