Strategic Business Development Representative (6-months, fixed-term)

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Cloud • Fintech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software
Xero’s online accounting software connects small business owners with their numbers, their bank, and advisors anytime.
The Role
Our Purpose 
At Xero, we’re here to help you supercharge your business. 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.

We’re looking for a field-focused business development representative to grow our partner network in Texas. You will identify and engage accounting and bookkeeping firms with at least 175+ clients (representing at least 175+ unique Xero logins) and help them activate as Xero partners. Your outreach will power regional growth and support the larger sales motion.  This role is built for someone who thrives in a high-activity environment, enjoys connecting with firms in person and virtually, and is motivated by clear and measurable goals.

What you'll do:

  • Prospect accounting and bookkeeping firms that serve 175+ or more clients
  • Deliver 100 outbound calls and 15 meetings each week, with at least 5 in person across Austin & Houston
  • Host one monthly event in your region to attract and engage new partner firms (10-15 attendees)
  • Represent Xero at 3 to 4 major industry conferences per year, running booth operations and capturing qualified leads
  • Guide firms through early-stage onboarding by helping them join the partner program and activate their first paid client
  • Collaborate with sales and marketing to refine outreach strategies and lead handoffs
  • Maintain accurate and timely CRM records to support forecasting and reporting

What success looks like:

  • Maintaining weekly outbound calls (100+) and weekly meeting cadence (15 with 5 in-person).
  • Maintain event hosting/management cadence along with attending industry conferences.
  • Clear progression from first contact to activation, with new firms signing partner agreements and onboarding their first paid client
  • Clear impact on new customer growth through partner acquisition
  • CRM records that reflect clean handoffs and transparent reporting

What you’ll bring:

  • Experience in sales, business development or partner acquisition
  • Proven success converting cold leads into qualified opportunities
  • Confidence engaging senior stakeholders at small firms both virtually and in person
  • Strong organizational habits with the ability to manage multiple conversations and follow-ups
  • Familiarity with Salesforce or similar CRM
  • Willingness to travel regularly across Austin and Houston

You’ll join a mission-driven team that believes in the power of small business. You’ll be supported, challenged and given opportunities to grow in a company that values purpose and performance.


Why Xero? 
Diversity of people brings diversity of thought, and we like that. Our human-first culture of respect, fairness, and inclusion is what helps Xeros thrive and work and beyond. 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, employee resource groups, wellbeing programming and allowances, medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance, fertility and family forming financial support, 401k contribution matching, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices with snacks and break areas, flexible working, career development 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
4,700 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Xero is a global small business platform with 3.95 million subscribers which includes a core accounting solution, payroll, workforce management, expenses and projects. Xero also has an extensive ecosystem of connected apps and connections to banks and other financial institutions helping small businesses access a range of solutions from within Xero’s open platform to help them run their business and manage their finances.

Why Work With Us

Xero is not like most companies. When you join Xero, you become part of something beautiful —a global community of people who are passionate about making an impact on the world. It’s a place where you can truly be yourself and find success in a way that’s meaningful to you.

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