What does Drew Hajduk do?

I'm a product designer and founder. I design pay and reward software for HR teams, and I founded and launched PAYgrade and PAYreview.

Can you help me build HR software?

Yes. I work with teams planning a new HR, pay or reward product, and with companies improving one they already have. That can mean product strategy, UX and interface design, or taking a product from idea to launch.

Why work with a designer who knows HR and reward?

Pay software has to handle job evaluation methods, grading structures, pay ranges and the way reward teams actually work. I've designed and launched products in this space, so we spend our time on your product, not on learning the domain.

What are PAYgrade and PAYreview?

PAYgrade is a job evaluation and salary banding platform used by around 25 organisations. PAYreview is software for running pay reviews. I founded and launched both.

I'm UK-based, proudly up North.

HR software product designer · Founder · UK-based

I design pay and reward products for HR teams.

I'm Drew Hajduk. I founded and launched PAYreview and PAYgrade, and I run product-focused digital businesses from the first sketch to the first customer. UK-based, proudly up North.

About

Good products come from good people.

I'm a product designer by trade, with years of experience leading design and running the businesses around it. My work doesn't stop at the screens: it covers what gets built, how it looks, how it's positioned and how it reaches the people who need it. The best of it has come from working alongside talented teams and partners, and my job is to give them clear direction and the room to do great work.

What I do

Product design

Flows, interfaces and design systems for software people use to make real decisions.

Product strategy

Deciding what to build and why, then improving it through continuous development, releasing often and learning from how customers actually use it.

Secure, reliable software

Keeping products secure, dependable and running smoothly, with the right technical partners alongside.

Building businesses

Taking a product from idea to launch, then running the company that keeps it growing.

Where I keep coming back

HR software, reward and pay systems.

Pay is one of the most important numbers in anyone's working life, yet the systems behind it are often hidden in spreadsheets that only one person understands. I'm interested in how job evaluation, grading and pay structures actually work, and in how good product design can make them clear, consistent and fair for the people using them and the people they affect.

It's why both of my products live in this space, and why I still enjoy digging into how organisations decide what a role is worth.

Products I've founded

Founded · Launched
PAYgrade
A job evaluation and salary banding platform, used by around 25 organisations.
Live

“The system is intuitive and makes a huge difference when we’re evaluating roles. It gives us the ability to work much quicker with minimal preparation, and we love the comparison functionality.”

Laura Allam · Head of HR Reward and Recognition, Orders of St John Care Trust
Founded · Launched
PAYreview
Software for running pay reviews, designed and taken to market from scratch.

“The pain of managing 100s of spreadsheets is gone. Now PAYreview does it all for us.”

Samantha Perry · Policy & Systems Manager, David Lloyd

Launched

Drew Hajduk at an HR and reward conference session

Writing

Notes on pay, grading and product.

2 Oct 2026What HR teams need from job evaluation data: 9 lessons for building HR softwareWhat job evaluation data should tell HR teams, and what that means for anyone designing the software they use.

All writing →

Work with me

Building HR software?

If you're planning a new HR, pay or reward product, or want to improve one you already have, I can help. I've founded, designed and launched two HR software products, so I bring knowledge of the domain as well as the design: job evaluation, grading, salary banding and pay reviews, and the HR and reward teams who use them every day.

Product strategy and roadmaps for HR tech
UX and interface design for HR, pay and reward software
Taking an HR software product from idea to launch
Improving and scaling an existing HR platform

Questions

Frequently asked.

What does Drew Hajduk do?: I'm a product designer and founder. I design pay and reward software for HR teams, and I founded and launched PAYgrade and PAYreview.
Can you help me build HR software?: Yes. I work with teams planning a new HR, pay or reward product, and with companies improving one they already have. That can mean product strategy, UX and interface design, or taking a product from idea to launch.
Why work with a designer who knows HR and reward?: Pay software has to handle job evaluation methods, grading structures, pay ranges and the way reward teams actually work. I've designed and launched products in this space, so we spend our time on your product, not on learning the domain.
What are PAYgrade and PAYreview?: PAYgrade is a job evaluation and salary banding platform used by around 25 organisations. PAYreview is software for running pay reviews. I founded and launched both.
Where are you based?: I'm UK-based, proudly up North.

Contact

Need help building HR software? Let's talk.

Tell me a little about what you're building and I'll get back to you.