VP, Data Center Portfolio & Transformation

Socket.dev; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenText is seeking a transformational technology executive to lead the Global Data Center Portfolio & Transformation. You will own the strategy to consolidate and modernize the data center footprint and to migrate workloads across on-premises, colocation, and hyperscale cloud.

As VP, you will partner with Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Finance, and other executives to deliver a multi-year roadmap, manage sizeable budgets, and ensure security, regulatory, and data sovereignty

Qualifications

• 15+ years of leadership in global data center infrastructure or cloud transformation.
• Proven track record of data center consolidation and modernization programs.
• Experience across data centers, colocation, private cloud, and hyperscale cloud.
• Strong financial and budgeting experience for large CAPEX/OPEX.
• Experience leading multi-year technology transformation initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Deep expertise in data center portfolio strategy, workload migration, automation, security.
• Experience with M&A infrastructure integration is valued.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute global data center portfolio strategy across owned, leased, colocation, and cloud environments.
• Lead a large-scale infrastructure transformation program to reduce footprint and modernize.
• Establish workload placement and migration strategies across on-premises, colocation, and cloud.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Product Engineering, Security to accelerate hybrid cloud transformation.
• Own capacity planning and infrastructure investment decisions across facilities, compute, storage, network, power, and cooling.
• Develop business cases, financial models, and multi-year roadmaps aligning investments with growth and tech lifecycle.
• Ensure security, resilience, privacy, regulatory, and data sovereignty compliance.
• Support acquisitions/divestitures with scalable integration/separation strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Data center strategy

Hybrid cloud

Workload migration

Automation

Security & resilience

Financial acumen

M&A infrastructure

Job description

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

OpenText is a global leader in secure information management for AI, helping organizations unlock the value of information by connecting data, people, and processes while embedding security, governance, and compliance throughout the information lifecycle.

As OpenText advances its Cloud and AI strategy, its infrastructure must evolve to support a more agile, secure, resilient, automated, and economically optimized operating model.

YOUR IMPACT:

OpenText is seeking a transformational technology executive to serve as Vice President, Global Data Center Portfolio & Transformation.

This leader will be the single accountable executive for the strategy, optimization, and transformation of OpenText's global data center portfolio, leading a multi-year effort to significantly reduce the physical footprint while creating a modern infrastructure foundation for the future.

The mandate includes transforming the current portfolio of approximately 63 data center sites toward a future-state footprint of approximately 10 strategic locations, while determining the optimal placement of workloads across retained facilities, colocation environments, and hyperscale cloud platforms.

The transformation will balance two complementary strategies:

• Consolidate and modernize approximately 50% of workloads into a smaller, standardized physical estate.
• Migrate approximately 50% of workloads toward hyperscaler platforms, using rehosting, replatforming, containerization, modernization, or retirement based on workload complexity, criticality, economics, security, regulatory requirements, and change tolerance.

The VP will partner closely with Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Product Engineering, Security, Finance, Procurement, Corporate Development, Facilities, and other executive stakeholders.

WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS:

• Define and execute OpenText's global data center portfolio strategy, driving consolidation, modernization, site optimization, and cloud adoption across owned, leased, colocation, private cloud, and hyperscale environments.
• Lead a large-scale infrastructure transformation program, reducing complexity and creating a more standardized, automated, secure, resilient, and cost-effective operating model.
• Establish workload placement and migration strategies, determining the optimal path for workloads across on-premises, colocation, and cloud platforms through modernization, migration, or retirement.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, Product Engineering, and Cloud teams to accelerate hybrid cloud transformation and support OpenText's Cloud and AI strategy.
• Own global capacity planning and infrastructure investment decisions across facilities, compute, storage, network, power, and cooling while optimizing total cost of ownership.
• Develop business cases, financial models, and multi-year roadmaps that align infrastructure investments with growth, modernization, M&A activity, and technology lifecycle strategies.
• Collaborate with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure infrastructure decisions meet security, resilience, privacy, regulatory, and data sovereignty requirements.
• Support acquisition integrations and divestitures by establishing scalable and repeatable infrastructure integration and separation strategies.Influence executive stakeholders and drive governance, risk management, and performance reporting for one of OpenText's most strategic transformation initiatives.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience across global data center infrastructure, cloud transformation, technology operations, or related enterprise technology environments.
• Proven experience leading large-scale data center consolidation, modernization, migration, and site-exit programs.
• Experience managing complex environments spanning data centers, colocation, private cloud, and hyperscale cloud.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including ownership of significant capital and operating budgets.
• Experience developing and executing multi-year technology transformation strategies with measurable business outcomes.
• Deep expertise in data center portfolio strategy, hybrid cloud, workload migration, infrastructure architecture, capacity planning, automation, security, resilience, and technology lifecycle management.
• Experience supporting M&A infrastructure integration and separation is highly valued.

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:

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.