Principal Product Manager; B2B SaaS Automotive

Open Text - The Information Company

Open Text 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 Open Text, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We’re hiring talent AI can’t replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.

Open Text Business Network (OTBN) is a cloud-based platform that enables secure, compliant, and efficient collaboration across digital ecosystems of people, systems, and things. Our solutions simplify the complexities of B2B data exchange and deliver actionable insights that accelerate revenue, improve customer satisfaction, and drive operational excellence.

We are on a mission to turn information into secure action through digital knowledge workers—and we’re looking for a Principal Product Manager to lead our strategic efforts in the Automotive industry, including OEMs and their Tier 1‑3 supplier ecosystems.

This is a strategic, high‑impact role focused on shaping the future of supply chain orchestration and digital transformation for the Automotive sector. You will lead the development of vertical‑specific product strategies, working across Open Text's Business Network portfolio to deliver AI‑first, cloud‑native solutions that address the most pressing industry challenges—from electrification and SDVs to supply chain resilience and cybersecurity.

You’ll be responsible for defining and driving product line vision, investment strategy, and execution across multiple solution sets, enabling our customers to build intelligent, secure, and agile automotive supply chains.

• Own the vertical strategy for Automotive across multiple product lines, aligning with OTBN's broader portfolio and platform capabilities.
• Engage directly with customers on‑site and at industry forums, conferences, and webinars to express thought leadership and assess industry challenges and opportunities.
• Create, implement and manage Go‑to‑Market strategies for the automotive industries and serve as the Product Advocate for Sales, Solutions Consulting and Marketing teams to best position our product market fit and value propositions.
• Partner and collaborate with core product managers and cross‑functional teams to define and deliver solutions that address industry‑specific pain points such as digital twin integration, supplier onboarding, and compliance.
• Drive strategic investment planning, identifying opportunities for organic growth, AI‑led innovation, and platform leverage.
• Evangelize the vertical vision internally and externally, influencing stakeholders across product, engineering, marketing, and sales.
• Shape product lifecycle execution, from ideation to delivery, using Agile methodologies and cloud‑native development practices.
• Conduct competitive analysis across solutions provider landscapes with the aim to highlight Business Network's inherent competitive advantage and assess critical functional gaps that may need to be filled.

• 5–7 years of product management experience in enterprise software, cloud platforms, or B2B ecosystems.
• 10+ years of experience in the Automotive industry, including OEM operations, Tier 1‑3 supplier networks, and digital manufacturing trends.
• Proven success in leading product strategy across multiple solution areas or portfolios.

• Strategic Thinking:
  Ability to define and execute long‑term product vision aligned with industry trends and customer needs.
• Market Analysis:
  Strong skills in competitive research, customer discovery, and market segmentation.
• AI‑First Mindset:
  Familiarity with GenAI, predictive AI, and agentic AI concepts, and how they apply to automotive supply chain orchestration and digital twin integration.
• Technical Acumen:
  Solid understanding of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure),…