Sr. Cloud Services Project 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:

As a Senior Project Manager - Professional Services, you will lead complex client engagements and enterprise transformation programs, acting as a trusted advisor to customers while driving delivery excellence and business outcomes.

You will:

• Lead multiple enterprise projects and programs from initiation through closure.
• Manage cloud implementations, on-premises deployments, migrations, upgrades, and transformation initiatives.
• Define scope, milestones, timelines, resources, dependencies, and success criteria.
• Drive governance across risks, issues, dependencies, changes, quality, and escalations.
• Own project financials, including forecasting, revenue, margins, resource planning, and utilization.
• Build strong relationships with customer executives, sponsors, and key stakeholders.
• Lead status reviews, Steering Committees, executive reporting, and business reviews.
• Manage SOW, SLA, contractual commitments, and change-control processes.
• Lead globally distributed, cross-functional delivery teams.
• Partner with Sales, Engineering, Cloud Services, Customer Success, Support, and other internal teams.
• Support presales, estimates, proposals, and opportunities for additional customer value.

What the Role Offers:

• Opportunity to lead large-scale, enterprise transformation programs for global customers.
• A strategic client-facing role as an engagement leader and trusted advisor.
• Exposure to Content Management, Documentum, Extended ECM, InfoArchive, VIM, Intelligent Capture, Digital Experience, Analytics & AI, and SAP-centric solutions.
• Experience across cloud, SaaS, migration, modernization, and upgrade programs.
• Direct engagement with senior customer stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Opportunity to lead global teams and influence delivery excellence, customer success, and business outcomes.

What You Need to Succeed:

• 8-12+ years of experience in enterprise software, cloud services implementation, or large-scale technology programs.
• Minimum 5 years of IT Services Project/Program Management experience.
• Proven experience managing enterprise software implementation programs for global clients.
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams across multiple regions.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall delivery models.
• Experience managing fixed-price, time-and-material, and managed services engagements.
• Strong expertise in project governance, risk and issue management, change management, resource planning, and forecasting.
• Experience with project financials, revenue, margins, commercial contracts, SOWs, and SLAs.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, executive communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence senior customer and internal leadership teams.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, ownership, and customer-centric mindset.

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.