AI Transformation Strategy Leader (Hybrid)

Xero Limited; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Xero Limited in Australia is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations to lead the company’s internal AI transformation and deliver high-impact strategic programs. You’ll operate across big-picture strategy and hands-on delivery, scoping opportunities, building business cases, and guiding cross-functional teams toward cohesive outcomes.

Based in Melbourne or Sydney with a hybrid work model, the role emphasizes stakeholder alignment, structured problem solving, and commercial judgment to

Qualifications

• Background in strategy, operations, or transformation in tech or SaaS.
• Proven experience leading multi-stakeholder programs end to end.
• Structured thinking with credible analyses and recommendations.
• Experience with AI strategy or AI-enabled ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic work streams for the internal AI transformation from scope to adoption.
• Translate AI ambitions into measurable scope, requirements and delivery plans.
• Frame ambiguous problems into clear questions and recommendations for leadership.
• Build business cases and exercise commercial judgment on trade-offs.

Skills

Strategy & Operations

AI Transformation

Program Management

Stakeholder Management

Financial Acumen

Job description

Xero Limited in Australia is seeking a Senior Manager, Strategy & Operations to lead the company’s internal AI transformation and deliver high-impact strategic programs. You’ll operate across big-picture strategy and hands-on delivery, scoping opportunities, building business cases, and guiding cross-functional teams toward cohesive outcomes.

Based in Melbourne or Sydney with a hybrid work model, the role emphasizes stakeholder alignment, structured problem solving, and commercial judgment to