Sr. Director, AI Development

Skillhub Solutions Inc.; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

OpenText Corporation in Waterloo, ON, on-site, is seeking a Senior Director of AI Development to lead engineering teams and programs that turn AI initiatives into dependable products, services, and platforms.

You will hire and develop engineering leaders, shape roadmaps with product and architecture, and drive AI solutions across enterprise applications. Strong leadership and cloud-program experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering or related discipline delivering complex products across teams.
• Proven people leadership, including developing managers and technical leaders.
• Enterprise software experience, particularly leading platform or cloud programs.
• Experience guiding an applied AI initiative from experiments to delivery.
• Strong understanding of applied AI concepts, including model choices and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery across teams with milestones and accountability for quality, reliability, and customer outcomes.
• Hire, coach, and develop engineering managers and technical leaders.
• Shape roadmaps with product and architecture leaders, manage capacity and dependencies, and set priorities and investment decisions.
• Lead development of AI solutions, cloud services, platforms, tools, and shared capabilities for enterprise applications.
• Guide incubation from experiments and customer validation through investment decisions and transition into supported capabilities.
• Establish development, operational, documentation, release-readiness, and support practices for shared services.
• Communicate progress to executives and build cross-business partnerships.

Skills

People Leadership

AI Experience

Enterprise Software

Executive Communication

Product Partnership

Cloud/Platform Programs

AI/ML Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Job description

Senior Director, AI Development

OpenText Corporation | Waterloo, ON | On-site | Full-time

OpenText's AI Development and Enablement organization builds AI solutions for customer-facing products, agents, and intelligent workflows. The Senior Director will report to a VP and lead engineering teams and programs that turn AI initiatives into dependable products, services, and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering delivery across teams, setting milestones and accountability for quality, reliability, and customer outcomes.
• Hire, coach, and develop engineering managers and technical leaders.
• Shape roadmaps with product and architecture leaders, manage capacity and dependencies, and set priorities and investment decisions.
• Lead development of AI solutions, cloud services, platforms, tools, and shared capabilities for enterprise applications.
• Guide incubation from experiments and customer validation through investment decisions and transition into supported capabilities.
• Establish development, operational, documentation, release-readiness, and support practices for shared services.
• Guide technical discussions, promote informed experimentation, build cross-business partnerships, and communicate progress to executives.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering or a related discipline, delivering complex products and programs across teams.
• Proven people leadership, including developing managers and building technical capability.
• Enterprise software experience, particularly leading platform or cloud programs, is highly desirable.
• Experience guiding an applied AI initiative from experimentation and technical decisions into delivery or adoption.
• Current understanding of applied AI concepts, agent patterns, and development challenges, including model choices, context, orchestration, and evaluation.
• Technical curiosity and experience exploring, experimenting with, or developing AI technologies.
• Sound judgment about AI quality, reliability, security, cost, and operational readiness.
• Strong product partnership, cross-business collaboration, and executive communication skills.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

OpenText describes its benefits package as supporting physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing. Compensation details are available during the hiring process.