Country Product Manager - Italy

Deel; Modena; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock grant opportunities

Flexible office membership

Equity-for-all commitment

Country-specific perks

Job summary

Deel is seeking a leader for payroll operations in Italy. You will own the product strategy and collaborate with engineering and compliance teams. Your goal is to shape Deel’s Mediterranean expansion while ensuring compliance with Italian labor laws.

This position offers the chance to drive innovation in payroll, HR, and time-tracking solutions. You will be key in establishing Deel’s presence in Southern Europe.

Qualifications

• Fluent in Italian and English for coordination.
• Comfort with ambiguity and decision-making with incomplete information.
• Strong stakeholder management across teams.

Responsibilities

• Define the product strategy for the Italian market.
• Lead an engineering team to execute the roadmap.
• Coordinate dependencies across teams.
• Break complex requirements into increments.
• Own relationships with key accounts.
• Collaborate with sales and compliance teams.
• Build a market entry playbook from scratch.
• Leverage AI to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Master Italian labor law for compliance.
• Position Italy as the anchor market.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Ambition

Entrepreneurial mindset

Communication

Collaboration

Deep understanding of Italian labor

Payroll product capabilities

Complex requirements handling

Job description

Overview

In this role you lead Deel’s payroll operations for Italy, acting as the founding product leader for a greenfield market. You’ll own end-to-end strategy with cross-functional teams to design payroll, HR, and time-tracking solutions tailored to Italy’s regulatory landscape. You’ll balance ambitious market timelines with prudent prioritization while leveraging AI to accelerate delivery. This is a high-impact opportunity to shape Deel’s Mediterranean expansion and drive cross-country product alignment.

Retribuzione / Benefits

• Stock grant opportunities
• Optional flexible office membership (IWG)
• Equity-for-all commitment and inclusive culture
• Additional country-specific perks depending on location

Responsabilità

• Define the product strategy for the Italian market across payroll, HR, time, and services
• Lead an engineering team to execute the roadmap
• Coordinate dependencies across Product (payroll engine), Time, HRIS, and Services teams
• Break complex requirements into iterative increments and ship fast
• Own relationships with key accounts and validate solutions with customers
• Collaborate with sales, implementation, and local compliance teams to enable scalable solutions
• Think entrepreneurially to build a market entry playbook from scratch
• Leverage AI to accelerate build and ensure regulatory compliance in collaboration with local teams
• Master Italian labor law (CCNL, INPS, regional variations) to ensure compliant solutions
• Position Italy as the anchor market for Deel’s Southern Europe expansion

Requisiti fondamentali

• Based in EMEA with proximity to the Italian market
• Fluent in Italian and English for coordination
• Comfort with ambiguity and making decisions with incomplete information
• Strong stakeholder management across multiple teams and external partners
• Pragmatism and systems thinking to connect payroll, HR, time tracking and compliance

• stakeholder management
• ambition and entrepreneurial mindset
• communication and collaboration
• deep understanding of Italian labor law (CCNL) and INPS contributions
• experience building payroll or payroll product capabilities
• enterprise customer experience or complex requirements handling