Sr. Human Resources Business Partner

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.

Your Impact:

Step into a high-impact role where you’ll influence the direction of the business and shape the employee experience at scale. As a Senior HR Business Partner, you’ll sit at the leadership table, partnering closely with senior and executive leaders across your assigned client group to drive strategy, enable growth, and build high-performing teams.

Blending strategic insight with hands-on execution, you’ll act as a trusted advisor, guiding decisions across leadership development, organizational design and restructuring, talent management and workforce planning, total rewards, employee relations, and engagement. In this role, you’ll proactively identify and resolve critical business challenges, ensuring your people strategies directly fuel performance and long-term success.

This is a 15 month contract role. 

What you will do: 

• Apply strategic focus with regards to talent planning, employee engagement, and organizational design efforts, leading the business through the delivery of key programs in support of strategic goals.
• Partner with leadership teams to understand key business priorities and talent impact, while leveraging data to support future planning.
• Communicate HR priorities and goals with leaders to ensure an effective partnership, change management support, and timely implementation of plans.
• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on the execution of Corporate Programs and Initiatives (Performance, Compensation Planning, M&A, Restructuring, Policy changes & Compliance Activity)
• Communicate business initiatives and talent-related priorities to the extended HR team.

What you need to succeed: 

• 10+ years of Human Resource experience in an HR Business Partner or HR Generalist capacity.
• Customer-focused with proven relationship-building strengths and solid experience developing workforce plans based on business goals.
• Strong business acumen, evidencing the use of insights in the business environment to improve talent and business outcomes. 
• Strong analytic capability to identify and diagnose pressing business challenges, uncover insights to enhance decision making and can align organizational strategy to talent decisions
• Strong project management skills.
• Comfort and ability to thrive in a high change fasted paced environment, with strong change management experience.
• University degree, preferably in business/Human Resources, or equivalent combination of education/experience

One Last Thing

If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact environment and are energized by solving complex challenges, this role is for you. Join us and help drive meaningful change across our organization. OpenText, we don't just have a culture; we have character. Choose us because you want to be part of a company that embraces innovation and empowers its employees to make a difference.

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: $97,900 - $147,900. 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.