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.

How you’ll make an impact

By ensuring our teams in the US and Canada attract, assess and engage the best go to market talent. You will work closely with an assigned portfolio of hiring managers, creating a talent experience that delights and inspires our key customers - internally and externally. You will develop innovative methods to source talent, lead and embrace growth and change, and be a key champion for the Xero brand externally.

Success looks like

• Owning and managing end-to-end talent acquisition functions for specified go-to-market teams in the Americas
• Collaborating closely with the Talent team - in region and globally
• Providing advice and guidance to hiring managers to ensure recruitment campaigns are managed in a timely and effective manner
• Attracting high-caliber passive talent through innovative sourcing campaigns, platforms and initiatives

What you'll do

• Plan and execute recruitment activity to ensure top talent is sourced from active and passive candidate markets
• Educate and advise hiring managers on best practice hiring techniques
• Utilize creative sourcing strategies to cultivate top talent and build talent pipelines
• Represent Xero in the market in a way that exemplifies Xero values and creates a #beautiful talent experience
• Work closely with the Americas People Experience team to coordinate induction and onboarding 
• Organize and attend events and meetups to raise awareness of Xero vacancies and the profile of Xero as an employer of choice

What you'll bring with you - Critical Competencies

• Balancing Stakeholders - understand the expectations and needs of both internal and external stakeholders, taking a proactive approach to shaping, influencing, balancing and aligning stakeholder interests
• Building Relationships - ability to build networks of genuine trust and loyalty with colleagues, candidates, and within the community
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills - adept at influencing, negotiating and building rapport with people across teams, functions, cultures and levels
• Drive for Results - a bias for action, intrinsic motivation, maximizing opportunities and making bold decisions at the right times
• Resilience & Adaptability - ability to successfully navigate a fast-paced, high-growth environment, excelling in the face of ambiguity and frequent change. Effective with limited information or direction; comfortable with risk and uncertainty; self-directed and proactive

What you'll bring with you - Experience

• Experience recruiting or coordinating recruitment for a dynamic and diverse portfolio of roles, preferably in a high-growth global business
• Some experience of attracting high quality passive candidates 
• An understanding of recruitment systems and sourcing platforms
• Experience participating in cross-functional projects

What we value

• Challenge: Xeros dream big, lead and embrace change
• Beautiful: Xeros create experiences that people love
• Team: Xeros are great team players
• Ownership: Xeros deliver on our commitments
• Human: Xeros are authentic, inclusive and really care

Xero is an equal opportunity employer

• Xero celebrates diversity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where our employees can do the best work of their lives. We are committed to transparency and to equal pay for equal work. Total compensation for this role includes a base salary of $70,000 to $90,000, commensurate with experience, plus an annual grant of Xero shares calculated as a percentage of base salary.
• Xero offers access to low-cost, high-quality health care options through Cigna and Kaiser (in CA & CO only)
• Xero will match 100% on the first 3% of 401k contributions plus 50% match on next 2% of contributions
• Employees enjoy 21 days of paid time off per year
• Employees have 10 days of wellbeing leave to care for their minds, bodies, and families
• US employees enjoy 11 paid holidays per year
• Xero offers an industry-leading 26 weeks of parental leave at 100% pay
• Xero offers a number of employee wellness programs, to include yoga, mindfulness and nutrition workshops, EAP, free flu shots, team meals, and a monthly wellbeing allowance

Why Xero?

Diversity of people brings diversity of thought, and we like that. A collaborative and inclusive environment is important to us. Working at Xero will provide you with a diverse and inclusive environment alongside people who will respect, challenge and support you to have fun while you do the best work of your life. We are a place where personal development, flexible working, innovation, and well-being are not just inspired but celebrated. We value our people and offer a wide range of compelling benefits and perks, including Xero shares.

Xero’s collaborative culture is underscored by our values - #Ownership, #Challenge, #Beautiful, #Human and #Team - which empower us to understand and serve customers, attract top talent and continuously innovate. From the moment you step through our doors, you’ll feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.