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Engineering Manager - AI Workflows

AU: Sydney (45 Clarence St)Full-time2026-10-06 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · Australia

Core

Lead the Internal AI Accelerator team to design and deliver agentic AI workflows that eliminate manual toil and speed up decision-making for Xero's business units.

Role type

Engineering Manager, Applied AI

Builds

Agentic AI workflows, reusable AI patterns, platforms, and governance frameworks for enterprise deployment.

Domain

Enterprise Software / Applied AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Engineering leadership, strategy formulation, technical architecture design, AI safety and operations, stakeholder management, team coaching, agile delivery, cross-functional collaboration, product roadmap planning, technical decision-making

Preferred skills

Experience scaling AI initiatives, building reference architectures, fostering innovation cultures

Technologies

Agentic AI frameworks, enterprise AI deployment tools, workflow automation platforms

Responsibilities

Define strategy and roadmap for AI delivery, scale agentic AI across business domains, establish AI safety and evaluation best practices, design technical architecture for enterprise AI, coach and grow engineering talent, partner with business leaders to co-build AI solutions

Seniority

Manager, hands-on leadership