Xero
Xero
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
H1B Visa SponsorB2BSaaS
Xero develops cloud accounting software for small businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers. Its platform brings together bookkeeping, invoicing, payroll, bank reconciliation, VAT and Making Tax Digital compliance, financial analytics, and online invoice payments. Xero also supports an integration marketplace and partner programs for accounting professionals, while its JAX AI-powered automation helps reduce repetitive financial administration.

Capability Development Partner, Product & Technology

Lead capability development, skills frameworks, and AI/ML upskilling for Xero’s Product & Technology teams. Drive measurable improvements in internal mobility, retention, workforce capability, and time to productivity.

Description

  • Lead capability development across Product & Technology
  • Work with engineering, product, design, security, and data science teams
  • Create frameworks that help specialists build skills ahead of industry change
  • Partner with leaders to develop a high-performance capability culture aligned with company strategy
  • Track outcomes such as delivery velocity, retention, internal mobility, time to productivity, and eNPS
  • Assess capability gaps and develop targeted learning solutions
  • Create a Product & Technology Capability Framework linking technical and behavioural skills to business OKRs
  • Develop upskilling programmes focused on AI/ML and emerging technologies
  • Build internal mobility pathways across teams, disciplines, and career stages
  • Define success measures that extend beyond programme completion
  • Work with senior leaders across Product, Design, Engineering, and People Experience

Requirements

  • Proven experience creating or managing capability programmes, skills frameworks, or professional development initiatives
  • Experience in technology, SaaS, or other high-growth environments where programmes have operated at scale
  • Working knowledge of software development lifecycles, engineering career paths, product management, AI/ML, and emerging technologies
  • Ability to influence without formal authority and earn the confidence of technical stakeholders
  • Strong relationship-building skills combined with strategic judgement
  • An analytical, outcomes-oriented approach to measuring velocity, retention, mobility, time to productivity, and eNPS
  • Experience partnering across functions with senior technical leaders, People Experience, and Group Organisation Development
  • Strong interest in emerging technologies and their implications for workforce capability
  • Ability to combine disciplined programme design with iterative delivery informed by feedback

Benefits

  • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
  • Access to offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, and Wellington
  • Boost days held twice weekly to bring teams together
  • An inclusive culture centred on psychological safety, transparency, and curiosity
  • The opportunity to shape career growth, internal mobility, and capability development programmes

Related Jobs

Kreato Global | BPO and Language Solutions

Remote English-Spanish OPI/VRI Interpreter

Kreato Global | BPO and Language Solutions
201 – 500 Employees
HealthcareHospitalityLogistics

Interpret remotely between English- and Spanish-speaking people in medical, financial, social service, and customer care settings. Provide language support for Kreato Global across Latin America.

Open
SPERTON - Where Great People Meet

Sales Executive, Elevators and Car Parking Systems

SPERTON - Where Great People Meet
51 – 200 Employees

Drive elevator and car parking system sales across Mumbai’s Western Region. Build client and dealer relationships, and manage deals from initial enquiry through project execution.

Open