Vice President of Engineering, Xero
Reporting & Insights
CA$280-330k
Plus bonus and equity
Accounting software for small businesses
Be an early applicant
Accounting software for small businesses
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$280-330k
Plus bonus and equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world.
Role
Who you are
- You bring deep expertise in leading large-scale data systems within environments where precision and accuracy are non-negotiable
- Your background includes experience building or modernising complex platforms
- You have a proven track record of hiring and growing high-performing technical teams in a fast-paced environment
- An interest in how data products manifest for the end-user allows you to balance technical excellence with a great customer experience
- You possess the strategic mindset needed to navigate the transition from legacy systems to a modern, AI-native architecture
- Your leadership style empowers others and promotes a culture of technical mastery, autonomy, and continuous learning
What the job involves
- As the VP/GM,Reporting and Insights, you will lead the evolution of a product used by millions of customers globally. You will be responsible for reimagining our reporting experience, shifting from a traditional engine to a sophisticated, AI-native approach that provides personalised and tailorable capabilities for our users
- This is a high-visibility leadership position with the mandate to rebuild and modernise a core part of our platform, ensuring it can scale effectively while maintaining absolute data accuracy
- You will have the unique opportunity to act as a founding leader in Vancouver, building a brand-new engineering and product hub from the ground up. By breaking away from legacy dependencies, you will define how data shows up for our customers, creating a foundation that supports massive transaction volumes and delivers real-time accounting insights
- Your work will directly influence the success of a platform that small businesses rely on for their financial health
- You will lead a diverse global collective, while spearheading the growth of two new teams in Vancouver. This role is supported by a dedicated leadership structure in Australia and New Zealand to help manage time zones and ensure seamless collaboration across our regional hubs
- Together, you will bridge the gap between complex data engineering and customer-centric product design to deliver a world-class reporting stack
- Architecting an AI-first reporting stack that moves away from operational database reliance to improve global scalability
- Hiring and establishing two new high-performing engineering and product teams within our Vancouver hub
- Integrating the efforts of specialised global teams to create a unified and modernised reporting experience
- Developing technical standards for high-accuracy data systems that manage complex historical accounting data and audit trails
Our take
For a long time, high-quality financial services have been reserved for large-scale businesses. Xero solves this problem by giving small businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers access to best-in-class finance and accounting solutions.
Xero is one of the largest companies of its kind, with its promise to save time and effort for small business owners - who often don’t have in-house accounting teams - capturing interest and allowing the company to scale. It has a strong rival in Intuit QuickBooks, which offers similar services, but competes by being most effective for growing startups, and having an incredibly simple user experience.
A series of acquisitions and partnerships, including the purchase of Instafile in 2018, have consolidated Xero’s market share. The company continues to add new integrations, such as with Vehocheck Workshop Manager, and the 2023 launched Beautiful Business Fund that will help small businesses accelerate growth.
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Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington
Leadership
Prior to Xero, she founded Boardlist and Joyus. She also served as the CEO of Polyvore and as a President of Asia Pacific and Latin America Operations at Google.
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