Global Payroll Presales Delivery Lead

Deel; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

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Job summary

Deel is seeking a Presales Delivery Consultant within Global Payroll Solutions to guide customers from Sales to Implementation with clarity and confidence. You’ll lead payroll discovery, document country scope and local processes, and ensure delivery readiness for mid-market and enterprise clients.

Reporting to the Director of Pre-Sales Delivery, you’ll validate scope, timelines, and risks, while supporting Sales on complex opportunities and enabling successful go-lives across diverse

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in global payroll, payroll implementation, or payroll operations.
• Strong understanding of multi-country payroll complexity and compliance.
• Experience leading or supporting payroll discovery, onboarding, or implementation projects.
• Ability to run structured, high-impact client discovery sessions.
• Excellent documentation and handover discipline.
• Confidence to raise risks and challenge assumptions constructively.

Responsibilities

• Lead detailed payroll discovery sessions with prospective and newly signed customers.
• Gather and document country scope, payroll populations, local processes, pay frequencies, benefits, statutory obligations, and integrations.
• Identify operational, compliance, and product risks early in the customer journey.
• Validate feasibility of scope, timelines, and rollout approaches.
• Prepare and advise of go live dates and roll out plans.
• Create comprehensive, delivery-ready handover packs for OBMs and PMs.
• Ensure no loss of knowledge or scope between Sales and Implementation.
• Clearly document payroll assumptions, risks, dependencies, and constraints.
• Prevent late-stage surprises, re-discovery, and scope creep.
• Support Sales teams on complex global payroll opportunities by providing payroll and delivery expertise.
• Join selected sales calls to validate scope, explain implementation requirements, and build client confidence.

Skills

Global payroll

Payroll implementation

Discovery sessions

Documentation

Risk management

Job description

Deel is seeking a Presales Delivery Consultant within Global Payroll Solutions to guide customers from Sales to Implementation with clarity and confidence. You’ll lead payroll discovery, document country scope and local processes, and ensure delivery readiness for mid-market and enterprise clients.

Reporting to the Director of Pre-Sales Delivery, you’ll validate scope, timelines, and risks, while supporting Sales on complex opportunities and enabling successful go-lives across diverse