OpenText

Sr. Data Product Owner

OpenText$76K — $115K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field; data analytics certifications are a plus.
  • 5+ years of experience in delivering Data & Analytics solutions using Agile principles.
  • 2+ years in a Product Owner role, ideally with experience in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
  • Strong understanding of data management, analytics, and visualization tools; experience with PowerBI and SQL is essential.
  • Proven ability to analyze data and translate insights into actionable improvements.
  • Excellent communication skills for conveying complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to issues.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise data products and translate strategic business objectives into actionable product requirements.
  • Partner with business leads and technology teams to outline business-aligned data solutions and roadmaps.
  • Identify business needs, define analytical data solutions, and track KPIs to measure success post-implementation.
  • Challenge business partners to innovate using AI/ML solutions to solve their data challenges more effectively.
  • Engage stakeholders to refine data product features, user stories, and acceptance criteria, ensuring alignment with evolving business needs.
  • Manage product backlog segments, ensuring well-defined and prioritized Epics and User Stories.
  • Apply Scaled Agile practices to manage data and analytics projects for timely and high-quality outcomes, contributing to the evolution of internal processes.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
  • Opportunity to take part in a globally active role supporting clients in North America and Europe.
  • Emphasis on a culture of innovation and character, fostering a collaborative environment.
Full Job Description
YOUR IMPACT

As a Product Owner within our Data & Analytics - Corporate IT team, you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise data products, partnering with business and technology stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into data roadmaps and actionable product requirements. You will prioritize initiatives, define user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensure solutions deliver measurable business value.

Working closely with architecture, engineering, and cross-functional teams, you will drive the successful delivery of data and analytics solutions while maintaining the quality and reliability of our data products. This role is ideal for someone with strong product ownership, business analysis, and stakeholder management experience who thrives in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.

WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS
  • Roadmap & Business Value: Partner with business leads and technology teams to define data solutions and business-aligned roadmaps that drive measurable value for our partners across OpenText.
  • Business Needs & Solution Definition: Identify business needs, clarify current-state challenges, define analytical data solutions, oversee implementation, and track KPIs to measure success.
  • Stakeholder Requirements & Roadmap Definition: Work with stakeholders to define, build out, and align business requirements that help shape their data roadmaps, prioritize projects, and ensure delivery teams are focused on the right outcomes.
  • AI/ML Enablement & Innovation: Challenge business partners to rethink how they solve business problems through AI/ML-enabled data solutions that can be delivered on their behalf.
  • Requirements, User Stories & Acceptance Criteria: Engage with stakeholders to elicit, document, prioritize, and refine data product features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and requirements, ensuring ongoing alignment with evolving business needs.
  • Backlog, Prioritization & Agile Delivery: Manage a segment of the product backlog, ensuring Epics and User Stories are well-defined, estimated, prioritized, and aligned with the overall product roadmap while contributing to sprint planning and execution.
  • Scaled Agile Delivery: Apply Scaled Agile principles and practices to manage and deliver data and analytics projects, ensuring timely and high-quality outcomes.
  • Data Product Practice Development: Help build the Data Product practice within the Corporate IT team by actively contributing to the evolution of processes, tooling, operating models, and ways of working.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
  • Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field. Certifications in a data analytics field are a definite plus.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience using Agile principles to deliver Data & Analytics solutions. At least 2 years in a Product Owner capacity ideally within the Scaled Agile Framework.
  • Strong understanding of data management, analytics, and data visualization tools such as PowerBI. Familiarity with SQL or other data analysis tools is essential.
  • Proven ability to analyze complex data and translate insights into actionable product improvements.
  • Strong understanding of Agile delivery principles and their application within the frameworks such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), SCRUM or KANBAN
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues.

One Last Thing
OpenText is more than just a corporation, it's a global community where trust is foundational, the bar is raised, and outcomes are owned.
Join us on our mission to drive positive change through privacy, technology, and collaboration. At OpenText, we don't just have a culture; we have character. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that embraces innovation and empowers its employees to make a difference.

This is a global role supporting clients/employees in North America and Europe and requires fluency in French & English.

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: $76,800 - $115,200; 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
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