group product design manager

We are seeking a visionary and strategic Group Product Design Manager to lead and scale exceptional design teams across multiple core product areas. This is a high-impact leadership role where you’ll not only set the bar for design excellence but also help redefine how businesses around the world hire, onboard, pay, manage and develop global talent.

As a senior leader, you’ll drive both the design vision and execution strategy across verticals, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Data Analytics and Business stakeholders. You will manage and mentor a talented group of Lead, Staff, Senior, Mid-Level, and Junior Product Designers, empowering them to deliver with clarity, purpose, and ambition. Your leadership will be critical to aligning design with company-wide priorities, elevating user experience, and making Deel’s products a benchmark for trust, usability, and innovation in the global HR and fintech space.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Define and champion a bold, cohesive design strategy across multiple product areas in alignment with Deel’s long-term mission.
• Champion a culture of innovation and design excellence, embedding user-centred design principles into the organisation.
• Partner with executive leadership to influence product direction and position design as a key driver of innovation and competitive advantage.
• Elevate the role of design in the organisation by connecting scalable systems, user empathy, and creative vision.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing team of individual contributors at all levels as needed. The levels will vary based on evolving business priorities.
• Provide structured coaching and career development to ensure your team thrives with autonomy and clarity.
• Foster a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative team culture focused on craft, growth, and impact.

Cross-Functional Influence

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Business partners to solve complex challenges with scalable, elegant solutions.
• Drive alignment across verticals, balancing short-term delivery pressures with long-term strategic bets.
• Represent the design perspective at the leadership level, advocating for users and responsible innovation.

Design Quality & Execution

• Maintain end-to-end ownership of design quality across platforms and customer touchpoints.
• Actively participate in design reviews, providing clarity, direction, and actionable feedback.
• Step into high-priority or ambiguous spaces when needed, helping teams stay unblocked and aligned.

Operational Excellence & Scale

• Optimise resourcing across teams to meet evolving business priorities while safeguarding design quality.
• Evolve design systems, processes, and rituals that support speed, cohesion, and cross-functional execution.
• Champion operational excellence to help distributed teams work efficiently without compromising on craft.

Impact Measurement & Outcomes

• Define clear success metrics for design and tie outputs directly to business outcomes and user satisfaction.
• Use insights from data, research, and experimentation to prioritise and iterate.
• Balance bold innovation with accountability, always driving toward measurable impact.

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Leadership

• 8–10+ years of product design experience, with at least 4+ years in leadership roles managing senior individual contributors.
• Proven success scaling design teams in high-growth, fast-paced environments.
• Experience leading globally distributed teams and building empowered design cultures.

Design Expertise & Systems Thinking

• Deep fluency in UX, UI, and product strategy, with a strong systems mindset.
• A refined sense of detail and quality, paired with the ability to think at scale.
• Experience delivering cross-platform solutions in complex or regulated domains.

Strategic Mindset

• Comfortable operating in ambiguity while translating high-level vision into clear action.
• Skilled at balancing velocity with quality and driving continuous improvement.
• Strong product thinking with a focus on impact and long-term outcomes.
• Autonomous, self-driven, and capable of identifying gaps and proactively filling them.

Communication & Influence

• Exceptional communicator, with the ability to clearly articulate vision, trade-offs, and direction.
• Able to build trust across disciplines and at all levels of the organisation.
• A collaborative facilitator who brings people together to solve big, complex problems.

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

• 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