Senior Product Designer

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Hiring Remotely in UK
Remote or Hybrid
Senior level
Cloud • Fintech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software
At Xero, we’re here to help you supercharge your business.
The Role
As a Senior Product Designer at Xero, you will shape product vision, execute design projects, conduct strategic research, and lead communication effectively. You are expected to influence cross-functional teams and contribute to a culture of design excellence.
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Our Purpose 
At Xero, we’re here to help supercharge small businesses. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, we’re not only making life better for small business, we’ll be building a stronger economy that can change the world.

As a Senior Product Designer, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of Xero's products, contributing to the product vision, strategy, and end-to-end experiences within your product area. Working independently or collaboratively, you'll be a key contributor, leveraging your deep understanding of Xero's strategy, the market, and our customers to deliver experiences that achieve business objectives. You’ll partner effectively with cross-functional teams, communicate design decisions clearly, and contribute to a culture of design excellence within Xero. Your designs will have a tangible impact, contributing to Xero's success and empowering small businesses and advisors.

What you’ll do

  • Design Excellence & Innovation: You'll expertly apply your advanced knowledge of design fundamentals and platform standards, delivering detailed design deliverables and high-quality experiences that contribute to business objectives and world-class end-to-end experiences.
  • Strategic Research & Insights: Collaborating with researchers and product managers, you’ll independently conduct research using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods to identify patterns and insights that inform your design decisions.
  • Communication – You'll effectively communicate design ideas with others, constructing evidence-based arguments to support your decisions and direction in documents, presentations, and in person, confidently presenting in design reviews and to cross-functional stakeholders while answering questions well and keeping them informed.
  • Project Leadership & Planning: You'll independently organise, break down, and sequence your work effectively to achieve goals, involving cross-functional team members to align and achieve objectives, and adjusting plans to fit workloads and deadlines while keeping stakeholders informed of progress.
  • Product Strategy & Systems: You'll have a strong understanding of Xero's strategy and contribute to the product vision and roadmap. You'll translate complex ideas into simple solutions, designing within the complexities of the product portfolio and considering the impact of your work on other products and experiences.
  • Mentorship & Influence: You'll demonstrate design leadership by effectively partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to drive alignment on design solutions and advocate for user-centered approaches, leveraging your strong communication skills and ability to articulate evidence-based design decisions to influence project direction and elevate the overall quality of the product experience.

What you'll bring with you

  • A portfolio that demonstrates high-quality design outcomes, contributing to user experience and business value.
  • Experience working on large design projects.
  • Experience building and iterating on a product or experiences based on usage patterns, user feedback and an evolving strategic landscape.
  • Experience across the entire design process, with mastery in executing elegant interfaces.
  • Experience supporting product roadmap, go-to-market strategy, and design discussions.

Why Xero?
Offering very generous paid leave to use however you’d like (plus statutory holidays!), dedicated paid leave to care for your physical and mental wellbeing as well as an Employee Assistance Program to access mental health care for you and your family, private medical insurance, gym passes, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices, flexible working, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll do the best work of your life at Xero.

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The Company
HQ: Wellington
4,500 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

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

We believe that by simplifying the complex we're not only making life better for small business, we’re helping to create a stronger, more vibrant economy. When you join this team, you’re impacting local communities, on a global scale. Being a Fast Co. Best Workplace for Innovators is a direct reflection of our creative, curious culture.

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