OPENTEXT
OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

YOUR IMPACT:

The CIO organization has never been more of a strategic partner to businesses as it is today. As Vice President, Corporate IT Applications, reporting to the SVP, IT, you are deeply vested in understanding business digital roadmaps, and transforming these business strategies into technical roadmaps, programs, and projects. The pursuit of efficiencies and extreme automation through process (re)engineering and technology is your calling card. As a member of the IT senior leadership team, you play an influential role in shaping the culture of IT and your strong people-oriented leadership style is a driver in accelerating the delivery of enterprise application solutions.

WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS:

• Leading and inspiring your global IT team, along with your business partners, to evaluate new technology trends, develop compelling business cases, build strategic roadmaps, and ideate and innovate compelling solutions that maximize return on investment for OpenText.
• Operating, scaling and transforming the application portfolio that supports the internal operations of OpenText for departments including Finance, Human Resources, Professional Services / Customer Success, and Legal.
• Driving the cultural changes necessary to transform the internal software development lifecycle to focus on increased agility and quality, increased automation, reduce time to deliver, and usher in a continuous delivery approach. You will set the new strategies for “ways of working” that improves velocity while maintaining a strong focus on quality and scalability; Agile, DevOps, Test Driven Development, Test Automation, etc.
• Forming strong, lasting relationship with business leaders in IT and across the enterprise. Advise, counsel, and educate leadership on opportunities to leverage technology to effectively meet business goals.
• Providing insights, developing, and delivering M&A integration programs. Through your experience, you know your way around due diligence cycles, pre-close processes and how to identify red flags.
• Creating and fostering partnerships with our vendors and advisors.
• Getting stuff done and outperforming against our business leader’s expectations.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of experience managing and/or directing within the Information Technology field.
• 10+ years’ direct experience supporting ERP, HRIM and Service Management applications required
• Current Senior leadership tenure that includes primary responsibility for enterprise application systems strategy, delivery, and support.
• Proven ability to manage large-scale application selection and implementation projects, and related budgets and global teams. RFI to RFP to SOW Definition to Project Execution and Delivery.
• Broad technical knowledge of enterprise applications, system architecture, application integration and object-oriented languages. Extensive experience in all stages of the software development life cycle: requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and implementation.
• Solid understanding of key business and technology disciplines including strategy, governance, Business Analysis, Project Management, Quality Assurance, SDLC, and DevOps.
• Understanding of emerging trends and experience in iPaaS, IaaS, Containerization, and other leading cloud strategies.
• Must have professionalism, integrity, and dedication, a high level of energy, and excellent critical thinking, creative problem-solving and decision-making skills.

ONE LAST THING

OpenText is more than just a corporation, it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management.
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.

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 . Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.