Senior Product Operations Manager, Payroll | EMEA

Overview

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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. 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, Deel has a global team spanning 100+ countries, speaking 74 languages, and maintaining a strong culture of learning and innovation.

As a Senior Product Operations Manager, you will play a crucial role in establishing strong connections between our product and user-facing teams. You will lead the development of new features, improve existing features, and shape product processes from scratch. You will collaborate with support, sales, and success teams to ensure a seamless feedback loop and gain insights from users to inform product decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale cross-functional projects focused on product improvement, innovation, and user experience enhancement.
• Collect, quantify, and prioritize product-related challenges for consideration by product and engineering teams.
• Contribute to building and shaping the product by solving conceptual problems.
• Drive major company launches and global rollouts with successful product deployments.
• Analyze data and user feedback to derive insights that drive continuous product improvements.
• Identify root causes of issues and develop effective solutions.
• Design and implement complex operational systems and processes to optimize product operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product operations, product management, or related roles working with product and engineering teams.
• Passion for delivering exceptional user experiences and ability to understand complex products and use cases.
• Proficiency in data analysis to drive product enhancements.
• Empathy with user problems to inform product decisions.
• Strong multitasking and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Problem-focused, detail-oriented, hands-on approach.
• General technical knowledge of software development processes; experience with payment systems is a plus.
• Proficiency with BI tools (SQL, Looker, Snowflake, Datadog, Excel/Sheets) and strong presentation skills.
• Experience in a fast-paced, product-driven tech company.

Benefits & Rewards

• Stock grant opportunities dependent on role, employment status and location
• Additional perks and benefits based on employment status and country
• Remote work flexibility, including optional WeWork access

Employment Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Human Resources Services

Equal Opportunity

Deel is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity. We encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, religion, sex, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, pregnancy or other legally protected characteristics. Deel will provide accommodations on request during recruitment. Please inform our Talent Acquisition Team at of the accommodation you may require to ensure equal participation.

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Location: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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