Senior Staff Product Designer - AI

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Staff Product Designer to lead the design vision for Deel’s AI vertical. You will own end‑to‑end design strategy for AI‑powered products such as Deel AI, Akai, conversational interfaces, and developer tools, shaping how intelligence appears across payroll, HR and compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Define the design direction for the AI vertical, including conversational interfaces, agents, labs and developer experience tools.
• Establish strategic approaches for surfacing intelligence across the platform, from proactive notifications to in‑chat actions.
• Codify craft standards, patterns and reusable approaches for AI interactions and mentor designers to apply them.
• Drive cross‑team collaboration, aligning designers, engineers, product managers and business partners.
• Lead problem spaces, set success criteria, prioritize trade‑offs and ensure high‑quality AI experiences ship on time.

Required profile

• 8+ years of product design experience, with at least 3 years at Staff level or above.
• Deep experience designing AI‑powered products such as conversational interfaces, chatbots, AI agents or intelligent automation.
• Proven track record of taking AI/ML products from zero‑to‑one and scaling them iteratively.
• Strong multi‑disciplinary skills across UI, UX, interaction and visual design for complex workflows.

Required skills

• Conversational UI design
• Prompt design for AI systems
• Agentic workflow and human‑in‑the‑loop design patterns