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Who We Are Is What We Do. Deel and our family of growing companies are made up of global teams dedicated to helping businesses hire anyone, anywhere, easily.

The team comprises over three thousand self-driven individuals spanning over 100 countries, and our unified yet diverse culture keeps us continually learning and innovating the platform and products for customers.

Companies should be able to hire the best talent anywhere in the world, so we are building the best platform to make that a reality. Our market-leading technology, expertise, and global team are crucial to the platform’s success. We deliver the best products and features in our space, enabling millions of jobs worldwide and connecting the global workforce with the best companies and opportunities.

Why should you be part of our success story?

A 30-mile hiring radius should no longer dictate how companies hire because exceptional talent lives everywhere. Deel sees a world without hiring borders and endless talent that pairs perfect candidates with great companies.

We offer global teams all the tools they need to hire, onboard, manage, pay, and scale at full speed. We aim to foster a diverse global economy by building a generational platform that seamlessly connects companies with talent worldwide.

After our successful Series D in 2021, we raised another $50M in 2023, doubling our valuation to $12B. There’s never been a more exciting time to join Deel — the international payroll and compliance market leader.

As a Director of Product Marketing for enterprise business, you will play a crucial role in developing and executing strategic marketing plans to promote our company’s enterprise-level products. This position requires a deep understanding of the enterprise market, competitive landscape, and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally to drive product success. You will also be responsible for managing and coaching two direct reports within the product marketing team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct thorough market research to understand industry trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape.
• Define and articulate product positioning, unique value propositions, and key differentiators.
• Develop and implement go-to-market strategies for new product launches, including positioning, messaging, and communication plans.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (paid/events/local marketing/content/social and more) to ensure successful ongoing market presence and revenue growth.
• Create compelling and engaging marketing collateral, including product messaging, presentations, sales enablement tools, and website content.
• Collaborate with the content team to develop high-quality content that resonates with the target audience.
• Work closely with the sales team to provide them with the tools and materials needed to effectively sell the product.
• Leverage customer feedback to enhance product messaging and improve overall customer satisfaction.
• Utilize data and analytics to make informed decisions and continuously optimize marketing strategies.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in enterprise product marketing, preferably in the technology sector.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Familiarity with HR/payroll/industry-specific software is a plus.

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:

• Provided computer equipment tailored to your role.
• 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 WeWork access where available.

At Deel, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that values diversity and positively encourages 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.

Morae Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Morae Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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We are looking for a Product Engineering Director to lead our engineering organization at the intersection of innovation, performance, and customer-centric delivery. As a senior leader reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer , you will be responsible for turning product vision into scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions that transform the way legal professionals work.

You will drive the development of our GenAI-enabled products , ensure delivery excellence, and foster a strong engineering culture rooted in agile practices, modern architecture, and continuous innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Strategy & Technical Leadership

• Own the technical execution of the product roadmap in partnership with the CPO.
• Develop and scale core legal technology platforms, APIs, and AI-powered experiences.
• Establish and evolve architectural standards, design patterns, and system resiliency.
• Evaluate and integrate agentic platforms and frameworks to enable dynamic, autonomous user experiences.
• Lead the implementation of our cutting edge Legal Technology MorAI solutions.
• Collaborate with product teams to embed AI/ML into key features such as search, summarization, content recommendation, and automation.
• Drive platform extensibility, scalability, and security for enterprise legal environments.
• Leverage agentic frameworks to create adaptive and context-aware features that enhance legal workflows.

Execution & Delivery

• Champion agile engineering practices across cross-functional squads.
• Ensure high-quality, on-time delivery of features with clear metrics and accountability.
• Manage engineering capacity, prioritization, sprint planning, and release cycles in collaboration with product and design.
• Grow, mentor, and lead a world-class engineering team across frontend, backend, DevOps, QA, and AI/ML functions.
• Foster a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Implement effective hiring, onboarding, and growth programs for a high-performing, inclusive engineering culture.
• Lead and support a distributed, remote-first engineering team with a focus on asynchronous collaboration and communication.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product, Design, Legal SMEs, and Customer Success to ensure the technology aligns with business needs and market expectations.
• Actively contribute to product planning, roadmap discussions, and strategic prioritization.

Operational Excellence

• Own key engineering KPIs including system uptime, velocity, tech debt reduction, and deployment frequency.
• Drive cloud infrastructure cost-efficiency, system observability, and DevSecOps maturity.
• Lead incident management and escalation processes with customer sensitivity and transparency.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
• Proven experience building and scaling B2B SaaS or enterprise platforms—experience in legal tech is a plus.
• Deep understanding of agile and DevOps practices; experience managing distributed engineering teams.
• Demonstrated success in delivering AI/ML-powered applications in production environments.
• Experience with agentic platform architectures and frameworks in production systems.
• Strong understanding of architecture, cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure), data privacy, and security best practices.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Experience working in regulated or compliance-heavy industries (e.g., legal, finance, healthcare).
• Familiarity with GenAI technologies (e.g., OpenAI, vector databases, prompt engineering, RAG pipelines).
• Experience scaling and leading global remote engineering teams.

This is a rare opportunity to define and lead the technology behind the next wave of innovation in legal tech. You’ll play a critical role in building the foundation for our growth and ensuring we deliver exceptional, secure, and intelligent experiences to our customers.

About Morae:

Morae is a dynamic, high-growth organization that provides an integrated suite of solutions to corporate law departments and law firms, and partners with leading software and services providers, both within and outside the legal industry. We are a young company but are made up of seasoned professionals in the legal industry, with a focus on building productive long-term relationships with employees and clients in an environment where collaboration is encouraged, knowledge is shared freely, and diversity of thought, cultures, communities, and points of view is embraced. Our team has the vision to create an effective solution for any business problem and the experience to execute that vision. Learn more at Our privacy policy can be found here

• Seniority level Director

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Product Management, Information Technology, and Consulting
• Industries Legal Services

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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 2 weeks ago

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa 3 weeks ago

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One of our clients in Durban is looking for a Product Development Engineer to join their engineering product design manufacturing company!

Requirements include :

• Degree in Electrical Engineering
• ECSA professional registration advantageous
• Minimum of 5 years experience
• Electrical Power transmission experience advantageous
• Sound knowledge of CADD

Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Reference: CPT000257-GW-4

We are looking for a Product Development Technologist in the flavour, ingredient and colour industry. It is essential that you have experience in flavour formulations within the sweet division.

Requirements:

• Diploma/Degree – Food Technology/Food Science
• 2-5 years’ experience with product development
• Deadline driven
• Strong verbal and written communication
• Know how to put flavour/seasoning formulations together

• Formulate new flavours
• Flavour modification on existing products
• Develop and manipulate application formulation
• Compounding of samples
• Conducting sensory panels
• Source for new ingredients and evaluate raw materials
• Compiling of product specifications and process methods

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A Leading Financial Services client requires a Product Development Analyst to assist in formulating the overall strategy and design of products, features, and engagement processes.

• Assist in formulating the overall strategy and design of products, features, and engagement processes.
• Conduct trend analysis within digital services.
• Take ownership of financial models used in the planning and forecasting process.
• Manage the end-to-end life cycle of products and their distribution channels, including ideation, design, and management of features.

Matric / Grade 12

Tertiary Qualification - Bachelor's Degree or higher essential.
Minimum of 2 years of working experience in a strategy, business development, product development, management consulting, or digital services role within the Financial Services / Banking environment.
Demonstrated passion for financial technology and digital banking.

Salary: Market Related

• Identify key vehicle models through market surveys and define suitable product ranges.
• Determine OE and supplier part numbers across various categories (e.g., braking, filtration, ignition, suspension, lighting, etc.).
• Source suppliers for parts and equipment, including both local and international channels.
• Work with leadership to manage stock levels, pricing, product training, and catalogues.
• Monitor industry trends and competitor activity to keep offerings competitive and relevant.
• Drive consistent turnover growth through ongoing product development and innovation.

• 15+ years’ experience in a similar role, preferably in automotive aftermarket retail or wholesale.
• In-depth knowledge of automotive components and sourcing.
• Strong negotiation, market research, and product lifecycle management skills.

• 15+ years’ experience in a similar role, preferably in automotive aftermarket retail or wholesale.
• In-depth knowledge of automotive components and sourcing.
• Strong negotiation, market research, and product lifecycle management skills.

• Identify key vehicle models through market surveys and define suitable product ranges.
• Determine OE and supplier part numbers across various categories (e.g., braking, filtration, ignition, suspension, lighting, etc.).
• Source suppliers for parts and equipment, including both local and international channels.
• Work with leadership to manage stock levels, pricing, product training, and catalogues.
• Monitor industry trends and competitor activity to keep offerings competitive and relevant.
• Drive consistent turnover growth through ongoing product development and innovation.