Head of Product

Our Purpose 

At Xero, we’re here to help you supercharge your business. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, we’re not only making life better for small business, we’ll be building a stronger economy that can change the world.

This is a 12 month fixed-term-contract

As a Head of Product, you will:

Lead the strategic direction and growth of our Americas Tax Portfolio as Head of Product. You'll tackle complex, long-term product problems and cultivate high-performing product teams through exceptional people leadership. This role is pivotal in expanding our customer base into highly complex and ambiguous markets, requiring expert stakeholder management and the development of both new and experienced product leaders.

• Network across Xero to ensure the products within the portfolio connect to Xero’s strategy, objectives and future
• Provide leadership, shaping the team vision, culture, product team scope and ways of working
• Drive product strategy and a coherent narrative for your product area
• Lead a team of product managers and senior product managers to develop and execute the product strategy and roadmap
• Coach team members and elevate product management capability and performance 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.

What you will bring with you

• Around 10 years' experience in product management.
• A good understanding of accounting and compliance 
• Experience working within a B2B SaaS environment
• Strong people leadership skills
• A track record of solving complex customer, commercial, and technical problems.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Love learning new things and willing to push boundaries and drive new thinking
• Have strong product and people leadership experience
• Proven ability to lead and motivate and develop a team of product managers

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.