Program Manager

About the Position

OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY

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 that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for an experienced and versatile Program Manager to join our Japan Sales Organization. Reporting directly to the President of OpenText Japan, the position is instrumental in delivering strategic initiatives and supporting the achievement of growth targets across several core business units.

Responsibilities

• Identify, execute, and report on strategic sales initiatives
• Create executive leadership team and board level presentations
• Own delivery of the quarterly sales business cadence analysis, materials, and actions
• Monitor and analyze KPIs to assess effectiveness and business benefits of strategic initiatives and align on areas of course correction
• Project manage cross-functional initiatives and programs, coordinating activities and resources with regular progress reporting against key milestones, ultimately owning on-time delivery of projects
• Deliver multiple concurrent projects, tracking completion of action items, resolving issues, and mitigating risks in partnership with the Sales Leadership
• Work collaboratively across functions to support our growth agenda
• Perform other responsibilities and tasks as required by the Sales Leadership to drive our growth agenda, including but not limited to, executive reporting, meeting coordination, and business planning/reviews

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years’ relevant experience in program and project management, ideal candidate has experience from top-tier Management Consulting firm
• Strong sense of ownership and track record of exceptional-quality deliverables
• Ability to navigate complex multinational and matrix-based organizations, being highly skilled at working cross-functionally and building processes, communication, and trust across teams – be the ‘glue’ of the extended team
• Flexible and adaptable to time-sensitive situations and the need to work outside of conventional hours to coordinate with team members globally
• Strong experience with Microsoft Office apps, especially MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Experience with SalesForce.com
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Additionally, an understanding of Go-to-Market strategy within enterprise software sales is advantageous

We Offer

• Opportunity to work with a global leader in information management
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment
• Professional growth and development opportunities

About the Company

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.

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