VP, Software Engineering

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 are hiring talent AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

Your Impact
The Vice President of Product Engineering, OpenText Cloud Platform (OCP) is responsible for OpenText's unified SaaS platform at enterprise scale. This role owns the engineering execution that enables OpenText products to deliver consistent customer experiences, adopt shared cloud capabilities efficiently, and operate with high reliability, security, and cost discipline across multiple clouds.
This leader is accountable for translating platform strategy into durable engineering systems, driving adoption across product teams, and ensuring OCP scales as the foundation for OpenText's cloud and AI future.

What the Role Offers 

• Own the engineering delivery of the OpenText Cloud Platform (OCP) as the shared SaaS foundation across the OpenText portfolio
• Build and maintain core platform capabilities that enable consistent customer, administrative, and operational experiences across products
• Establish clear platform standards, reference architectures, and shared services that simplify product onboarding and drive broad adoption 
• Embed security, compliance, reliability, and governance directly into the platform to ensure enterprise-grade operations by default
• Lead DevSecOps and SRE practices to deliver high availability, resiliency, observability, and incident response at scale
• Enable and operate OCP across multiple cloud environments, ensuring portability, performance, and cost efficiency
• Improve delivery speed and operational efficiency through automation, standardization, and engineering discipline
• Design and evolve platform interfaces (APIs, events, integrations) that support internal teams, partners, and ecosystem expansion
• Partner closely with Architecture, Product Management, Operations, and Business Units to align platform capabilities with business priorities
• Build, lead, and retain high-performing global engineering teams with a strong culture of ownership and accountability

What You Need To Succeed

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise software and cloud platform engineering
• Demonstrated success building and operating large-scale SaaS platforms used by multiple product teams
• Deep understanding of Agentic AI development practices, with hands-on experience in leveraging AI systems to accelerate design, development, testing, and operations
• Ability to thoughtfully integrate AI-driven development practices into enterprise engineering environments with appropriate guardrails, governance, and quality controls
• Deep expertise in cloud-native and distributed systems across modern multi-cloud environments
• Strong operational background in DevSecOps, SRE, security, and compliance for enterprise platforms
• Proven ability to define platform standards and drive adoption in a federated engineering organization
• Experience delivering reliable, secure, and cost-efficient services at enterprise scale
• Track record of leading and scaling global engineering organizations
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders and align cross-functional stakeholders

OpenText's commitment to diversity and inclusion surpasses legal requirements, evident in our Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy which promotes a respectful and empowering environment for employees of all backgrounds, 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 submit a ticket at Ask HR. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.

Compensation: At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. As you move through the hiring process, we're happy to provide more details about our compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles, vacation entitlement, and paid time off.

AI Usage Disclosure: As part of our commitment to transparency, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in various stages of our recruitment process, including resume screening, candidate matching, interview scheduling, and communications. These tools are designed to improve efficiency, reduce bias, and enhance candidate experience. All decisions regarding hiring are made by qualified human professionals, and we continuously monitor our AI systems to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable regulations.