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About the Role
OpenText is seeking a proactive communications professional to join as Manager, Communications & Public Affairs. This role will help build and protect OpenText’s reputation by advancing the company’s public affairs agenda and supporting communications for the CEO, CFO and other senior leaders. This role is for a proactive, sharp thinker who can keep multiple high-visibility workstreams moving, and partner across the business to turn strategy into high-quality execution.
Responsibilities
- Support communications programs that build OpenText’s reputation and profile with government decision makers around the world.
- Help plan and execute public affairs announcements and events, coordinating across internal stakeholders and drafting communications products.
- Support crisis and issues communications as needed, including drafting messaging and coordinating with internal stakeholders.
- Support internal and external communications for the CEO, CFO and other senior leaders, from organizing town halls, listening tours and market visits to drafting speeches, remarks, media briefings and executive messages.
- Coordinate with the Office of the CEO on the planning and logistics of CEO communications activities and appearances, internally and externally.
- Help develop and execute a thought leadership program with key internal stakeholders, positioning OpenText's executive team as authoritative voices on topics including AI, data management and data trust.
- Manage the execution of executive communications, coordinating timing, sequencing and distribution of messages across internal channels.
Requirements
- 4–6 years of experience in corporate, executive or public affairs communications, ideally including experience in politics or communications consulting.
- Experience using AI tools to get work done faster and smarter, paired with the critical thinking to evaluate and refine what they produce.
- A strong understanding of the political landscape, with an interest in domestic and global politics and the ability to assess what developments mean for OpenText’s business.
- Sharp critical thinking and a proactive approach.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects at once and keep them on track in a fast-moving environment with competing priorities.
- Experience working cross-functionally to deliver campaigns and announcements in a complex, matrixed organization, and the ability to build trust with senior leaders and their teams.
- Strong writing skills, with experience supporting executive content such as speeches, remarks and internal messages.
Skills
- AI tools
- Critical thinking
- Political landscape understanding
- Project management
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Writing skills
Experience Level
- 4-6 years
Salary/Compensations
- $86,800 - $130,200
Benefits
- Thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
- Details about compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles, vacation entitlement, and paid time off.
About the Company
- OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture.
- 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.
- OpenText is everywhere. Our technology quietly powers the systems the world runs on, from the supply chains that stock store shelves to the data that keeps banks, hospitals and governments running.
- In the age of AI, OpenText provides the trusted data foundation that allows AI agents to act.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.