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The contract for this position is a Full-time contract

What's the salary range for the Product Manager - People & Finance Systems position?

The suggested salary for this position is $157,500-$204,500*

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Product Manager - People & job at Xero

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 Enterprise Technology group works across the business to support people and methods, and improve our technology and strategic capability. We work within the wider Technology portfolio to be one of the most sustainably excellent software engineering companies in the world. As a group, we provide the technical capabilities needed to support the key corporate, product and company strategic initiatives. We act as a trusted consultant and advisor for improving, evolving and building new platforms and solutions that support Xero across multiple business units, markets and territories.

This role has a focus on the platforms, systems and architecture that will scale to support the regional and global experiences of over 5000 employees, automating core processes around Attracting, Recruiting, Onboarding, Growth and Development, Reward and Retention.

As a Product Manager you will be working closely with a talented team and be responsible for executing on our product vision and roadmap by creating and delivering innovative solutions that solve real-world problems.

What you'll do:

Lead the planning, implementation and delivery of projects on time, on budget and to the desired quality and scope.
Lead the development of initiatives into structured projects and programmes.
Facilitate the definition of scope, goals and deliverables.
Develop fit for purpose project plans and approaches (including agile, iterative and waterfall).
Assemble project teams from internal and external resource pools as required.
Vendor management where required.
Assist with recruitment, staff induction and training where required.
Report on the progress of projects including risks and issues/problems and solutions at regular intervals.
Embrace and champion the project(s) assigned and drive delivery of the change to a high standard.
Be able to manage concurrent projects and prioritise the effort on each according to organisational priorities.
Maintain strong communications with all teams at Xero.
Maintain a balanced perspective by building relationships and interacting with relevant internal stakeholders.
Work across the spectrum of project delivery activity from coordination to management, owning the outcome.
Work closely with stakeholders to transition project deliverables into BAU.
Help to develop and roll out strategies for project delivery and communications across the Technology groups, and other teams when appropriate.
Develop repeatable processes’, where practicable, to increase efficiency in project delivery.
Clear and concise escalation of any complex risks or issues.

What you'll bring with you:

Demonstrated experience leading and delivering multiple projects
Experience working with enterprise systems and integrations including HRIS, Payroll & ERP would be beneficial but is not essential
Experience in Discovery and Planning for both business-led and tech-led initiatives
Fluency in Agile and Waterfall concepts
Confidence in coaching business teams towards project success
An understanding of Business Process Improvement, Business Preparedness, and Change Management concepts
Demonstrated experience in Stakeholder Management
Demonstrated Vendor Management, and Professional Services agreements
Strong communication skills
Strong analytical skills
Delivery and/or Project Management certification is preferred

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.

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