Director, Platform Systems

Open Text Corporation•Mississauga, ON

About The Position

OpenText is looking for an experienced and collaborative technology leader to join our Corporate IT organization as Director, Platform Systems. In this global leadership role, you will be responsible for the strategy, delivery, and operational excellence of critical enterprise capabilities across Integration Systems, Security and Identity Access Management, and Fulfillment Systems. You will lead distributed teams, partner with business and technology stakeholders, and help modernize the systems and practices that enable secure, scalable, and efficient business operations.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive experience leading application, engineering, enterprise systems, integration, security, identity, fulfillment, or platform teams.
Demonstrated experience leading global teams, managing multiple workstreams, and delivering business-critical technology services.
Strong technical leadership experience across enterprise integration platforms, API management, cloud integration, SAP integration technologies, IAM tools, fulfillment or licensing systems, and modern application delivery practices.
Agile training or certification is required; hands-on experience leading Agile teams, Scrum practices, backlog management, delivery metrics, and Agile maturity improvement is strongly preferred.
Working knowledge of AI capabilities and practical use cases in Integration, Security, Identity Management, and Fulfillment Systems, including automation, developer productivity, observability, testing, application security, and operational efficiency.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate technical complexity into clear business language.
Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, performance management, talent development, succession planning, and building engaged teams.
Strong analytical, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed environment while maintaining delivery discipline, operational rigor, and stakeholder confidence.
A relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree, college diploma, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, enterprise transformation, or major technology modernization initiatives is an asset.
High-tech software or enterprise software industry experience is an asset.

Responsibilities

Leading and influencing in a global, matrixed environment with teams and stakeholders across multiple regions.
Manage budgets, vendor relationships, licensing decisions, and platform investments with a focus on business value, simplification, and cost effectiveness.
Work with technologies that may include Cloud Integration Hub/ICDM, SAP PI/PO, SAP Integration Suite/BTP, Boomi, MuleSoft, Google Cloud Platform, IAM platforms, licensing and fulfillment systems, APIs, automation, and observability tools.
Building trusted relationships with business partners, technology leaders, architects, cybersecurity teams, infrastructure teams, vendors, and consultants.
Communicating clearly with executive, business, technical, and operational audiences.
Bringing structure, transparency, and prioritization to complex portfolios of work.
Driving Agile ways of working, delivery predictability, team accountability, and continuous improvement.
Applying AI and automation thoughtfully to improve speed, quality, operational insight, documentation, testing, and productivity.
Balancing strategic planning with hands-on leadership in a fast-paced, business-critical environment.
Simplifying technology landscapes, reducing risk, improving resilience, and aligning work to measurable outcomes.
Promoting strong engineering, integration, security, identity, fulfillment, documentation, and operational practices.
Staying current on emerging trends in integration platforms, IAM, application security, fulfillment, cloud, APIs, AI, and automation.