What you'll do
- In partnership with a C-Level Executive Sponsor, you will lead company-level objectives (OKRs), and other mission critical projects, from concept through to execution.
- This will need you to employ rapid project start-up and world class delivery skills spanning scoping, scheduling and management of activities, setting and measuring Key Results, communicating progress updates and clearly and concisely escalating risks or blockers.
- You’ll need to be comfortable with context switching, as you will manage concurrent pieces of work and you’ll need to prioritise your efforts in line with our organisational priorities.
- You’ll need to maintain a balanced perspective of the business by building healthy relationships and regularly interacting with a broad range of internal stakeholders from almost all business units.
- You'll develop and champion repeatable, scalable processes that enable functional teams at Planday to be more self-sufficient in project delivery.
Success looks like
- OKRs and projects are delivered on time, within budget and doing so is a positive experience for all project stakeholders.
- Your experience and advocacy for project management skills rubs off on others, enabling everybody across Planday to become better at efficient, predictable delivery.
- You embody our values in how you do this, and make a positive contribution to our culture.
What you'll bring with you
- 3+ years demonstrated experience leading and delivering multiple projects in a Saas business.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross functional project teams.
- Project management certification is an advantage (PMI, PRINCE 2, AgilePM or similar).
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple stakeholders and delivery teams, from C-Level to ICs.
- Strong communication and analytical skills.
- Experience of strategy skills and frameworks would be an advantage.
At Planday, we offer you
- Benefits like pension, health insurance, inclusive support for new parents and generous vacation
- On top of your annual base salary, you are offered to be part of an Employee Share Plan
- Growth and progression opportunities – we want you to grow with us
- Hybrid work environment
- Strong social culture with lots of team and company activities
- Meaningful work – everyone at Planday contributes to improving the lives of shift workers around the globe
- Healthy work-life balance and autonomous approach to work. We trust in you and your abilities
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What We Do
Xero is small business accounting software that provides a platform on which businesses can build a fully integrated solution. It’s designed to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. Xero minimises tedious admin by automating routine tasks, delivers valuable insights when needed, and brings together business data, trusted advisors, and powerful apps in one intuitive platform. By alleviating pain points, Xero empowers small business owners to supercharge their business, simplifying the complex and freeing up time from manual admin so they can focus on what really matters to build the business they’ve always envisaged.
Why Work With Us
Xero is a human-centric organization where you’ll have a tangible impact on the success of small businesses and their communities, globally. Our team of energised, forward-thinkers work to make life better for our customers and each other every day. We’re also always committed to supporting you with a flexible environment.
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Join us from home or at one of our beautiful workspaces. Xero has offices in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Singapore, and South Africa.
