OpenText

Director, Platform Systems

OpenText$120K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of leadership experience in application, engineering, enterprise systems, or platform teams.
  • Demonstrated experience managing global teams and delivering technology services.
  • Strong technical leadership in integration platforms, API management, and cloud technologies.
  • Agile certification required, with hands-on leadership in Agile practices preferred.
  • Working knowledge of AI applications in Integration, Security, and Fulfillment Systems.
  • Excellent communication skills to simplify technical concepts for diverse audiences.
  • Proven people leadership abilities in coaching and talent development.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and influence teams in a global, matrixed environment.
  • Manage budgets, vendor relations, and licensing for business value.
  • Engage with various integration technologies and modern application practices.
  • Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and vendors.
  • Communicate effectively across executive and technical levels.
  • Drive Agile methodologies for predictable delivery and accountability.
  • Apply AI and automation to enhance operational efficiency.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package for physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
  • Supportive environment for career development and talent growth.
Full Job Description
YOUR IMPACT

OpenText is looking for an experienced and collaborative technology leader to join our Corporate IT organization as Director, Platform Systems. In this global leadership role, you will be responsible for the strategy, delivery, and operational excellence of critical enterprise capabilities across Integration Systems, Security and Identity Access Management, and Fulfillment Systems. You will lead distributed teams, partner with business and technology stakeholders, and help modernize the systems and practices that enable secure, scalable, and efficient business operations.

WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS
  • Leading and influencing in a global, matrixed environment with teams and stakeholders across multiple regions.
  • Manage budgets, vendor relationships, licensing decisions, and platform investments with a focus on business value, simplification, and cost effectiveness.
  • Work with technologies that may include Cloud Integration Hub/ICDM, SAP PI/PO, SAP Integration Suite/BTP, Boomi, MuleSoft, Google Cloud Platform, IAM platforms, licensing and fulfillment systems, APIs, automation, and observability tools.
  • Building trusted relationships with business partners, technology leaders, architects, cybersecurity teams, infrastructure teams, vendors, and consultants.
  • Communicating clearly with executive, business, technical, and operational audiences.
  • Bringing structure, transparency, and prioritization to complex portfolios of work.
  • Driving Agile ways of working, delivery predictability, team accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Applying AI and automation thoughtfully to improve speed, quality, operational insight, documentation, testing, and productivity.
  • Balancing strategic planning with hands-on leadership in a fast-paced, business-critical environment.
  • Simplifying technology landscapes, reducing risk, improving resilience, and aligning work to measurable outcomes.
  • Promoting strong engineering, integration, security, identity, fulfillment, documentation, and operational practices.
  • Staying current on emerging trends in integration platforms, IAM, application security, fulfillment, cloud, APIs, AI, and automation.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
  • 10+ years of progressive experience leading application, engineering, enterprise systems, integration, security, identity, fulfillment, or platform teams.
  • Demonstrated experience leading global teams, managing multiple workstreams, and delivering business-critical technology services.
  • Strong technical leadership experience across enterprise integration platforms, API management, cloud integration, SAP integration technologies, IAM tools, fulfillment or licensing systems, and modern application delivery practices.
  • Agile training or certification is required; hands-on experience leading Agile teams, Scrum practices, backlog management, delivery metrics, and Agile maturity improvement is strongly preferred.
  • Working knowledge of AI capabilities and practical use cases in Integration, Security, Identity Management, and Fulfillment Systems, including automation, developer productivity, observability, testing, application security, and operational efficiency.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate technical complexity into clear business language.
  • Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, performance management, talent development, succession planning, and building engaged teams.
  • Strong analytical, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment while maintaining delivery discipline, operational rigor, and stakeholder confidence.
  • Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, enterprise transformation, or major technology modernization initiatives is an asset.
  • High-tech software or enterprise software industry experience is an asset.
  • A relevant bachelor's or master's degree, college diploma, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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.

Salary Range:Depending on the candidate's education, experience, skills, geographical location, and alignment with internal equity and external market, actual salary may vary and be higher or lower than the range posted.

About OpenText

OpenText Corporation is a Canadian company that develops and sells enterprise information management software. The company is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. OpenText software applications manage content or unstructured data for large companies, government agencies, and professional service firms. OpenText aims to help customers digitize their operations and optimize their information management processes. The company has made several acquisitions over the years to expand its product offerings and customer base. OpenText has a global presence with offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Learn more about OpenText
Size
14,300 employees
Market Cap
$7.8 billion
Industry
Founded
1991
5 Year Trend
+8.8%
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