Group Product Design Manager

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.

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.