Simon Hailes

Strategic Marketer | Business Growth & Performance | Data Driven | Team Leadership | Channel & Product Marketing | Customer Experience

Greater Sydney Area

About

Rounded B2B & B2C product marketer with 15 years experience across global Fintech and Telecommunications industries. Segment marketer, Acquisition & Retention leader, Ecosystem product Marketer, Brand manager, Team leader and coach. Strong experience in product marketing, go-to-market management, sales & sales team leadership and performance marketing roles, has provided me with a balance of commercial focus and customer centricity. I'm familiar with owning and managing initiatives from concept to market execution with associated stakeholder and cross-channel management. Ranging from short-term competitive response offers, to large major capital projects, past initiatives have delivered direct acquisition / market share benefits, also base management and portfolio profitability, sometimes down to an individual customer level. More than anything, I'm motivated by working alongside and learning from a great team who listen to the voice of the customer and thrive on flawless execution.

Experience

  • Senior Product Marketing Manager - Partner Experience at Xero
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Intuit (7 yrs 8 mos)
    • Ecosystem Marketing lead
      Aug 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs

    • Payroll Marketing lead
      May 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    • Small Business Segment lead
      Apr 2019 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Telstra (3 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Manager - Small Business Retention and Growth
      Oct 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

      I planned and led initiatives to market, which delivered on customer profitability and retention metrics for the Small Business Fixed Data & Voice portfolio (comprising over 1m services and $1bn+ revenue p.a.). Key responsibilities: - Execution of strategic yield initiatives to achieve the annual and mid-term financial plan. - Short and long term Customer base and Revenue/GCM forecasting - Design and delivery of annual base management strategy - Cross company stakeholder engagement - Frequent leadership of virtual matrixed teams

    • Senior Product Manager
      Oct 2014 - Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Accountable for delivery of annual initiative roadmap for new customer acquisition and delivery of core P&L objectives (customer growth, revenue, GCM) across the Telstra Small Business fixed data portfolio. Core responsibility to deliver initiatives from concept to market, plus own the strategy and delivery of annual tactical acquisition plan including: Product leadership, Forecasting/Planning, Go-to-market / execution lead, exec stakeholder management, IT, commercial planning and approvals.

  • Optus (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Marketing Manager
      May 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Responsible for driving profitable growth of Optus' fixed Broadband, Telephony & TV products Accountable for the P&L, Acquisition, Churn and Customer Experience for the portfolio - Manage the day-to-day trading performance of Optus Broadband/Telephony products - Creation of annual operating plan targets for Subscribers, Revenue, Gross Margin and Churn - Develop initiatives that contribute to the commercial success of the product - Drive Marketing activity to ensure successful product launches whilst complying to Legal and Regulatory requirements

    • Segment Marketing Executive
      May 2012 - May 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Responsible for delivering insight-led propositions to market in the $3.2bn Mature market segment, across all sales/care channels as part of the overall integrated segment plan and strategy. - Key contributor to strategy and planning, driving segment acquisition + retention/lifecycle management to improve market share, customer lifetime value and revenue for the segment. - Segment reporting on acquisition and retention, including guidance on channel strengths and weaknesses - Delivery of segment insight updates plus briefing of research - Deep analysis of quantitative/quantitative research outputs specific to the Mature segment. - Accountable for Go-to-Market execution of multiple concurrent initiatives - Constant Internal + External stakeholder management to decision maker level

    • Senior Product Marketing Executive - Home & NBN
      Oct 2011 - Jun 2012 · 9 mos

      - Responsible E2E product management of bundled home Telephony + Broadband products (Annual turnover >$1bn). - Accountable for creating and executing programs to stimulate revenue + EBIT while maintaining GM and subscriber share (>1m subs) - Frequent competitor analysis and identification of opportunities to win across Online, Direct, Indirect and Telemarketing channels. -Proactively taking charge of reporting and required analyses of the daily performance of these products. - Key marketing contributor on Major CAPEX programs including the Optus NBN launch and Optus Home Zone (Femtocell) - Effective management of Go-to-Market and technical core teams, plus a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to decision-maker level.

  • Sales Manager at CENTURY 21®
    2002 - 2005 · 3 yrs