OpenText

Principal Product Owner

OpenText$110K — $160K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field.
  • 10+ years of experience using Agile principles in Enterprise Applications within a Service Management ecosystem.
  • 5+ years in a Product Owner capacity.
  • In-depth knowledge of customer support processes and ITSM/ESM concepts.
  • Strong understanding of Agile delivery frameworks such as SAFe, SCRUM, or KANBAN.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

  • Define and communicate a clear product roadmap and strategy aligned with business objectives.
  • Prioritize and manage the product backlog, ensuring well-defined user stories.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and align project goals.
  • Guide adherence to Agile principles for timely project delivery.
  • Support release planning activities including sprint planning and reviews.
  • Coach team members in Agile practices and Product Ownership principles.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
  • Variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles.
  • Vacation entitlement and paid time off.
Full Job Description
YOUR IMPACT

We are looking for a dynamic Agile Product Owner with a strong background in Customer Support and Service Management platforms to help shape the future of our service experience. This role offers an exciting opportunity to define product strategy, influence organizational priorities, and lead the delivery of high-impact initiatives within an Agile environment. Working closely with stakeholders, engineering teams, and business leaders, you will transform customer and operational needs into innovative solutions that drive efficiency, elevate service quality, and create lasting value. If you're passionate about customer experience, technology, and continuous improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS

  • Product Vision and Strategy: Define and communicate a clear product roadmap and strategy for initiatives that align with business objectives.
  • Backlog Management: Prioritize and manage the product backlog, ensuring that Epics and User Stories are well-defined, estimated, and aligned with the overall product roadmap.
  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders, including business leaders, developers, and other product owners, to gather requirements, provide updates, and ensure alignment.
  • Agile Framework: Guide the adoption and ongoing adherence to Agile principles and practices to manage and deliver projects, ensuring timely and high-quality outcomes.
  • Domain Experience: Highly experienced implementing and supporting enterprise wide & customer facing support solutions
  • Release Planning: Support release planning activities, including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, to ensure successful delivery of tool features.
  • Leadership: Coach and guide team members in Agile ways of working as well as the tenets of Design based Thinking and Product Ownership

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration or a related field.
  • Experience: at least 10 years of experience using Agile principles to deliver Enterprise Applications within a Service Management ecosystem. At least 5 years in a Product Owner capacity
  • Agile Expertise: Strong understanding of Agile delivery principles and their application within the frameworks such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), SCRUM or KANBAN
  • Service Management Knowledge: In-depth knowledge of Customer support processes (incident, request, problem, change, knowledge, escalations), ITSM / ESM concepts (SLAs, OLAs, queues, entitlements, assignment groups, workflows), Contact center operations (intake channels, case routing, tiered support), Customer experience (CX) mindset (friction reduction for both customers and agents, self service & deflection)
  • Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
  • Collaboration: Proven ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.
  • Certifications: Agile certifications (e.g., SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, Certified Scrum Product Owner), are highly desirable.


Compensation: At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. A summary of those benefits can be found on our Why Join Us page. 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: $110,960 - $160,960 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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