VP Engineering, Reporting & Insights

Xero•Vancouver, BC

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

As the VP/GM, Reporting and Insights, you will lead the evolution of a product used by millions of customers globally. You will be responsible for reimagining our reporting experience, shifting from a traditional engine to a sophisticated, AI-native approach that provides personalised and tailorable capabilities for our users. This is a high-visibility leadership position with the mandate to rebuild and modernise a core part of our platform, ensuring it can scale effectively while maintaining absolute data accuracy. You will have the unique opportunity to act as a founding leader in Vancouver, building a brand-new engineering and product hub from the ground up. By breaking away from legacy dependencies, you will define how data shows up for our customers, creating a foundation that supports massive transaction volumes and delivers real-time accounting insights. Your work will directly influence the success of a platform that small businesses rely on for their financial health.

Requirements

Deep expertise in leading large-scale data systems within environments where precision and accuracy are non-negotiable.
Background includes experience building or modernising complex platforms.
Proven track record of hiring and growing high-performing technical teams in a fast-paced environment.
Interest in how data products manifest for the end-user allows you to balance technical excellence with a great customer experience.
Possess the strategic mindset needed to navigate the transition from legacy systems to a modern, AI-native architecture.
Leadership style empowers others and promotes a culture of technical mastery, autonomy, and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

Lead a diverse global collective, while spearheading the growth of two new teams in Vancouver.
Bridge the gap between complex data engineering and customer-centric product design to deliver a world-class reporting stack.
Architecting an AI-first reporting stack that moves away from operational database reliance to improve global scalability.
Hiring and establishing two new high-performing engineering and product teams within our Vancouver hub.
Integrating the efforts of specialised global teams to create a unified and modernised reporting experience.
Developing technical standards for high-accuracy data systems that manage complex historical accounting data and audit trails.