HR Business Partner – Product & Technology

Xero

People Experience Business Partner working closely with senior leaders in Product and Technology teams. Driving people initiatives and providing strategic guidance across global regions.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeWellington • 🇳🇿 New ZealandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Operate in a true partnership model, creating and driving strategic people initiatives
Work closely with colleagues across all regions and centres of excellence to ensure consistent, impactful people programs are rolled out effectively
Provide guidance on organisational design, leadership capability to complex employee matters
Leverage data to derive meaningful business insights to help shape people priorities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience as a partner to senior leadership teams, ideally within a global SaaS environment. Preferably supporting Product and Technology teams.
Deep understanding of varied HR disciplines is essential, including employee relations, performance management, and employment legislation.
Ability to pull data and translate it into actionable strategic recommendations and help leaders make informed people decisions.
Natural curiosity for AI allowing you to share ideas on how to shift from transactional tasks to high-impact strategic initiatives.
Resilience and adaptability needed to build and improve programs from the ground up in an evolving organisation.
Strong business acumen and the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks

Xero supports a flexible working environment
Access to office spaces for collaboration and boost days

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysisorganizational designemployee relationsperformance managementemployment legislationstrategic recommendationsSaaSAI

Soft Skills

partnershipleadership capabilityresilienceadaptabilitybusiness acumennatural curiositycommunicationstakeholder management