Staff Product Designer

Deel Deel · Enterprise · United Kingdom · R&D

Deel is seeking a Staff Product Designer to shape the future of their global payroll and HR platform. The role involves leading design initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams, advocating for design systems, and mentoring junior designers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in UI/UX and visual design, with a strong portfolio that includes examples of work related to AI-powered features or AI-assisted workflows, and experience using AI tools in their design process.

What you'd actually do

  1. 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.
  2. Work closely with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and business partners, to build coherent, high-quality experiences that are both functional and delightful.
  3. Champion the Deel UI/Design System strategy, driving adoption through an iterative approach that balances consistency with innovation.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

Skills

Required

  • 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.
  • Mentorship Experience

Nice to have

  • Passion for Design

What the JD emphasized

  • AI-powered features
  • AI-assisted workflows
  • experiments with AI tools