Job Description

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management.
The opportunity:
You will collaborate closely with Engineering, QA, Product Managers, and Operations teams to work on the delivery of our products:

• Ensure products meet release requirements.
• Work with the product managers, dev teams, QE to ensure delivered stories can be costed and built.
• Help team keep stories/defects updated to track progress towards sprint/release goals.
• Assist to proactively identify potential risks and address any impediments.
• Proactively identify project dependencies and gain commitment from all involved.
• Communicate status and risks to stakeholders.
• Work with external partners and vendors to gather and provide feedback that impacts team.
• Aid the team on Scrum/Agile best practices and processes, including: Daily stand-up meetings and triage of defects, and Sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Create and update cross-functional release schedules and roadmaps.
• Work with engineering and PM peers to foster a climate of collaboration, accountability and result.
• At times take on company critical short-term initiatives that are out of scope for standard roadmaps.
• Prioritize workload to optimize output for company strategy and goals.

If successful, you will enable the Engineering, Product, Operations, and all Core functions of the business to focus on forward-looking strategic initiatives.
You are great at:

• 15+ years working in a technical environment. 5+ years experience program managing complex, highly cross-functional, Cloud/SaaS Programs
• A track record of good judgment and decision-making in positions with significant responsibility
• Demonstrated leadership capability in cross-functional team environments
• High degree of comfort with complex technical environments
• Ability to articulate/defend an informed opinion on important topics
• Ability to consistently make good decisions and accept responsibility for mistakes
• Skill at creating and presenting team statistics that communicate status to stakeholders, as well as showing areas where the team can improve.
• Ability to gain a deep understanding of complex systems in order to recognize impacts and limitations and to communicate that information to others.
• Help teams clarify scope and expectations, so all stakeholders understand results.
• Facilitate prioritization, ensuring releases deliver the most critical/impactful results on time, while ensuring less urgent but important work is not neglected.
• Enthusiastic, energetic, and positive attitude, all built on foundation of strong ethics.
• Ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment.

What it takes:

• Excellent communication skills, written and oral.
• Strong track record of success in fast-paced software, Internet, or tech-enabled companies
• Basic familiarity with data security and protection (backup) very nice to have
• Strong cross-team collaboration skills with demonstrable successes.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across disciplines.

OpenText\'s efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at hr@opentext.com.