VP, Data Cloud

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OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.

AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.
At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do-powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

OpenText is a global leader in information management. At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do - powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers.

Data is the foundation of modern business transformation, yet many organizations still struggle with fragmented, siloed, and untrusted data. OpenText is redefining enterprise data management with the OpenText Data Cloud - a unified, secured, and AI-powered platform that harmonizes data across systems, unlocking enterprise intelligence and enabling trustworthy AI.

Your Impact

The Vice President, Data Cloud will lead the vision, strategy, and execution to build and scale OpenText's Data Cloud.
This leader will own the end-to-end product lifecycle - from vision to adoption, with a relentless focus on execution, innovation, and customer impact. The Data Cloud will unify structured and unstructured data, unlock the potential of enterprise content, and enable the creation of an enterprise knowledge graph that enhances AI accuracy, reduces hallucinations, and powers next-generation intelligent experiences.

What The Role Offers

• Owner's Mindset: Lead with accountability, act as a founder within OpenText, and drive relentless execution to deliver results.
• Define & Execute Vision: Lead the strategy and roadmap for OpenText Data Cloud, aligning with corporate objectives and customer needs.
• Unlock Data Potential: Build a trusted data cloud that connects structured and unstructured data across OpenText and external ecosystems to create a trusted, contextualized, and AI-ready data foundation.
• Enterprise Knowledge Graph: Design and deliver an enterprise-grade knowledge graph that connects people, processes, and content to improve AI reliability and reasoning.
• AI & Analytics Enablement: Integrate AI-driven insights, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and data architecture principles to support real-time, context-aware decision-making.
• Cross-BU Collaboration: Partner with business units to deliver curated data products with full business context, semantics, and governance.
• Data Integration: Enable seamless data discovery, sharing, governance, and modeling to unify customer data landscapes with zero-copy architecture and bidirectional data sharing.
• Customer & Market Leadership: Engage directly with customers, analysts, and partners to define OpenText's position in the evolving data and AI ecosystem.
• Strategic Partnerships: Drive collaborations with cloud and data providers, AI providers, and other technology partners to expand the Data Cloud's capabilities and ecosystem success.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure scalability, reliability, and security in all aspects of platform delivery, meeting enterprise-grade SLAs.

What You Need To Succeed

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise software, cloud platforms, or data management, with a strong background in product leadership.
• Deep expertise in data management, AI/ML, knowledge graphs, and modern data architectures (Lakehouse, Data Fabric, etc.).
• Deep understanding of unstructured data management and its role in AI model grounding and hallucination reduction.
• Proven track record of building and scaling data platforms or products from the ground up.
• Proven success in leading global product & engineering teams and delivering enterprise-scale SaaS solutions.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to engage C-level stakeholders and influence strategic decision-making.
• Outcome-driven leader with a hands-on approach, translating strategy into execution and delivering measurable, high-impact business results.

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.

OpenText's commitment to diversity and inclusion surpasses legal requirements, evident in our Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy which promotes a respectful and empowering environment for employees of all backgrounds, culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at hr@opentext.com. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.