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.
How you’ll make an impact
Working as part of the Business Operations & Strategy leadership team, the Executive GM, Programs and Delivery will work directly with product leaders, engineering teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of our products and services. You will have a proven track record in managing complex projects, collaborating with various teams, and implementing planning and delivery frameworks/methodologies.
In this role, you will:
• Make sure that the people, processes and priorities are in place to operate as a world-class programs and delivery team
• You and your team will coordinate groups across Xero to execute our most critical business programs
• You will deploy the best delivery and program practices to help teams deepen their customer intimacy and accelerate the delivery of value at Xero
• Ensure we have all the practices in place to effectively prioritise, plan and monitor the execution of our strategic objectives.
• Continue the development of our strategically important team of project and programme managers. • You will help them to develop and mature their practice.
• Develop our ability to operate as one global Xero team through improved transparency, dependency management and prioritisation.
To achieve these objectives, you will form strong relationships with leaders across Xero.
Success looks like
• Timely and efficient delivery of programs across Xero
• Maintain accurate delivery records and provide regular reports to management
• Significant contribution to the achievement of our company’s key growth objectives and strategy through the delivery of key strategic initiatives and programs
• Execution excellence across the company’s largest programs of work
• Strong strategic leadership and support
• Consistent delivery of clearly defined and successful programs of work across Xero
• High performing and respected team
What you’ll bring with you
Critical competencies
• Strong skills focused on identifying and executing strategic, tactical and operational opportunities
• Ability to work autonomously and take ownership to follow through and resolve problems
• Loads of initiative and self motivation.
• Outstanding communication skills and an enthusiasm for building strong relationships.
• As coach/facilitator, holds the process on behalf of individuals and teams rather than acting as an expert in the content
• Expert verbal and written communicator – ability to cut through the noise and make the complex simple.
• Critical thinker who is adept at rapidly identifying the key drivers of a business issue and developing / leading analyses that produce actionable insights.
• Devolves responsibility appropriately i.e. empower others to make decisions when fast, decentralised decision-making is appropriate.
• Self-aware, self-regulated, motivated and empathetic, with great interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity. Provides objectives and goals with loose guidelines/directions. • Clearly communicates expectations. Has an open mind and the flexibility to change opinions.
• Develops and supports others.
• Keeps the team’s vision and values at the forefront of decision-making and actions. Communicates and helps others understand the importance of the vision and values.
• Provides opportunities for their team members to perform at the highest level — understanding how much support is required. Recognising that success is team success.
Experience
• Experience leading large, complex projects across multiple functional areas and geographies.
• Proven experience improving business processes across complex teams and organisations.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with executives, cross-functional teams, and external stakeholders.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and mentor team members.
• Experience working in a SaaS environment is highly desirable
• Strong demonstrable commercial experience
• Experience establishing and leading high performing teams
• Capable of demonstrating organisational wide adoption of strategies and change.
• Excellent understanding of financial and business operations processes.
• Proven ability to balance the needs of the individual with the needs of the business
• Strong stakeholder management skills, ability to build rapport, trust and buy-in quickly.
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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