Lead Product Designer - job 1 of 2

Who we are is what we do.

Deel and our family of growing companies are made up of global teams dedicated to helping businesses hire anyone, anywhere, easily. 

The team comprises over three thousand self-driven individuals spanning over 100 countries, and our unified yet diverse culture keeps us continually learning and innovating the platform and products for customers.

Companies should be able to hire the best talent anywhere in the world, so we are building the best platform to make that a reality. Our market-leading technology, expertise, and global team are crucial to the platform’s success. We deliver the best products and features in our space, enabling millions of jobs worldwide and connecting the global workforce with the best companies and opportunities.

Why should you be part of our success story?

A 30-mile hiring radius should no longer dictate how companies hire because exceptional talent lives everywhere. Deel sees a world without hiring borders and endless talent that pairs perfect candidates with great companies.

We offer global teams all the tools they need to hire, onboard, manage, pay, and scale at full speed. We aim to foster a diverse global economy by building a generational platform that seamlessly connects companies with talent worldwide.

After our successful Series D in 2021, we raised another $50M in 2023, doubling our valuation to $12B. There’s never been a more exciting time to join Deel — the international payroll and compliance market leader.

Duties

• Deeply analyse customers and business problems to identify the pain points

• Rapidly create impactful and elegant solutions to problems.

• Strategically think of the product from high level to connect the missing dots

• Update the acceptance criteria and define the logic to your work

• Take full cycle ownership of your work from ideation, design, review and feedback in the final test build and after release.

• Co-lead their team with Product managers and Developers

• Actively gives feedback and mentors designers in your team.

• Perform design reviews and one to one.

• Drive the vision for your product, aligning your team on a better future state

• Steer the group’s design execution toward reaching business goals

• Work holistically across multiple platforms to solve problems - The employee portal, the employer portal, and the admin dashboard for customer support.

• Above all - Be part of the journey to redefine a way of working for people all round the world

Requirements

• Be passionate about design

• Able to learn fast

• Experienced on mentoring and managing product designers (the ability to give constructive feedback to enable product designers to learn and progress)

• Previously worked for minimum of 5-7 years experience as product designer in fast paced environment (ideally scale up/ start up)

• Currently on working as lead product designer and have a minimum of 1 to 2 years experience leading in face paced environment (ideally scale up/ start up)

• Have strong knowledge and practice in both UX and UI

• Experienced in design systems

• Autonomous force multiplier for their team and designers around them

• Know when to go deep on a task and when to execute

• Experienced with being embedded into a development team with light touch from the product manager. We believe that the work comes from everyone, not just top down.

• Be comfortable with being involved with the end to end development process. From ideation to design QA - you feed and unblock the team.

• For this role, you will need to be in EMEA, LATAM and USA Eastern time zones

Nice to have

• Higher education in related fields

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. 

Some things you’ll enjoy

• Provided computer equipment tailored to your role

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

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

• The flexibility of remote work, including WeWork access where available

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.