Lead Product Manager - AI

Summary

Join Xero as a Lead Product Manager to spearhead core verticals for our AI products. You will lead the development and management of AI-powered products, working closely with engineers and stakeholders. This role requires extensive experience in product management, particularly within the AI/ML domain, and a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams. Based in New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington, Hawke’s Bay, or remote), you'll leverage your expertise to define product roadmaps, manage product lifecycles, and mentor team members. Xero offers a comprehensive benefits package including generous paid leave, medical insurance, wellbeing programs, parental leave, and more.

Requirements

• Experience working with AI products or a strong passion for AI products (use it regularly, have strong familiarity with AI products)
• Experience developing a 0-1 product (working on a brand new product)
• Experience in working in ambiguous environments
• Experience working with many stakeholders at different levels within different teams
• Extensive experience in enabling new and improved approaches to product practice
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with diverse and senior stakeholder groups to realise 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 long-term 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 10-20 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

• 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