Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

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Clarence City, Tasmania, AUS
Hybrid
Cloud • Fintech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software
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The Role

The role / impact

You will play a pivotal role in accelerating our engineering capability across the ANZ region, moving beyond traditional recruitment to drive proactive talent strategies. By partnering closely with established engineering leaders, you will shape how we attract and hire exceptional talent for critical teams, ensuring our hiring momentum matches our technical ambitions.

Your focus will be on turning market insights into actionable results, from running targeted market activations to building high-quality pipelines. You will have a direct impact on the quality of our engineering culture by elevating the candidate experience and ensuring we remain a top choice for high-performing tech talent.

The team / how they connect

You will join a high-performing talent acquisition team that values pace, collaboration, and deep partnership with the business. We work as strategic advisors to technical leaders, sharing knowledge and market intelligence to solve complex hiring challenges together.

The team is currently working on

  • Scaling our ANZ engineering teams by building sustainable pipelines for specialist technical roles.

  • Partnering with engineering leadership to refine technical solution designs for our talent attraction strategy.

  • Executing proactive market activations to engage with passive engineering talent in the region.

  • Enhancing our internal recruitment processes to ensure they remain efficient and support a modern engineering culture.

Where and how you can work

At Xero, we offer a hybrid working model that balances the flexibility of remote work with purposeful "boost days" in our modern office spaces. We focus on creating an environment where you can do your best work, whether that is collaborating in person at one of our hubs or working from home.

Here are some of the things we are looking for

  • You bring a proven ability to partner with technical leaders, using market data to influence hiring decisions and strategy.

  • Your background includes a results-driven approach to recruitment, with a focus on achieving high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

  • You possess a growth mindset and a proactive nature when it comes to maintaining and sharing industry knowledge.

  • Having an enthusiasm for building strong relationships helps you navigate complex internal and external networks.

  • You will have a track record of creating inclusive candidate experiences that reflect a commitment to technical excellence and craft.

  • Your communication style is human and approachable, allowing you to act as a mentor and role model within the recruitment team.

Apply even if your experience isn't a perfect match! At Xero, we hire based on your skills, passion, and the unique perspective you can bring to enhance our culture and team.

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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

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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