Staff Product Manager - Benefits

Who we are is what we do.

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Our vision is to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 150+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly.

Among the largest globally distributed companies in the world, our team of 7,000 spans more than 100 countries, speaks 74 languages, and brings a connected and dynamic culture that drives continuous learning and innovation for our customers.

Why should you be part of our success story?

As the fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in history, Deel is transforming how global talent connects with world-class companies – breaking down borders that have traditionally limited both hiring and career opportunities. We're not just building software; we're creating the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a more diverse and inclusive global economy. In 2024 alone, we paid $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies and provided healthcare and benefits to workers in 109 countries—ensuring people get paid and protected, no matter where they are.

Our momentum is reflected in our achievements and customer satisfaction: CNBC Disruptor 50,  Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, and repeated recognition on Y Combinator’s top companies list – all while maintaining a 4.83 average rating from 15,000 reviews across G2, Trustpilot, Captera, Apple and Google.

Your experience at Deel will be a career accelerator. At the forefront of the global work revolution, you'll tackle complex challenges that impact millions of people's working lives. With our momentum—backed by a $17.3 billion valuation and $1 B in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in just over five years—you'll drive meaningful impact while building expertise that makes you a sought-after leader in the transformation of global work.

Staff Product Manager - Benefits

This role sits within the Benefits product area at Deel, one of the company’s fastest-growing and highest-revenue product lines.

Benefits has evolved from an add-on feature into a strategic product area, with a focus on building a comprehensive benefits administration platform directly within the Deel ecosystem.The vision is to allow companies and employees to manage global benefits seamlessly, while enabling deeper integrations with providers and new financial services over time.

We’re looking for an experienced Staff Product Manager to drive the next phase of Deel’s Benefits experience, with a particular focus on improving the employee-facing product experience and building new capabilities such as flexible benefits and integrated financial services.

This role will focus on zero-to-one product development, helping define how employees discover, select, and manage benefits globally within the Deel platform.

What you’ll do

• Drive execution across the employee benefits experience, partnering with engineering and design to ship high-impact improvements that strengthen Deel Benefits as a global benefits platform
• Lead discovery to deeply understand the employee experience across different markets, ensuring benefits are intuitive, accessible, and valuable to end users
• Own and deliver new product initiatives,including upcoming capabilities such as flexible benefits where employees can allocate benefit budgets across different services
• Partner closely with Design and Engineering to build high-quality, well-crafted product experiences, bringing strong product taste and attention to user experience
• Work closely with multiple engineering teams and technical leads to deliver solutions quickly while maintaining scalability and reliability
• Leverage Deel’s existing fintech infrastructure to launch transaction-based and financial benefit experiences that employees can easily use and manage
• Ship frequently and iterate rapidly, delivering meaningful improvements to the product on a continuous basis
• Collaborate with other product domains (e.g. Payroll, HRIS, Platform) to ensure benefits integrate seamlessly across the broader Deel platform
• Drive alignment across global stakeholders including GTM, Sales, Ops, and Customer Success to support adoption and revenue growth

What success looks like

A clearly defined product execution and planning for the next phase of Deel Benefits, with strong cross-functional alignment
A significantly improved employee benefits experience, measured through engagement and usability metrics
Successful delivery of new benefits capabilities, including flexible benefits and new integrated services
Consistent product delivery with frequent launches and measurable product improvements
Strong collaboration with engineering and design teams, enabling fast and high-quality product execution

What you’ll bring

• 7+ years of Product Management experience, including time spent operating at Staff level or equivalent impact as a senior IC
• Proven ability to build and launch products from zero to one in fast-moving environments
• Strong product craft with excellent design intuition and user-experience judgement
• Experience in fintech, payments, or financial products is highly valued, particularly in transaction-based systems
• Experience building consumer-quality (B2C-style) product experiences within complex platforms
• Ability to work closely with multiple engineering teams and drive delivery in highly collaborative environments
• Strong product strategy, discovery, and execution skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication across technical and non-technical teams
• Comfort operating in a high-autonomy, fast-paced environment with a strong focus on shipping and iteration

Total Rewards

Our workforce deserves fair and competitive pay that meets them where they are. With scalable benefits, rewards, and perks, our total rewards programs reflect our commitment to inclusivity and access for all. 

Some things you’ll enjoy

• Stock grant opportunities dependent on your role, employment status and location

• Additional perks and benefits based on your employment status and country

• The flexibility of remote work, including optional WeWork access

At Deel, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of  race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy or maternity or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Unless otherwise agreed, we will communicate with job applicants using Deel-specific emails, which include @deel.com and other acquired company emails like @payspace.com and @paygroup.com. You can view the most up-to-date job listings at Deel by visiting our careers page.

Deel is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects different abilities, backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, identities and perspectives.

Deel will provide accommodations on request throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities. If you require accommodations, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team via this link and a team member will be in touch to ensure your equal participation. If you have difficulty accessing the form, please email at recruiting@deel.com.

As part of our hiring process, we primarily rely on interviews and role-related assessments. In limited cases, we may also consider informal background information relevant to the role, in line with our privacy and fairness obligations.

This application process may utilise Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT) and AI systems to assist in evaluating candidates based on experience level, technical skills and qualifications. As a fully remote company, we also utilise AI-powered deepfake and fraud detection technologies to verify the authenticity of candidate identities and interactions during assessments and interviews. This processing is conducted in compliance with applicable Data Protection, AI Governance and Labour Laws. We ensure human oversight is maintained in all final hiring decisions. Your personal data is not used to train AI models. For more information on how we process your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.

• For NYC Residents: In accordance with NYC Local Law 144, an independent bias audit has been conducted on AEDT; results are available at Ashby, Covey.