Senior Project Manager (12 month FTC)
Melbourne, AU / Sydney, AU
Business Operations – Projects & Change /
Fixed Term /
Hybrid
Our Purpose
At Xero, we’re here to help you supercharge your business. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, we’re not only making life better for small business, we’ll be building a stronger economy that can change the world.
The Program, Projects and Portfolio (P3) team at Xero is the driving force behind achieving strategic objectives and delivering exceptional results across the organization. We are strategic thought partners, problem solvers, and outcome-oriented operators. We proactively identify opportunities, leverage our deep domain expertise and business acumen, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners to maximize the impact of every initiative.
Our team thrives in ambiguity, embraces challenges, and takes true ownership of driving results. We are the operational backbone of Xero’s most important work, ensuring seamless execution of key initiatives, accelerating the achievement of company OKRs, and fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability. With a flexible and adaptable approach, we ramp our support up and down based on project needs, providing targeted expertise and operational excellence to every corner of the business. We are a key engine that propels Xero forward, delivering impactful outcomes and driving sustainable growth.
As a Senior Project Manager you'll be empowered to lead complex initiatives that underpin Xero's strategic objectives, navigate ambiguity, and drive impactful outcomes for Xero's most important work. You'll partner closely with cross-functional teams, such as Product, Go-To-Market and People providing expert guidance and operational excellence to ensure execution is seamless and accelerate the achievement of company OKRs. You'll foster a culture of collaboration and accountability, championing best practices and continuously seeking opportunities to optimize our processes and propel Xero forward.
What you'll do
- Lead, plan, and execute cross-functional initiatives: Define scope, build delivery roadmaps, and create execution artefacts to drive projects from initiation to successful completion.
- Partner closely with stakeholders across the organization: Collaborate with product, technology, sales, operations and other teams to ensure alignment and effective delivery of priority work.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks: Develop and execute risk management plans to anticipate and address potential roadblocks.
- Foster a culture of data-driven decision making: Track key metrics, analyze performance, and provide insights to inform project strategy and optimize outcomes.
- Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization: Clearly articulate project updates and recommendations to diverse audiences, including senior stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.
- Contribute to the growth of the P3 team: Share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our team's capabilities.
What you'll bring with you
- 6+ years in project management at a fast-paced technology / SaaS company or management consultancy (Payments industry experience highly desirable).
- Delivered impactful projects that achieved key business objectives and contributed to organizational success.
- Built strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, fostering collaboration and alignment across teams.
- Worked with senior stakeholders and influenced strategic decision-making.
- Leveraged project management expertise and familiarity with business tools.
- Supported the development and execution of business operational plans.
- Contributed to the achievement of commercial targets through project management.
- Understanding of key operational metrics and their relationship to project delivery.
Why Xero?
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, health insurance, life insurance, and income protection, 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, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll do the best work of your life at Xero.
