Deel

Staff Product Designer

Deel

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Define and deliver product design across multiple initiatives, ensuring alignment with user needs and business goals. Lead the development of end-to-end features and services that resonate with our users.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and business partners to build coherent, high-quality experiences that are both functional and delightful.
  • Champion the Deel UI/Design System strategy, driving adoption through an iterative approach that balances consistency with innovation.
  • Rapidly design, prototype, and test new features based on a deep understanding of business, customers and technology, to deliver thoughtful solutions even in the face of ambiguity.
  • Provide mentorship to Product Designers, offering constructive feedback to foster growth and skill development. Lead design practice rituals and develop new standards that enhance team efficiency.
  • Partner with product and engineering teams to identify bottlenecks, make informed recommendations, and implement improvements that streamline process.
  • Navigate ambiguity with ease, driving clarity and actionable insights from complex situations. Equally, balance user and business needs to create solutions that are impactful and strategic.
  • Bring people together through inspiring design and narrative. Foster alignment across teams by effectively communicating a design vision and facilitating collaboration.

Requirements

  • A deep passion for Product Design and UX Design craft; committed to creating meaningful, impactful user experiences.
  • A minimum of 5-7 years as a Product Designer in a fast-paced environment, with at least 2 years leading holistic design as a Staff Product Designer (or equivalent title).
  • Strong skills in UI, UX, and visual design, with a proven track record of crafting functional yet delightful customer experiences. Comfortable working through complex flows, creating engaging interfaces, and storytelling through visuals and prototypes.
  • Curiosity about AI and emerging technologies; experience designing AI-assisted or AI-powered product experiences or using AI tools as part of your design workflow. A portfolio that includes examples of work related to AI-powered features, AI-assisted workflows, or experiments with AI tools.
  • Your design work is deeply rooted in ideation, experimentation and evidence, ensuring that recommendations are always backed by data.
  • Able to work at speed while maintaining high-quality and thoughtful solutions; driving clarity from complexity and ambiguity.
  • Equally focused on user experience and business objectives, ensuring that design solutions meet both criteria effectively.
  • An outstanding communicator who can bring people together, build strong relationships, and gain alignment across teams. Inspires through design and narrative.
  • Experienced in mentoring Product Designers, providing guidance that enables them to learn, grow, and progress in their careers.
  • Builds strong relationships with cross-functional partners, developing best practices for engagement and collaboration across the organisation.
  • Strong knowledge of Payroll and Fintech, with the ability to apply this expertise to deliver impactful design solutions.
  • Experienced in being deeply embedded within a development team, working with a light touch from the Product Manager to deliver high-quality outcomes.
Benefits
  • 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 optional WeWork access
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Product DesignUX DesignUI DesignVisual DesignPrototypingAI-assisted designData-driven designStorytelling through visualsDesign systemsHolistic design
Soft Skills
MentorshipCommunicationCollaborationCuriosityProblem-solvingAdaptabilityLeadershipRelationship buildingClarity from complexityInspiration through design