Product Manager

We're looking for a candidate to this position in an exciting company.

Contribute to the broader end to end Enterprise Technology and Customer/People Systems strategies, vision and direction.
Build, maintain, and refine your products and solutions strategy and vision, accounting for industry direction, technical direction, and business owner/stakeholder needs and outcomes.
Build and maintain a forward looking 18 month roadmap for your products / solutions which support our Sales teams globally.
Research and identify opportunities for improvement, consolidation, product market gap closure, and/or in business approach that demonstrates a return on investment.
Define, measure and track key deliverables and operational metrics for your products, how they are delivering value to Xero, and improving over time.
Work with key vendors and suppliers, building a productive relationship that enables Xero to extract maximum value from our investment in these solutions, and take learnings from their industry knowledge and experience.
Own the budget planning and forecasting for your area.
Work in partnership with supporting teams to ensure you have forecasted your needs, and manage the ongoing input and performance of technical resource in conjunction with the technical resource team leads.
Lead, coach and mentor your direct team of Product Owner(s) and Business Analyst(s).
Create and maintain a team and team environment where your people can have fun, learn, grow, achieve and are recognised and rewarded for their achievements.
Create space and opportunity for disruptive thinking / innovation for you and your team, challenging your stakeholders and Xero to change the game where there is significant upside.

Extensive experience as a Product Manager in a software development/ SaaS environment
Experience leading a team of delivery and technical professionals, both directly and indirectly.
Advanced understanding of delivery methodologies, i.e. agile, waterfall, kanban, etc.
Demonstrated experience in supplier and commercial management.
Demonstrated experience managing budgets and financial outcomes up to 5M+ NZD.
Working knowledge / experience in customer service, success and learning management
#Ownership & the ability to thrive in a fast paced environment