Head of Engineering - Bank Reconciliation & Inventory
Detalhes do emprego
Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive. At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place. About the role The Head of Engineering (HoE) leads a team of approximately 40-50 engineers, across the Bank Reconciliation and Inventory portfolios.Both areas have critical delivery commitments and can help drive growth across Xero. This role works closely with Product and Design to deliver compelling customer outcomes. Responsible for shaping technical strategy for the portfolio, delivery of our roadmaps, technical operational concerns and people development. What you'll do
- You will lead multiple portfolio domains and be responsible for ensuring your teams are aligned to Xero’s product and engineering strategic objectives and priorities.
- Collaborate with the General Manager (GM) of Engineering (this includes specialist GMs) to proactively manage the risk of delivery and drive consistency in the way we deliver.
- Ensure your team is aware and aligned with the Xero engineering standards, compliance and best practices ensuring your teams are aligned to Xero’s product and engineering strategic objectives and priorities.
- Ensure that the performance of your team is actively measured and monitored, with issues identified as quickly as possible and actively managed through to resolution.
- Working with your engineering leaders to ensure that the right training and support is provided to teams to balance working styles, experience, capability, well being and career aspirations.
- Experience of managing teams of people in product or technology companies. Ideally experienced being a leader of leaders.
- Proven ability to navigate areas of conflict in an open, positive and proactive way.
- Proven ability to plan and implement strategic change, while getting buy-in from stakeholders.
- Proven ability of thought leadership and true global perspective.
- Excellent grasp of modern software and engineering practices.
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