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

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.
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
This key role is responsible for the overall support and strategic direction of large multinational clients. The Customer Relationship Manager will also be responsible for cultivating executive relationships, managing account P&L, and identifying new business opportunities.
The Customer Relationship Manager oversees day-to-day client management, reviewing and approving all revenue-related and contractual matters. This includes but is not limited to contract renewals, upselling, resolving delivery, billing, and revenue recognition issues, managing collections, and serving as the primary escalation point for client concerns that may affect customer satisfaction and revenue growth for OpenText.
Partnership and Collaboration: This role requires strong collaboration across various functional areas within the organization. The ideal candidate remains calm, curious, and collaborative under pressure, driving successful outcomes through partnerships.
Cross-Functional Relationships: Close working relationships will be established with teams across billing, accounts receivable and collections, revenue recognition, deal desk, contracts, sales operations, and cancellations.
Field Collaboration: The Customer Relationship Manager will build a strong, collaborative relationship with the field sales, professional services, and support services teams, ensuring clear responsibilities and mutual respect.

What The Role Offers
Facilitates a positive and productive long-term relationship with clients, representing OT in all customer-facing communications. Professionally communicates to customers’ executives.
Aligns and collaborates on account strategy with Field Sales team.
Leads the resolution of issues and risks, including taking a lead role in organizing inter-departmental meetings and driving cross-functional issues to closure. Reports and escalates as needed.
Own satisfaction of the customer from contract through steady state to include delivery, change management, service level reporting, customer satisfaction, and assist with growing revenue within the customer.
Reviews client agreements on a regular basis, measures utilization of services, and negotiates renewals.
Develop, forecast, and monitor client revenue trends against forecasted revenue and remediate risks.
Mitigates deviations from forecasted revenue and alerts leadership of any anomalies and driving corrective actions throughout the organization.
Establishes account governance, risk management, and steady cadence for proactive communications.
Own remediation of all billing and revenue recognition errors, and the associated corrective actions through to end of workflow.
Works to avoid/remediate cancellations, processes final workflows.
Partner with Field Sales, Professional Services, and Customer Support to champion overall OT delivery consistency, client satisfaction and relationship growth.
Proactively identify revenue opportunities and align OT solutions with client’s strategic direction.
Meet annual organic growth targets for expan