Senior Product Designer | AI

About The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Staff Product Designer to lead the design vision for Deel’s AI vertical—one of the most ambitious and strategically important areas of the company. This role sits at the intersection of conversational AI, agentic workflows, and intelligent automation, shaping the experiences that define Deel’s next-generation platform.

You’ll own the end-to-end design strategy for our AI products, including Deel AI, Akai, conversational interfaces, AI-powered agents, and developer experience tools. Your scope covers everything from in-chat interactions and agent-driven workflows to proactive notifications, anomaly detection, and human-in-the-loop interventions across payroll, HR, and compliance.

This isn’t just about making AI features look good — it’s about defining how intelligence shows up across Deel’s entire ecosystem. You’ll work closely with the Principal Designer to establish a seamless handoff between conversational AI, agentic actions, and the broader platform experience. Together, you’ll shape the foundational patterns that make Deel feel like one coherent, intelligent system.

You’ll lead a growing team of designers and partner directly with engineering, product, and leadership to set the direction for AI design at Deel—codifying craft standards, mentoring designers, and influencing strategy across verticals.

• Lead AI design strategy
• Define the design direction for Deel’s AI vertical, Akai, conversational interfaces, agents, labs, and developer experience tools.
• Establish the strategic approach for how intelligence surfaces across the platform—from proactive agent notifications and anomaly detection to in-chat actions and workflow automation.
• Shape strategic conversations using insights, narratives, and design vision to influence direction and uncover new opportunity spaces across the AI product portfolio.
• Work in close synergy with the Principal Designer to define the boundary between conversational AI and the intelligent OS, ensuring seamless handoff and coherence.

• Drive Craft Excellence Across AI Experiences
• Codify craft standards for AI interactions by formalizing patterns, quality expectations, and reusable approaches that emerge from practice.
• Ensure coherence across the AI vertical, reducing fragmentation and inconsistencies between teams building conversational, agentic, and automated experiences.
• Turn implicit good design into explicit guidelines and mentor designers to consistently apply high-quality craft to AI products.
• Design and prototype at speed—rapidly exploring new interaction patterns for conversational AI, agent-driven workflows, and human-in-the-loop experiences.

• Own collaboration and communication
• Drive effective cross-team collaboration within the AI vertical, fostering alignment and shared ownership across designers, engineers, product managers, and business partners.
• Influence alignment through clear narrative and communication—managing stakeholders across teams with minimal oversight.
• Shape shared understanding through compelling design narratives that connect AI design choices to user impact and business outcomes.
• Partner with the design system team to ensure AI-enabled workflows, agentic UI patterns, and tool integrations are reflected in the system.

• Take ownership and drive outcomes
• Lead problem spaces within the AI vertical, setting direction and defining success for complex, ambiguous initiatives.
• Anticipate challenges and opportunities ahead of time, creating clarity before issues materialize across DAI, agents, and conversational AI.
• Make prioritization and trade-off decisions that unblock teams and maintain momentum across the AI product portfolio.
• Take accountability for progress and outcomes—shipping high-quality AI experiences that move the needle for customers and the business.

• Champion customer focus and research
• Establish user research and customer insight practices within the AI vertical, ensuring empathy and evidence are embedded from problem framing through delivery.
• Drive competitor and market analysis that shapes AI design direction and informs strategic priorities across teams.
• Champion quality control by defining…