OpenText

Sr. Manager, Privacy & Compliance

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience; M.B.A. or M.S. in information security is a plus
  • 10+ years of IT experience, including 7+ years in information security and 5+ years in a supervisory role
  • Strong leadership skills for effective stakeholder partnership
  • Proven relationship-building capabilities at all organizational levels
  • Knowledge of industry standards including ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, SOC1/2/3, and GDPR
  • Strong analytical and project management skills with a focus on competing priorities
  • Ability to motivate cross-functional teams with strong communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead operations of the Security & Privacy Sales Enablement team
  • Establish and enforce quality standards for response and operational expectations
  • Coach and develop team members in security and privacy activities
  • Manage escalations for complex customer requests and delivery periods
  • Partner with internal teams throughout the sales lifecycle
  • Oversee customer assurance deliverables and coordinate SMEs for discussions
  • Support security and privacy alignment, including DPA and legal coordination
  • Align responses with regulatory frameworks and manage intake workflows

Benefits

  • Opportunities for leadership and coaching
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders
  • Access to industry-standard best practices and frameworks
  • Focus on operationalizing trust and security within the organization
  • Involvement in a high-impact governance function
Full Job Description


The GISP Governance organization brings together Security & Privacy Governance, Privacy Assurance, and Customer Assurance functions into a unified trust and assurance model.

The organization is responsible for establishing and maintaining foundational governance, security, privacy, awareness, and assurance capabilities that support both internal governance objectives and external customer trust activities.

GISP Assurance primarily operates as a governance and assurance function focused on establishing standards, enabling consistency, supporting transparency, and operationalizing trust across the organization. In selected areas, particularly within Privacy Governance, the organization also performs operational assurance and coordination activities necessary to support evolving regulatory, customer, and business requirements.

Your Impact:

As a Manager of Security Governance, Sales Enablement, and Privacy, you will provide dedicated leadership and operational ownership across critical functions that drive revenue enablement, strengthen regulatory posture, and support organizational stability. You will lead the Security & Privacy Sales Enablement function, enabling scalable, consistent engagement with Sales, customers, and cross-functional partners including Legal, Privacy, Product Security, and Cloud Operations. This role ensures effective support for customer assurance activities, helping accelerate sales cycles while maintaining alignment with established security, privacy, and governance standards.

You will oversee intake, triage, prioritization, and delivery coordination for customer-facing security and privacy requests, ensuring timely, accurate, and risk-aligned responses across contractual, regulatory, and assurance-related inquiries. Acting as a central coordination point between Sales and internal stakeholders, you will balance customer expectations with business objectives and operational scalability. Additionally, you will partner closely with Privacy and Governance teams to support global privacy requirements, including customer inquiries, DPA coordination, and alignment with privacy frameworks, driving consistency, efficiency, and standardized engagement practices across the organization.

What the role offers:

As a Sr Manager, Privacy & Compliance, you will:

  • Lead Security & Privacy Sales Enablement team operations, including intake, triage, prioritization, and workload distribution
  • Establish and enforce response quality standards and operational delivery expectations across engagements
  • Coach and develop team members supporting customer-facing security, privacy, and assurance activities
  • Manage escalations for complex, high-risk, or strategic customer requests and high-volume delivery periods
  • Partner with Sales, Account Teams, Customer Success, and Solution Engineering throughout the sales lifecycle
  • Oversee customer assurance deliverables (security questionnaires, due diligence) and coordinate SMEs for discussions
  • Support contractual security and privacy alignment, including DPA reviews and coordination with Legal, Privacy, Product Security, and Cloud Operations
  • Apply standard contractual language, assess obligations, and escalate non-standard risk or regulatory commitments
  • Align customer assurance responses with regulatory frameworks (DORA, NIS/NIS2, CRA, AI governance) and certifications (ISO, SOC)
  • Own intake workflows, queue governance, and service operations while driving efficiency through reusable content and performance metrics


What you need to Succeed:

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience; M.B.A. or M.S. in information security is a plus
  • 10+ years of IT experience, including 7+ years in information security and 5+ years in a supervisory capacity
  • Strong leadership skills with ability to partner effectively with business managers and key stakeholders
  • Proven ability to build relationships across all levels and align with business imperatives
  • Knowledge of standards: ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, SOC1/2/3, HIPAA, SOC2+HITRUST, SOX, FedRAMP
  • Strong analytical and project management skills (planning, scheduling, resource management) with ability to manage competing priorities
  • Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams while influencing stakeholders with strong communication skills
  • Experience developing policies, procedures, and standards; familiarity with ISO 2700x, ITIL, COBIT, and flexibility across InfoSec functions


Role-specific certifications are a plus:
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)


One last thing:

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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