VP of HR/PX Partnering - Global Go-To-Market

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 businesses, we’ll be building a stronger economy that can change the world.

How you’ll make an impact

Our VP People Experience (PX / HR) Partnering will serve as both a direct HR Business Partner to senior leaders and a leader of teams providing HR Business Partnering and Advisory services across the business. You will report directly to the EGM PX Enablement and HR Partnering, playing an important role to develop, embed and deliver on our global People strategy

What you’ll do

To thrive in this role, you will love working in the business as well as mentoring, coaching and growing your team. The combination of leadership, business partnership and hands-on collaboration requires someone who embraces challenges, competing priorities and the ability to make an impact.

Provide strategic HR Business Partnering support to XLT member(s) and lead the Business Partners supporting your XLT members function and their leadership teams.

Provide leadership and Business Partner guidance to the Managing Director of North America on regional issues impacting North America, with specific focus on the U.S. and Canada.

Work closely with the other GM/VPs of PX/HR Partnering to ensure strong collaboration and communication to align with a ‘one team’ approach across all of HR Partnering. Together you will evolve and drive our strategic business HR partnering objectives, ensuring that consistent and impactful people programs are delivered in alignment with the global people strategy.

Collaborate with your peers in PX Center of Excellence teams (OD, Remuneration, Workplace), working as one team seamlessly across our global locations and with our global PX team embodying ‘we make it together’.

Identify the unique skills and development opportunities across your team to ensure they are working to demonstrate or role model the capabilities in our PX Capability Framework.

Serve as a trusted advisor to your XLT member(s) providing ongoing support & guidance with all aspects of People Experience inclusive of talent management, annual team calibration, organisational design, restructures, and much more.

Support complex, sensitive and/or high risk ER issues when required.

Maintain an in-depth knowledge of employment legislation and practices, advising on risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Act as HR partner with the legal team/external lawyers as needed/required.

Utilize data to strategically analyse trends and metrics in partnership with the team to develop solutions, programs and policies aligned to priorities.

Working closely with our Talent teams you will ensure recruitment priorities are met and drive workforce planning for your portfolio.

Ensure COEs have an understanding of priorities in the Business Services portfolios and work in partnership to ensure programs and resources are developed that are relevant and timely.

Build a positive employee experience that empowers Xeros to thrive and leads to improved business performance.

Play an important role across the PXP function to test, experiment and improve how we work inline with our PX Transformation and team evolutions.

Support the Chief People Officer and EGM Enablement and HR/PX Partnering as needed.

Proactively understand and manage risks as they relate to your role.

Proactively understand and manage compliance and regulatory obligations for your areas of responsibility.

Success looks like

The reputation of the People function at Xero is upheld, in terms of providing highly credible, strategic, efficient and appropriate HR advice.