About the company
Keka is a modern people platform for growing enterprises. HR, payroll and talent live in one core system, so teams spend less time on admin and more time on their people. More than 12,500 companies trust Keka, from fast-growing small businesses to large enterprises and global companies with teams across borders.
We build software the way HR actually works. It feels human, sets up in days instead of months, and has AI built into every part of HR. With customers across India, the US and the Middle East, our HCM team is growing fast to keep up. That is where this role comes in.
About the Role
Design financial systems that feel clear, dependable, and operationally intelligent — even when the underlying workflows are deeply complex.
The Lead Product Designer will help shape the future of Keka’s platform experience by driving:
- clarity in high-stakes workflows,
- consistency across interconnected systems,
- confidence in decision-making,
- and scalable patterns that support multi-market expansion.
This role requires equal strength in systems thinking, product strategy, workflow architecture, and interaction design.
What you'll do
Over the next 12–18 months, this role is expected to help the organization:
1. Simplify Complex Financial Workflows
Reduce operational friction across Payroll, Expenses, Compensation, and Planning workflows by creating systems that are easier to understand, review, approve, and operate.
2. Improve Trust Through UX
Increase customer confidence by improving transparency, predictability, and correctness across financial interactions and approval systems.
3. Build Scalable Design Foundations
Establish reusable interaction patterns, governance models, and design principles that allow
Finance & Planning products to scale consistently across India, GCC, US, and future markets.
4. Drive Product Thinking Through Design
Influence roadmap direction through strong discovery, workflow reasoning, customer understanding, and systems-level problem framing.
What you'll bring
- 6+ years of experience designing complex B2B SaaS products.
- Strong experience in enterprise workflows, operational systems, fintech, HR-tech, ERP, payroll, finance, or compliance-heavy domains.
- Proven ability to handle ambiguity and simplify high-complexity systems.
- Experience working closely with Product and Engineering in fast-moving environments.
- Core Strengths -
- Strong systems thinking and workflow reasoning.
- Ability to simplify complexity without oversimplifying the domain.
- High attention to interaction detail, edge cases, and operational realities.
- Strong visual hierarchy and information architecture skills.
- Clear communication and structured storytelling.
- Strong ownership and decision-making ability.
