Staff Product Designer

Who we are is what we do.

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Our vision is to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 150+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly.

Among the largest globally distributed companies in the world, our team of 7,000 spans more than 100 countries, speaks 74 languages, and brings a connected and dynamic culture that drives continuous learning and innovation for our customers.

Why should you be part of our success story?

As the fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in history, Deel is transforming how global talent connects with world-class companies – breaking down borders that have traditionally limited both hiring and career opportunities. We're not just building software; we're creating the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a more diverse and inclusive global economy. In 2024 alone, we paid $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies and provided healthcare and benefits to workers in 109 countries—ensuring people get paid and protected, no matter where they are.

Our momentum is reflected in our achievements and customer satisfaction: CNBC Disruptor 50,  Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, and repeated recognition on Y Combinator's top companies list – all while maintaining a 4.83 average rating from 15,000 reviews across G2, Trustpilot, Captera, Apple and Google.

Your experience at Deel will be a career accelerator. At the forefront of the global work revolution, you'll tackle complex challenges that impact millions of people's working lives. With our momentum—backed by a $17.3 billion valuation and $1 B in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in just over five years—you'll drive meaningful impact while building expertise that makes you a sought-after leader in the transformation of global work.

We are seeking a passionate and highly experienced Staff Product Designer to join our dynamic team. The Staff Product Designer operates across multiple teams, driving domain-wide execution and contributing to product domain strategy. You are responsible for identifying gaps in the product ecosystem and setting the direction that others follow. You focus on connecting multiple domains, ensuring consistency and cohesion, and influencing roadmaps by identifying high-leverage opportunities. Your success is measured by your ability to change what a team decides to work on, not just how the work is executed. Above all, be part of redefining how people around the world hire, work, and get paid.

Key Responsibilities:

• Problem Ownership: Owns and drives domain-wide problems that span multiple teams. Identifies gaps in the product ecosystem and drives the alignment necessary to fill them, and sees solutions through to execution.

• Strategic Execution: Shapes product strategy. You are responsible for identifying higher-leverage opportunities that impact the broader product direction.

• Influence: Connects multiple domains, ensuring coherence and consistency across the product experience. Acts as a key partner to PM and Engineering leads in defining the roadmap. Influencing what gets built, why, and when. Leads execution on the highest-leverage initiatives while empowering teams to own the rest.

• Leadership: Mentors Senior Designers, elevating the strategic capacity of the design team. Advocates for the impact of design at a domain level. Actively contribute our hiring practice by recruiting within your network, interviewing candidates, and elevating our hiring bar.

• Impact: Drives domain, and cross-domain impact by leading ecosystem-wide initiatives that shape long-term product outcomes and business direction.

Requirements:

• Proven ability to lead end-to-end product design for web and/or mobile applications with a minimum of 10 years of experience.

• Demonstrate strong expertise in UX and UI design, with a history of working with or implementing and scaling design systems.

• Proven ability to drive product strategy and execution in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

• Proven track record of driving cross-functional alignment by articulating complex strategies to leadership and managing stakeholder expectations.

• Demonstrated success in full-cycle design ownership, from initial ideation and strategy through to implementation and design QA.

• Demonstrate strategic leadership in driving AI-forward initiatives across product ecosystems, setting vision and standards for AI-integrated workflows that scale organizational impact.

Design & AI at Deel

AI is changing how products are designed and built. At Deel, we’re excited about designers who are exploring how AI can enhance both the design process and the product experience.We’re looking for designers who are curious about emerging technologies and who actively experiment with AI in their work. This could include improving design workflows, prototyping faster, exploring new interaction patterns, or helping shape AI-powered product experiences.If you’ve worked on AI-related features or used AI tools as part of your design process, we’d love to see examples of that work in your portfolio.

Total Rewards

Our workforce deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are. With scalable benefits, rewards, and perks, our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all.

• Our salary range reflects gross base salary. For commercial roles with commission eligibility, this figure represents On-Target Earnings (OTE), inclusive of base salary and target commission.

• Salary ranges are quoted in USD as a consistent global reference. Your offer will be localized to your country's currency using a market-aligned conversion.

• Final pay is based on objective, job-related criteria including experience, skills, and location.

• We don't ask about salary history. Offers are based on the role and what you bring to it.

Some things you'll enjoy

• Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location

• Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country

• Optional flexible working office membership, with IWG

At Deel, we're an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of  race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy or maternity or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Unless otherwise agreed, we will communicate with job applicants using Deel-specific emails, which include @deel.com and other acquired company emails like @payspace.com and @paygroup.com. You can view the most up-to-date job listings at Deel by visiting our careers page.

Deel welcomes persons with disabilities to apply to any of our open roles. We will provide application and/or interview accommodations on request throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities or other needs. If you require application and/or interview accommodations, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team via email ([email protected]) and a team member will be in touch to ensure your equal participation. 

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