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Head of Product - Payroll

Full-timeHead of Product$255,150-$354,000*
Auckland, New Zealand
Health insurance
Paid time off
Parental leave
Learning and development budget
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Visa sponsorship
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Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive. 

At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place.

The Head of Product will be in charge of a product portfolio within the Payroll division and play a key role in delivering on Xero strategic objectives. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role, and we're looking for someone who's up for the challenge.

We're looking for this candidate to be based in either our Auckland, Wellington, Melbourne or Sydney office.

The successful applicant will have:

  • Over 10 years of experience in product management.
  • Be values driven with a strong focus on collaboration and delivering on outcomes
  • Have strong product and people leadership experience
  • Love learning new things and willing to push boundaries and drive new thinking
  • A track record of solving complex customer, commercial, and technical problems.
  • Proven ability to lead and motivate and develop a team of product managers
  • Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Drive product strategy and a coherent narrative for your product area 
  • Lead a team of talented product managers and senior product managers to develop and execute the product roadmap
  • You will coach team members and elevate product management capability in your team and the wider division
  • Collaborate with engineering, design, and product marketing to bring new products to market.
  • Deeply understand your customers, and drive shared understanding of target segments across your team and stakeholders
  • Be an effective spokesperson for the product, communicating effectively with executives and other stakeholders.
  • Stay abreast of the latest trends in relevant industry and technology.
  • Develop and implement strategies to drive product adoption and growth.
Why Xero
Offering very generous paid leave to use however you’d like (plus statutory holidays!), dedicated paid leave to care for your physical and mental wellbeing as well as an Employee Assistance Program to access mental health care for you and your family, free medical insurance, wellbeing and sports programmes, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices, flexible working, career development, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll do the best work of your life at Xero.

Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses, including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top talent and innovate successfully.  At Xero we embrace diversity and inclusion and value a #challenge mindset.

Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience . If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be just the right person for this role and Xero. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application and throughout the interview process.

Xero is an NZ Immigration Accredited Employer and Rainbow Tick certified too. 
Questions & answers for this position
  • What is the type of contract for this position?
    The contract for this position is a Full-time contract
  • What's the salary range for the Head of Product - Payroll position?
    The suggested salary for this position is $255,150-$354,000*
  • Is telecommuting possible for this position?
    No, telecommuting is not possible for this position
About Xero
Xero is a New Zealand–domiciled public technology company, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Website
Industry
Accounting, Billing
Founded
2006
Size
1K-5K employees

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