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Senior Product Manager - 12 month fixed-term contract

Senior Product Manager - 12 month fixed-term contract

XeroNew Zealand
8 hours ago
Job description

Overview

Senior Product Manager - 12 month fixed-term contract at Xero. The Foundations team in Payroll builds the Payroll Databases, Eventing and Public APIs powering payroll capabilities. This role shapes the strategy and roadmap for the foundational products that every other payroll product team relies on, enabling AI-driven insights, automation, and smarter experiences. Your primary customers will be other engineering and product teams, and your work will directly accelerate their ability to deliver features, improve performance, and ensure reliability for Xero customers.

Please note this is a 12-month fixed-term contract for parental leave cover.

What youll do

  • Strategise Product Vision : Lead the strategic framing of products within Xero's overall strategy and future objectives.
  • Drive Customer-Centricity : Lead customer engagement, research, and insight collection to embed customer data in decision-making and risk assessment.
  • Problem Identification & Solution Framing : Identify valuable customer problems and comprehensively frame solutions for testing and refinement, even in complex environments.
  • Product Line Strategy & Resourcing : Develop and secure funding and resources for the product line strategy.
  • Oversee Product Delivery & Launch : Lead the development of product roadmaps, release strategies, and ensure effective product launches.
  • Manage Product Risks : Take responsibility for managing non-functional risks (security, privacy, compliance, etc.) and lead trade-off decisions.
  • Monitor & Optimise Performance : Review, monitor, and analyze commercial and customer results, leading iterative improvements to existing products.
  • Guide End-to-End Product Lifecycle : Manage products across their entire lifecycle, from launch to sunset, ensuring continuity and strategic alignment.
  • Develop Product Practice & Team : Contribute to developing and implementing product practices, and train, coach, and recruit team members.

What youll bring with you

  • Strong product management experience, preferably with an engineering / technical background who has transitioned into product.
  • Experience working closely with engineering teams and with internal customers.
  • Can get technically deep and engage in detailed engineering design opportunities.
  • Can execute an API-first strategy and support engineering efficiency goals.
  • Have a strong interest in AI and how it can improve outcomes for customers and Xero.
  • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and translate insights into actionable strategies.
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, comfort with presenting to senior leadership.
  • A growth mindset, with a passion for learning, innovation, and pushing boundaries.

    • 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.

    Seniority level

  • Not Applicable

    • Employment type

  • Contract

    • Job function

  • Product Management and Marketing

    • Industries

  • Software Development

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