director of product design for a global HR and payroll platform

Deel provides an all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams, combining HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management. Its AI-powered tools and owned payroll infrastructure support workers in more than 150 countries.

• Own the design agenda and outcomes for a major area of the Deel platform, ensuring it connects coherently with the wider platform
• Build and run a design team, hire and develop designers, set craft standards and operating rhythms, and allocate design capacity
• Stay hands-on to unblock launches, reset reviews, and address complex, ambiguous problems
• Shape area strategy as a peer to Product and Engineering leadership, including AI use, platform connections, and future experience direction
• Align teams, roadmaps, and leaders around a coherent platform experience, often without formal authority
• Lead changes to the product and team workflows through AI-powered customer experiences, tools, and practices
• Maintain design quality and raise the craft bar when needed
• Manage senior Product, Engineering, and business stakeholder relationships and represent design in strategy discussions
• Contribute to shared standards, hiring practices, and AI-forward workflows across the broader design organization
• Ensure shipped work meets design quality standards, delivers business impact, and withstands leadership scrutiny

• 10+ Years in Product Design, with current or recent experience at Director level or equivalent scope
• Proven experience leading a team of seven or more designers, including hiring, developing talent, and setting craft standards
• Strong interaction and visual design skills, with experience in complex B2B and enterprise products serving multiple personas
• Comfortable with complex system architecture, technical constraints, and compliance-heavy domains
• Able to show how design decisions changed outcomes with Product, Engineering, and business leadership
• Able to influence and align with Director-level Product and Engineering peers without a reporting line
• Has materially changed how they and their team work with AI in the last 12–18 months, through AI solutions, team practices, or AI-powered product experiences, with a considered view on human involvement
• Data-savvy and comfortable measuring product and business outcomes
• Understands both enterprise and startup needs
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment, makes decisions under pressure, prioritizes the team, leads by example, stays hands-on, facilitates execution, maintains a high quality bar, cares about details and outcomes, and integrates research into product decisions
• Include in the portfolio what changed, what was built, and where a human remained in the loop
• Будет плюсом: Experience with HR, payroll, or workforce products

• Salary ranges are quoted in USD as a consistent global reference; offers are localized to the country’s currency using a market-aligned conversion
• Pay is based on objective, job-related criteria, including experience, skills, and location; salary history is not requested
• Stock grant opportunities depend on role, employment status, and location
• Additional perks and benefits depend on employment status and country
• Optional flexible working office membership is available through IWG
• Deel welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of legally protected characteristics
• Application and interview accommodations are available on request for applicants with disabilities or other needs
• Hiring primarily relies on interviews and role-related assessments; informal background information may be considered in limited cases
• The application process may use Automated Employment Decision Tools and AI systems to evaluate experience, technical skills, and qualifications, with human oversight of final decisions. Personal data is not used to train AI models