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.
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Your Impact
The IT Project Manager is responsible for managing small-to-medium IT initiatives and defined project scopes from initiation through closure. This role coordinates planning, execution, tracking, documentation, stakeholder communication, and governance activities to support delivery within approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations. Working with Portfolio Managers, sponsors, Domain Leads, Enterprise Architects, technical teams, and business stakeholders, the IT Project Manager applies standard project management methods, tools, and templates to maintain alignment, address delivery risks, and achieve defined project outcomes.
What The Role Offers
- Manage small-to-medium IT initiatives or defined project workstreams from initiation through deployment and closure, supporting delivery within approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
- Translate approved requirements and business objectives into clear project charters, delivery plans, milestones, tasks, dependencies, and execution activities.
- Coordinate team members and delivery partners, track commitments, follow up on actions, and escalate blockers requiring support.
- Develop and maintain project plans for assigned initiatives, including schedules, milestones, resources, dependencies, cost estimates, and delivery constraints.
- Apply PMO methodology and Project Navigator practices, using standard tools and templates to keep required documentation, approvals, action logs, decision logs, and governance artifacts complete and current.
- Track project scope and support impact assessments and change-control activities, escalating material changes for review and approval.
- Support the definition and tracking of expected outcomes, success measures, and business value with requestors and sponsors.
What You Need To Succeed
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Business, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field preferred; equivalent education and experience considered.
- 3+ years of project management or project coordination experience, preferably supporting or managing small-to-medium IT initiatives in a matrixed environment.
- Demonstrated ability to manage defined project scope, coordinate stakeholders and delivery teams, track commitments, and follow through on actions.
- Working knowledge of project lifecycle management, planning, governance, change control, risk and issue management, financial tracking, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
- Familiarity with Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid delivery approaches, with the ability to apply established methods and templates.
- CAPM or relevant foundational certification is an asset; PMP, PMI-ACP, ITIL, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification is beneficial but not required.
- 5 days a week onsite at one of our OpenText facilities
- Occasional travel to regional offices as needed.
ONE LAST THING
Join OpenText as an IT Project Manager and play a key role in delivering impactful technology initiatives that drive business success. In this collaborative, hands-on role, you will lead small-to-medium IT projects from planning through delivery, partnering with technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership to ensure projects are completed on time, within scope, and with measurable value. You'll have the opportunity to influence outcomes, coordinate cross-functional teams, manage project risks, and contribute to a culture of operational excellence while growing your expertise in project management methodologies, governance, and technology delivery.
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.
Compensation: At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. A summary of those benefits can be found on our Why Join Us page. 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: $60,000 - $90,000; 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.
AI Usage Disclosure: As part of our commitment to transparency, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in various stages of our recruitment process, including resume screening, candidate matching, interview scheduling, and communications. These tools are designed to improve efficiency, reduce bias, and enhance candidate experience. All decisions regarding hiring are made by qualified human professionals, and we continuously monitor our AI systems to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable regulations. 