Senior Organisational Development (OD) Partner

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.

How you’ll make an impact

Put simply, when it comes down to it Xero is and has always been a culture-first business. Our Organisational Development team works to amplify the voice and talent of employees by developing great leaders and teams who perform their best work. You will be a key player in helping us to create and deliver on our Organisational Development strategy and key priorities. Specifically you will be responsible for helping us operationalise and manage our OD initiatives, processes and ongoing cadences across a wide range of OD areas including Leadership, Talent, Wellbeing, Capability and DIB.

You will drive and support the design and implementation of globally consistent OD processes at scale and deliver beautiful experiences for Xeros, and enable integrated programs of work across the People Experience (PX) function.

What you’ll do

Working closely with the OD leadership team, you will deliver on a range of global initiatives and priorities, primarily across our Leadership portfolio.
Co-design and deliver OD programs of work aligned to the PX strategy and priorities.
Partner with GM Talent Leadership and Global Head of Capability to design leadership interventions
Partner with PXPs to deliver leadership and talent interventions
Partner and build excellent relationships within the business and across PX to understand business priorities, needs and use OD programs and initiatives to support business objectives
Designing and building OD frameworks to support building capability of our people
Partner with our Learning Experience team to deliver impactful in-person and online OD content and training for our people where required
Use a data-driven approach to inform internal audiences, measure success of existing programs and initiatives and identify additional opportunities for continued improvement
What you’ll bring with you
Experience leading leadership development initiatives, including senior leader development
Experience in delivery in situations requiring self direction
Proven ability to apply OD best practice, working across different portfolios aligned to business needs
Track record of managing confidential information with discretion
Experience in coaching leaders and a passion for developing people and helping them reach their potential
Track record of co-designing and delivering programs of work aligned to the organization’s agenda
A HR qualification, or relevant functional experience
Experience in integrating technology as part of system solutions
Demonstrated experience in utilising data-driven insights to inform and drive initiatives

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, health insurance, life insurance, and income protection, wellbeing and sports programmes, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices, flexible working, career development, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll do the best work of your life at Xero. Read more