Lead Product Manager - AI

Summary

Join Xero as a Lead Product Manager- AI to lead core verticals for Xero’s AI products. You will be responsible for executing core product management responsibilities, reviewing commercial and customer results, leading product lifecycles, and working directly with engineers on technical direction. This role requires experience building AI products, setting strategy for user-facing products, thriving in ambiguous environments, and strong stakeholder management skills. Xero offers a competitive salary, generous paid leave, wellbeing programs, comprehensive insurance, parental leave, 401k matching, and flexible working arrangements. Xero encourages applications from diverse candidates, even if their experience doesn't perfectly align with all requirements.

Requirements

• Experience building AI products
• Experience setting strategy for and building user-facing 0-1 products
• Thrives in ambiguous environments
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Successfully delivered highly complex execution programs
• Extensive experience in enabling new and improved approaches to product practice
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with diverse and senior stakeholder groups to realize customer / commercial outcomes
• Strong track record of addressing customer needs through innovative use of technology
• Effectively influenced outcomes at all levels in a variety of contexts
• Extensive experience in product practice thought leadership, defining product roadmaps and longterm planning at a Portfolio / Sub-portfolio(s) level
• Extensive experience in leading cross portfolio initiatives to deliver customer / business outcomes
• Extensive experience in mentoring, supporting and coaching

Responsibilities

• Confidently execute core product management role responsibilities including identifying customer problems and definitions solutions to test, developing and managing product roadmaps or strategies, and developing product release strategies
• Consistently review, monitor and interrogate the commercial & customer results of products, areas and teams to inform product strategy and practice
• Lead and manage a product or group of products across the end-to-end lifecycle (e.g. launch through to sunset) to ensure maintenance and support throughout the life of the product
• Works directly with 30 engineers and is responsible for signing off on an overall technical direction and architecture from the product perspective (ie, that tradeoffs are aligned with product direction)

Benefits

• 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
• Employee resource groups
• Wellbeing programming and allowances
• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance
• Fertility and family forming financial support
• 401k contribution matching
• 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• An Employee Share Plan
• Beautiful offices with snacks and break areas
• Flexible working
• Career development