The role and its impactAs our Data Science Manager, you will look after a small team of 3 Data Scientists within Marketing Data Science, and you will stay close to the data yourself. You will be the people manager for data scientists based in Australia, the UK and South Africa, while personally owning marketing measurement for North America, including campaign and event measurement, churn analysis and funnel effectiveness. You will bring AI-driven insight generation and agentic analytics into everyday delivery, so the pod spends less time assembling reports and more time on the questions that move the business. You will also set the operating rhythm that helps a team spread across timezones prioritise well, share the load and keep delivery sustainable, and you will present complex analysis simply so that insight turns into decisions people act on. The team and how they connectMarketing Data Science helps Xero deliver digital, customer and marketing outcomes through insight that is increasingly AI-augmented. You will work alongside other Data Science leads and partner closely with regional marketing teams, who rely on the pod as a thinking partner rather than a reporting service. Working across SQL, Python, BigQuery, Google Analytics, Mixpanel and GTM, with dashboards and visualisation tools that people genuinely use. Embedding AI-driven insight generation and agentic analytics into the pod's day to day delivery, reducing time to insight across regions. Where and how you can workThis role is based in Vancouver, where our office is set up for collaboration,



focus work and connection, with meeting rooms, quiet spaces and desks ready whenever you drop in. We work flexibly and take a hybrid approach, and Boost Days are our weekly in-office days with catered meals and activities that support local small businesses. Working knowledge of SQL, solid Python, and a robust foundation in statistics, experimentation and causal thinking, with familiarity with Google Analytics, Mixpanel and BigQuery, form part of your everyday toolkit. You will Go Fast by using AI-driven and agentic analytics to cut the time it takes to get from question to insight. Coaching people you rarely share a timezone with comes naturally to you, and you will Go Together by creating rhythms that keep everyone connected and supported. Your communication flexes easily between technical and non-technical audiences, and between local and global ones. Comfort with ambiguity and loose direction will help you Go Bold, shaping what the team looks at next rather than waiting for the brief. We believe in a Total Package philosophy
- ensuring your value is recognized through a holistic lens that includes base salary, performance incentives, and world-class benefits. The expected base salary range for this role is $140,000
- $190,000 CAD. Permanent employees are eligible to participate in our annual bonus and equity (RSU) programs. You may also be eligible for performance-based cash or equity (RSUs) incentives depending on your role level, and company performance. World-class health, wellness, and retirement programs.

📌 Remote Job (Canada)
🏢 Xero
📍 Canada