Technology & Innovation Programme Lead

About OpenText

OpenText stands as a global frontrunner in information management, embracing innovation, creativity, and teamwork as core cultural values. Join a team collaborating with top-tier global enterprises, addressing intricate challenges, and impacting the digital transformation landscape.

Role Overview

The Technology & Innovation Programme Lead will spearhead OpenText's AI-driven innovation initiatives within the engineering and AI innovation sector. This role involves managing externally backed research programmes, funding proposals, tax credit affairs, and forging strategic partnerships. Collaboration spans engineering, data science, academia, industry allies, funding bodies, and key customers. The focus is on translating research concepts into financed projects delivering measurable benefits while representing OpenText within Ireland's innovation ecosystem.

The position also entails supervisory and technical guidance responsibilities for a compact engineering and data science team. Unlike routine software delivery management, this role ensures strong delivery capability and credible innovation programmes through leadership and oversight.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct grant-supported innovation projects with both academic and industrial collaborators.
• Manage strategic funding applications and partner relationships comprehensively.
• Identify and develop future innovation prospects across the company.
• Prepare competitive applications for funding and conduct feasibility studies.
• Oversee tax credit reporting compliance and related processes.
• Engage collaboratively with universities, industry stakeholders, and funding agencies.
• Provide leadership and line management to technical teams, fostering technical excellence and team growth.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of eight years' experience spanning engineering, technical programme management, or innovation operations.
• Degree in a technical discipline such as engineering, computer science, data science, or equivalent; postgraduate qualifications preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in leading collaborative innovation projects involving academia and industry.
• Robust software engineering background combined with technical expertise in engineering, AI, and data science domains.
• Proven leadership experience in managing technical teams, including performance management and career development.
• Strong proficiency in technical and business writing for funding proposals, tax-related documentation, and compliance reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, capable of influencing senior executives and executing negotiations effectively.
• Sound commercial acumen, familiarity with grant funding, awareness of Azure cloud platform, and fluent verbal and written English skills.

Additional Information

OpenText fosters an inclusive and equitable workplace exceeding legal compliance, welcoming diversity across culture, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, and other protected categories. Reasonable accommodations are provided for disabilities during application and recruitment.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape AI and innovation strategies, build impactful partnerships, and translate cutting-edge technology into funded initiatives that generate significant value for clients and the company.