Director, Head of Cloud Architecture

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

The Director, Head of Cloud Architecture, is a strategic and highly visible role reporting directly to the SVP, Chief Architect, with a mandate to drive cloud transformation with enterprise-scale execution.

Your Impact:

You will lead the Cloud Architecture function responsible for defining, governing, and scaling OpenText's global cloud transformation strategy. You will drive the simplification and standardization of our cloud environments, define the architectural blueprints and automations for customer migrations, and ensure operational excellence across both public and private clouds.

What the role offers:

As Director, Head of Cloud Architecture, you will:

• Lead Cloud Transformation: Drive the design and standardization of global data center and cloud blueprints, reducing architectural variations and enabling a unified cloud operating model across public and private environments.
• Define Cloud Architecture Patterns: Establish scalable architectural frameworks, automation standards, and reference architectures to accelerate customer migrations from on-premises to cloud.
• Optimize Cloud Operations: Partner with Cloud Ops and FinOps teams to ensure high levels of availability, performance, security, and cost efficiency across all cloud deployments.
• Enable Cloud Consistency and Compliance: Define and enforce cloud governance, controls, and guardrails that ensure consistency and compliance with global security and regulatory standards.
• Drive Automation and Efficiency: Champion Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), DevOps, and automation practices to streamline provisioning, deployment, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product engineering and platform architecture teams to ensure that cloud patterns align with application design, scalability, and data residency needs.
• Future-Proof the Cloud Stack: Continuously assess emerging cloud technologies, architectures, and operational models to enhance agility, resilience, and sustainability.
• Mentor and Lead Architects: Build and lead a high-performing team of cloud architects and engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and accountability.

What You Need to Succeed:

• 12+ years of experience in cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, or enterprise IT transformation in large-scale, multi-cloud environments.
• Proven success leading cloud standardization or transformation initiatives across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure design, landing zone architectures, network and security frameworks, and hybrid connectivity patterns.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep) and automation frameworks (Ansible, CI/CD pipelines).
• Deep understanding of cloud operations, FinOps, and cost optimization practices.
• Experience defining migration patterns and architectural blueprints for large-scale workloads moving from on-premises to cloud.
• Strong understanding of security, compliance, and identity architectures in regulated enterprise environments.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, capable of influencing across executive and technical audiences.

One Last Thing

OpenText is more than a corporation-it's a global community built on trust, innovation, and purpose. We're seeking a proven leader for a mission-critical role driving our global cloud transformation strategy. This is your opportunity to shape the architectural foundation for scalable, secure, and efficient cloud operations, influencing the future of enterprise technology.

You'll collaborate with top engineering and operations leaders across a diverse product portfolio, in a culture that values innovation, clarity, and execution at scale. Expect competitive compensation, executive visibility, and long-term growth opportunities.

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 submit a ticket at Ask HR. 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. 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: $165,970.00 - $272,665.00; 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.