Director of Product Design — AI-Driven SaaS Leader

Deel; Colombia; Hybrid; COP 250,000,000 - 420,000,000; Full time

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Stock grants

Flexible office membership

Total rewards & perks

Job summary

Deel is hiring a Director of Product Design to own the design agenda for a major area of the Deel platform and lead a team of designers in a flat, fast-paced environment. You will shape strategy with Product and Engineering leadership and set craft standards across the organization.

This role requires seniority, hands-on leadership, and a track record delivering enterprise-grade experiences. You will partner across functions to scale design systems, drive AI-enabled workflows, and maintain

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Product Design, with current or recent experience at Director level or equivalent scope.
• A proven track record leading a team of seven or more designers, including hiring, developing talent, and setting the craft bar
• Experience at growth-stage or scaled SaaS, fintech, or technology companies. Experience with HR, payroll, or workforce products is a plus, not a requirement
• Strong craft across interaction and visual design, and comfort across complex B2B and enterprise products that serve multiple personas, such as admins, employees, finance teams, and partners
• Comfortable with complex system architecture, technical constraints, and compliance-heavy domains
• A track record of design changing what got built: you can point to specific decisions where design's perspective shifted the outcome with Product, Engineering, and business leadership
• Strong influence and alignment with Director-level peers in Product and Engineering, built without a reporting line
• AI: you've materially changed how you and your team work with AI in the last 12–18 months. You've built AI solutions, embedded AI into your team's practice, or shipped AI-powered product experiences, and you have a considered view on where humans should stay in the loop
• Data-savvy and comfortable measuring success through product and business outcomes
• Solid understanding of both enterprise and startup needs

Responsibilities

• Team and Organization: You’ll build and run a design team, typically five to nine designers in a flat structure. You'll hire and develop designers, set craft standards and operating rhythms, and decide where to invest design capacity as your area grows.
• Vision and strategy: You'll sit with Product and Engineering leadership as a peer in shaping your area's strategy, not just design's execution of it. Where AI takes over and where humans stay in the loop, how your area connects to the rest of the platform, and what the experience should look like a year and three years out: you co‑own these calls at the strategy table, and you're accountable for the design point of view holding up under scrutiny from company leadership.
• Craft and quality: You will stay close enough to the work to unblock a launch, reset a review, or raise the bar personally when it matters.
• Cross‑functional leadership: Hold the senior Product, Engineering, and business stakeholder relationships for your area. Be the design voice in strategy conversations, not just design reviews.
• Organizational impact: Contribute to how the broader design org works — shared standards, hiring practices, AI‑forward workflows beyond the boundaries of your own team.
• Accountability: Own the outcomes of what ships in your area: design quality, business impact, and whether the work holds up under scrutiny from company leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

SaaS experience

Enterprise UX

AI integration

Data-driven

Systems thinking

Compliance knowledge

Cross-functional influence

Product strategy

Job description

Deel is hiring a Director of Product Design to own the design agenda for a major area of the Deel platform and lead a team of designers in a flat, fast-paced environment. You will shape strategy with Product and Engineering leadership and set craft standards across the organization.

This role requires seniority, hands-on leadership, and a track record delivering enterprise-grade experiences. You will partner across functions to scale design systems, drive AI-enabled workflows, and maintain