---
title: "Assigning Team Managers and team members"
slug: "assigning-team-managers-and-team-members"
description: "Assign employees as Team Managers or team members of your teams and sub-teams in the Employees app, and remove them from a team when they no longer belong."
updated: 2026-10-27T14:17:27Z
published: 2026-10-27T14:17:27Z
canonical: "payhawk.com/assigning-team-managers-and-team-members"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Assigning Team Managers and team members

Once you have [created a team in Payhawk](/help/creating-editing-and-deleting-teams), you can add the required employees as Team Managers and team members.

## Specifics

- An employee can be assigned as a Team Manager to multiple teams.
- A single team can have multiple Team Managers.

## Assigning Team Managers to your teams and sub-teams

To assign a Team Manager to an existing team:

1. In the [Payhawk Web Portal](https://portal.payhawk.com), open the app switcher in the top-left corner and go to **Employees** > **Teams**.
2. Select the desired team by clicking on it.
3. From the **Managers** drop-down menu, select the employees you want to add as Team Managers to your team or sub-team.

![The Teams page with a team's panel open and the Add manager drop-down menu filtered by name.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Navigation%20images%20Desi_20261008/Assigning_team_managers_add_managers_v2_20261008_ai.png)

## Deleting Team Managers

To remove a Team Manager from a team:

1. Open the app switcher in the top-left corner and go to **Employees** > **Teams**.
2. Select the desired team.
3. Under **Managers**, hover over the name of the Team Manager you want to remove and click on **X**.
4. In the dialog that opens, click on **Remove** to confirm your choice.

![Removing a Team Manager with the X button next to their name, and the Remove manager dialog.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Navigation%20images%20Desi_20261008/Assigning_team_managers_remove_managers_v2_20261008_ai.png)

## Assigning team members to your teams and sub-teams

To assign a team member to your team:

1. Open the app switcher in the top-left corner and go to **Employees** > **Teams**.
2. Select the desired team.
3. From the **Team members** drop-down menu, select the employees you want to add as team members to your team or sub-team.

![The Teams page with a team's panel open and the Add member drop-down menu filtered by name.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Navigation%20images%20Desi_20261008/Assigning_team_managers_add_members_v2_20261008_ai.png)

Note that if an employee is already a member of another team, Payhawk will notify you by showing a message. Click on the **Add to [team name] also** button to confirm your choice.

![Message that the employee is already in another team, with the button to add them to the team.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Navigation%20images%20Desi_20261008/Assigning_team_managers_already_in_team_20261008_ai.jpg)

## Deleting team members

To delete team members from your team or sub-team:

1. Open the app switcher in the top-left corner and go to **Employees** > **Teams**.
2. Select the desired team.
3. Under **Team members**, hover over the name of the team member you want to remove and click on **X**.
4. In the dialog that opens, click on **Remove** to confirm your choice.

![Removing a team member with the X button next to their name, and the Remove team member dialog.](https://cdn.payhawk.com/Navigation%20images%20Desi_20261008/Assigning_team_managers_remove_member_v2_20261008_ai.png)

## Useful resources

- [Managing employees](/help/managing-employees)
- [Creating, editing, and deleting teams](/help/creating-editing-and-deleting-teams)