Senior Data & AI Governance Specialist

The role and its impact

Xero is trusted by millions of small businesses and their advisors around the world. As a Senior Data & AI Governance Specialist, you will help shape how we manage data as a strategic asset and govern AI responsibly, so our teams can innovate with confidence and our customers can continue to trust us with what matters most. Reporting to the Director of Data & AI Governance, you will move well beyond traditional compliance to provide hands-on enablement services that bridge the gap between policy and practice.

This is a role where you will partner with teams across the business to co-design pragmatic data and AI governance approaches that tackle real-world challenges like bias, transparency, and explainability. You will advise decision-makers on where to set governance guardrails so that Xero teams are empowered to experiment and build safely, consistent with our Responsible Data Use Commitments.

The team and how they connect

You will join the Data & AI Governance team, which sits within Xero’s Legal function. The team works closely with Product, Privacy, Security, Regulatory, Risk, and Government Relations to ensure data and AI practices across the business are robust, responsible, and deliver customer trust. Together, you will build governance that is both