Country Product Manager - Italy

Deel; Puglia; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Optional flexible office membership (I

Equity-for-all commitment andInclusive

Job summary

Deel is seeking a Country Product Manager for Italy to lead payroll operations and the greenfield market strategy in Italy. You will own end-to-end product strategy, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and shape regulatory-aligned payroll, HR, and time-tracking solutions tailored to the Italian landscape.

You will leverage AI to accelerate delivery while building a scalable local market entry playbook.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading payroll or payroll product in a regulated market.
• Experience building payroll capabilities and solutions.
• Fluent in Italian and English for cross‑functional coordination.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the payroll product strategy for Italy across payroll, HR, and time-tracking.
• Lead an engineering team to execute the roadmap.
• Coordinate dependencies across Product, Time, HRIS, and Services teams.

Skills

Product leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory compliance

AI in product

Stakeholder management

Italian labor law expertise

Payroll product

Tools

Payroll engine

HRIS

Job description

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.

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

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