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Lead Technical Writer

3 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada OpenText Full time

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.
**Job Location**: Ottawa/ Richmond Hill/ Waterloo, ON, CAN (Hybrid)
The Common Components unit provides shared software engineering services to global Product Management and development teams in the OpenText Products group. The Product Information team is an integral part of a software development team that strives for perfection and is committed to success. Technical writers contribute to products by creating sophisticated technical content across Content Management, Business Networks, SMBC, Cybersecurity, Digital Experience, Analytics, ADM and ITOM suites.
**Your Impact**:
As a technical writer at OpenText, you champion clarity in language and good documentation practices, continually looking to improve the content and the customer experience. You contribute to planning and writing concise and accurate help content to assist customers in adopting and working effectively with OpenText’s industry-leading Information Management products. In this role, you will collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Product Design, UX Research, Customer Support, and various cross-functional teams to define documentation goals, prioritize tasks, and contribute to the overall customer experience. You will support the Product Information team by working with colleagues to build content strategies, contribute to department innovations, and produce user assistance information and videos.
**As a Lead Technical Writer, you will**:

- Possess 8-12 years of previous professional experience and hold a minimum of an undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in English, Computer Science, or Technical Writing.
- Author accurate and complete documentation while defining and following processes, guidelines, and operating procedures.
- Independently lead projects and processes, focusing on individual deliverables and guiding others when needed.
- Advocate for continuous improvement and be accountable for end-to-end processes, smaller-scale projects, and deliverables.
- Contribute and manage multiple documentation projects within established deadlines.
- Draw on your experiences to make informed decisions and consideration of impacts.
- Strengthen relationships and network with senior stakeholders through collaboration and offer guidance to others within your area of expertise.

**What you need to Succeed**:

- Style: Microsoft Manual of Style, Minimalism, Structured authoring
- Authoring tools/Technologies: Arbortext Editor, Flare, MarkDown, XML, HTML
- Process: Agile SAFe
- Tracking and collaboration: ValueEdge, Confluence
- Video/Graphics: SnagIT, Adobe Creative Cloud, Visio
- Cloud-Based Technologies: AWS, GCP, Azure, SaaS and PaaS
- Source control-CI/CD: GitLab
- Emerging technologies: AI trends, tools, and best practices; prompt engineering

**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.
Join us on our mission to drive positive change through privacy, technology, and collaboration. At OpenText, we don't just have a culture; we have character. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that embraces innovation and empowers its employees to make a difference.
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