Lead Product Manager

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

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.

AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.

At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

YOUR IMPACT

The Lead Product Manager is responsible for the release planning and execution throughout the product development lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, and working closely with engineering, and product management to enhance existing products to developing new products for the company.

What The Role Offers

• Be the Product Owner for technical deliverables; writing user stories, acceptance criteria, stocking, grooming and prioritizing backlogs, producing release plans and epic roadmaps, running show and tells
• Work with developers and architects to ensure their requirements are collated and prioritized alongside product requirements
• Single point of contact for clarification of requirements for development teams
• Establish and deploy robust requirement-gathering processes to define product requirements as well as build continuous feedback
• Proactively identify issues impacting the product line and recommend next steps/solutions
• Continuously improve the product development process, incorporating lessons learned and best practices
• Manage product dashboard and communications to internal teams
• Liaise with product manager to understand the features and changes in product requirements and support the release planning and sprint planning exercises
• Understand Agile estimation approaches and allow the team to manage itself

What You Need To Succeed     

• 10+ years’ experience in defining and managing core products
• Strong knowledge in Business Intelligence, eDiscovery and Security domain
• Experience with Windows platform and Microsoft stack
• Must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality.
• An understanding of software development processes and ability to work closely with development teams and Product Management teams
• Practical knowledge of agile/iterative development process is mandatory
• Good understanding of product specifications documentation
• Entrepreneurial and self-motivated, business oriented
• Strong leadership skills
• Goal driven; plans and manages toward achieving goals, anticipates problems and issues and proactively drives their resolution.
• Experience in working in an international environment involving multiple development sites on various time zones.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent level

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.