Applied AI Engineering Manager: Scale & Govern AI Delivery

Xero Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Xero Limited in Sydney is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Internal AI Accelerator to lead a high-impact engineering squad, shaping AI delivery strategy and playbooks across the business. You will partner with G&A, Finance, P&C, IT to drive scalable, governance-backed AI patterns.

You will own the roadmap for agentic AI workflows that reduce toil, accelerate decision-making, and deliver measurable productivity gains while coaching and growing your team’s capabilities in a hybrid work

Qualifications

• Lead the Internal AI Accelerator team and drive delivery at scale.
• Turn vague problems into clear scope and align with business leaders.
• Coach engineers and grow the team’s capabilities.
• Bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders with clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Scale agentic AI delivery across multiple business domains.
• Build reusable AI patterns, platforms, and governance frameworks.
• Design and implement the technical architecture for enterprise AI deployments.
• Establish AI safety, evaluation, and operations best practices at scale.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI/ML delivery

Strategic roadmapping

Stakeholder management

Coaching and people development

Job description

Xero Limited in Sydney is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Internal AI Accelerator to lead a high-impact engineering squad, shaping AI delivery strategy and playbooks across the business. You will partner with G&A, Finance, P&C, IT to drive scalable, governance-backed AI patterns.

You will own the roadmap for agentic AI workflows that reduce toil, accelerate decision-making, and deliver measurable productivity gains while coaching and growing your team’s capabilities in a hybrid work