Vice President of HR/PX Partnering (Global Go-To-Market)

Join Xero, a global leader in online accounting software, as the Vice President of HR/PX Partnering. In this role, you will serve as a direct HR Business Partner to senior leaders and lead teams providing HR Business Partnering and Advisory services across the business. You will report directly to the EGM PX Enablement and HR Partnering and play a crucial role in developing, embedding, and delivering on our global People strategy. You will work closely with other GM/VPs of PX/HR Partnering, collaborate with PX Center of Excellence teams, and serve as a trusted advisor to your XLT member(s).

• Provide strategic HR Business Partnering support to senior leaders and lead the Business Partners supporting their functions.
• Collaborate with other GM/VPs of PX/HR Partnering to ensure strong collaboration and communication across all of HR Partnering.
• Utilize data to strategically analyze trends and metrics in partnership with the team to develop solutions, programs, and policies aligned to priorities.

• Collaborates - Seeks out a broad range of perspectives and takes clear steps to address the major barriers to collaboration. Creates a culture where people feel able to express themselves with honesty; urges teamwork with other groups, functions, and teams
• Strategic mindset - Considers multiple scenarios to best prepare the organisation for potential changes and possibilities. Ensures organisational strategies from various units are aligned and integrated for optimal competitive advantage
• Demonstrated experience in leadership roles, covering the broad generalist spectrum of HR within fast paced, high performing organisations
• Degree, Post Graduate or equivalent work experience
• Communicates effectively - Takes steps to create forums where people can express themselves openly and regularly. Delivers messages effectively to groups ranging from direct reports to senior executives. Explains strategic / major initiatives in a candid, timely, and appropriate manner
• Ensures accountability - Emphasises accountability and takes clear action to ensure that the organisation meets its commitments. Uses key indicators, processes and management systems to monitor the organisation’s performance against goals
• Deep understanding of multiple HR disciplines, including remuneration practices, employee relations, diversity, performance management, and relevant employment legislation
• Experience working with and coaching senior executive stakeholders on complex people issues
• Instills trust - Demonstrates dependability and builds a team with a reputation for living up to its commitments. Gains others’ trust and respect by showing consistency between what is said and what is done. Acts as a role model for honesty and transparency
• Experience developing people related strategies and plans to achieve business outcomes
• Plans and Aligns -Distributes organisational resources in a way that aligns with strategic plans and priorities. Takes steps to coordinate and align plans across teams. Supports strategic objectives with aggressive yet realistic time frames
• Success in developing and leading high performing teams
• Manages complexity- Understands the systematic elements of issues; sees the major connections, linkages and interdependencies of problems. Takes steps to ensure the organisation has the resources and processes in place to gather the information it needs. Integrates the relevant pieces of information to gain a solid understanding of the issues
• Business Insight - Shows ample business and industry knowledge. Maintains good business knowledge and uses it to make sound decisions for the organisation. Responds effectively to changing market dynamics and new business information