Sr. Product Manager

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

As the Information Company, our mission at OpenText is to create software solutions and deliver services that redefine the future of digital. Be part of a winning team that leads the way in Enterprise Information Management. 

The opportunity:

If you are passionate about building innovative and delightful enterprise software products and are not afraid to deep dive into the technical details, then we’re looking for you. As a Product Manager in the Analytics Business Unit, you will join a dynamic and fast-paced team and work cross-functionally to define, design, build and launch the next generation of analytics products, APIs and services for today’s Big Data and cloud environments.

The OpenText Magellan Business Intelligence and Reporting platform is amongst the most flexible and established enterprise-grade Analytics platforms. Major financial institutions and numerous customers in virtually all industry verticals rely on it enrich their business applications and processes with actionable data-driven insights. This is an opportunity for a passionate, driven PM to feel like the CEO of a cutting-edge business and be rewarded for the success of its new offerings!

The ideal candidate should have strong technical background, business acumen and customer focus. The candidate should have a vision which challenges the status quo and the drive and technical skill to deliver this vision.

Your key responsibilities:

• Proactively identify, build the business case for, and drive the platform projects that make the OpenText Magellan Business Intelligence and Reporting platform even more successful in today’s Cloud and API-first world
• Develop in-depth knowledge and become the go-to Magellan BI & Reporting platform expert
• Prioritize product enhancements and customer requests by making smart, decisive tradeoffs using data-driven analysis and sound judgment
• Passionately represent the voice of the customer/user to internal stakeholders, by developing deep understanding of all relevant user types (how they work and think) through qualitative and quantitative research
• Collect customer requirements and set customers’ expectations 
• Write user stories/product requirements and work closely with Engineering and UX to implement them
• Actively participate in creating, communicating and executing the Analytics product roadmap

What it takes:

• Analytics and SaaS industry experience in an Engineering or technology consulting role
• Solid PM experience
• Love for technology and desire to deep dive into the technical details to identify and drive the needed platform/cloud enablement projects
• Passion for and proven ability to understand customer/market needs and deliver features that genuinely benefit users and make great business sense
• Understanding of agile product management and engineering practices and a willingness to roll up the sleeves and do what it takes to clearly define the needed product functionality
• Strong presentation, excellent written and verbal communication skills are a MUST!
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work with distributed, cross-functional teams
• MS/BS in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent technical field
• MBA degree is a plus
• Hands-on experience with at least two BI/Analytics products (e.g., Actuate, MicroStrategy, Tableau, PowerBI, Qlik, Eclipse BIRT, BIRST, Looker, ThoughSpot etc.)
• Hands-on experience with virtualization/cloud (e.g., Docker, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes) technologies/platforms

While OpenText is an Equal Opportunity Employer, our 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. Should you require accommodations during the selection process, please contact accomodationrequests@opentext.com.

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