Principal Product Designer, Xero

Salary not provided

Plus Employee Share Plan

Senior and Expert level

London

Accounting software for small businesses

Job no longer available

Accounting software for small businesses

1001+ employees

FintechB2BBookkeepingSaaSAccounting

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

Plus Employee Share Plan

Senior and Expert level

London

1001+ employees

FintechB2BBookkeepingSaaSAccounting

Company mission

To make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Experience leading other designers working on complex software and services
Experience building and iterating on a product based on usage patterns, user feedback and an evolving strategic and landscape
A portfolio that demonstrates high-quality design outcomes, contributing to user experience and business value
A mastery of the entire design process from uncovering customer needs and pain points, to executing elegant interfaces

What the job involves

Define strategic design direction and vision for key areas or initiatives
Collaborate with design, product, strategy, and technology leaders to align on direction
Clearly communicate strategic design direction to designers and teams
Drive impact as a force multiplier—amplifying team efforts to better solve customer problems
Champion and drive product principles and practices, including exploring new critical thinking approaches to solve complex customer problems
Introduce new technologies, techniques and design tools to improve performance and process
Ensure strategies are set up to scale and evolve solutions to critical customer problems across multiple teams and areas of the business
Work closely with Marketing, Product Management, and Engineering to deliver stunning and effective end-to-end product experiences

Salary benchmarks

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

Led by a woman

Top investors

3% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4)

Trustpilot (4.1)

Company

Company HQ

Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington

Leadership

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

(CEO)

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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