Director, Product Management

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

As a key leader in the Digital Experience (DX) Product team, you will join a collaborative, fast-paced team and work cross-functionally to design, build, and launch the next generation of cloud-native Digital Experience applications and SaaS services. The Director, Product Management is responsible for definition and execution of the product strategy, delivery of new application releases, and successfully bringing these to market. This includes customer insights, roadmap development, product and pricing strategy, competitive positioning/differentiation, and competitive tracking of the products in the marketplace globally.

The Director Product Management leads a team of highly skilled and collaborative product managers who are delivering on specific product components and functional areas within Digital Messaging. This role reports into the Senior Director, Product Management within the Digital Experience (DX) business unit at OpenText.

What The Role Offers

• Bring deep understanding of the Digital Experience and Digital Messaging and Communications market and vendor technologies, staying current with buying and competitive trends, identifying, and defining requirements to fill product gaps
• Evangelize and create buy-in from internal and external stakeholders for product vision
• Translate product strategy into detailed prototypes and stories for agile development
• Work with Marketing to develop product pricing and packaging strategies
• Collaborate with Sales, Support, Services and Partners to ensure feedback into product roadmap and customer satisfaction
• Work closely with Engineering to plan sprints and continuously deliver products of high quality
• Evangelize product to customers, field, and industry analysts to build awareness and mindshare
• Run customer and field advisory boards, presenting to C-level executives
• Work closely with counterparts in the operations, engineering, support, services, and sales organizations to ensure customer success, including direct interactions with customers.
  
  

What You Will Need To Succeed

• Experience building and/or managing a team of product managers and mentoring them.
• Experience working with a large customer base (500+) and at an enterprise level
• Demonstrable Product Management experience with multiple product launches under the belt
• Experience with portfolio analysis and management of product lines with multiple products at varying stages of lifecycle
• Understanding of agile product management and engineering practices with a willingness to roll up the sleeves and do what it takes to define and deliver “innovation that moves the needle”
• Strong presentation, excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential
• Ability to speak in front of large audiences, demonstrate product capabilities, and prepare compelling presentation materials
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work with distributed, cross-functional teams
• Ability to create business plans, communicate verbally and visually and persuasively advocate viewpoints or strategic goals/imperatives
• Comfortable with change and a fast-paced environment
• MS/BS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent preferred and MBA is an advantage.
  
  

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

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