Senior Program Manager
Open Text Corporation
About the role
Your Impact
This is an opportunity to sit at the intersection of HR, technology, and AI, helping shape how work gets done across a global organization. As a Senior Program Manager, you’ll lead the evolution of our HR technology landscape, driving initiatives that modernize employee experiences, enable smarter decision-making, and unlock the potential of AI across HR. From optimizing SAP SuccessFactors to introducing AI-enabled capabilities, your work will directly influence how employees and leaders interact with HR systems every day. You’ll partner with cross‑functional teams across HR, IT, Data, and Security to deliver scalable, secure, and forward‑thinking solutions, ensuring our technology not only meets today’s needs but is built for the future.
What The Role Offers
- Lead end‑to‑end delivery of global HR technology programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy, timelines, and governance
- Drive the evolution of SAP SuccessFactors and integrated HR platforms, identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency and user experience
- Evaluate and optimize HR processes through automation and AI‑enabled capabilities
- Partner with global product owners and IT teams to deliver system enhancements and releases
- Manage intake, prioritization, and execution of enhancements, ensuring alignment with data governance and AI principles
- Provide oversight on role‑based permissions, ensuring strong security, privacy, and access controls
- Support the adoption of new technologies through training, enablement, and change strategies
- Collaborate with HR and Communications to build awareness, trust, and adoption of new tools and capabilities
- Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities to continuously improve the HR technology ecosystem
What You Need To Succeed
- 5+ years of experience in HR technology, with strong expertise in SAP SuccessFactors
- Proven experience delivering enterprise or global HR technology initiatives in complex environments
- Strong understanding of HR processes and how to translate them into scalable technology solutions
- Experience with program or project management methodologies and governance frameworks
- Familiarity with AI concepts in HR (e.g., automation, analytics, predictive insights)
- Knowledge of data privacy, security, and access governance best practices
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across HR, IT, and business teams
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences
- Experience supporting change management and driving technology adoption
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Information Technology, Business, or a related field
This is a global role supporting clients/employees in North America and Europe and requires fluency in French & English.
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 to help shape the future of HR technology and actively modernizing how work gets done.
Salary Range
$97,090 - $147,090; 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's efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of 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 submit a ticket at Ask HR. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.
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