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Senior Product Designer - Software Platform
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Tive 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Senior Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for complex product areas, translating user needs and business goals into intuitive experiences for customer-facing products, mobile applications, and underlying design systems. This involves designing and optimizing workflows for data-heavy use cases like alerts, dashboards, and configuration flows while ensuring technical feasibility and accessibility.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Adyen 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Senior Product Designer will deeply understand and own the user experience for complex product ecosystems, taking ownership of undefined problem spaces within the financial domain. They will partner with cross-functional teams to define a cohesive roadmap and drive data-informed design for enterprise users.
Senior Product Designer, Air & Ground Deterrence
🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States
Anduril Industries 🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States
You will plan and run research to understand end operators' needs and craft experiences that work for them in various environments. Additionally, you will lead the definition of high-impact product experiences and mentor design peers.
Senior Product Designer (Reviews and core)
🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Trustpilot 🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
The role involves leading design strategy and execution for high-impact features, taking ownership from problem framing through delivery, and optimizing user experiences, including leveraging AI-powered features for tools like inboxes. This person will also partner closely with cross-functional teams to shape product strategy and drive contributions to the design system.
Senior Product Designer (Reviews and core)
🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Trustpilot 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Lead the design strategy and execution for complex, high-impact features, taking full ownership from initial problem framing through to delivery. Partner closely with cross-functional teams to shape product strategy and conduct user research to validate design decisions.
Senior Product Designer, Ad Mission
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The New York Times 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Product Designer will design and deliver compelling ad experiences across various products while optimizing current experiences for users and advertisers. They will collaborate on product strategy and ensure design quality and consistency.
Senior UX Researcher, Core Experience
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
Google 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
Drive research programs to identify high-value opportunities and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure product excellence. Own and execute research surveys while serving as a methodology consultant for product experiments.
Senior UX Researcher
🇮🇳 India
Mindbody 🇮🇳 India
The Senior UX Researcher will develop research programs, define problem statements, and communicate insights from mixed methods research. They will collaborate with Product Management and Product Design teams to inform product roadmaps and enhance user experiences.
Senior Product Designer - Growth
🌍 Remote
Magicschool Ai 🌍 Remote
You will own the end-to-end design process within your squad, shaping feature direction and iterating quickly based on feedback. Additionally, you will lead user research and create impactful user experiences that balance user goals with business priorities.
Senior Product Designer - Search
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ebay 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
You will lead the design and execution of end-to-end product experiences, balancing customer needs with technical feasibility and business priorities. The role involves creating high-quality product experiences and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Success Academy Charter Schools 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior UX Designer will own UX design for key experiences across web and mobile, from concept through launch and iteration. They will partner with Product to translate goals and requirements into user-centered flows and conduct UX audits to identify usability issues.
Sr. UX Designer
🇺🇸 Aliso Viejo, California, United States
Playstation Global 🇺🇸 Aliso Viejo, California, United States
As a Senior UX Designer, you will shape the future of the PlayStation Partners platform, crafting exceptional design solutions and collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams. Your role will involve working closely with developers and product managers to ensure user needs are met and to advocate for a user-centric design approach.
Senior UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Seatgeek 🌍 Remote
The role involves defining strategies and providing end-to-end craft and thought leadership while partnering with cross-functional teams to evolve the platform into the best-in-class ticketing solution. Responsibilities include deeply understanding user needs and setting direction through clear strategies while executing details through launch.
Senior UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Seatgeek 🌍 Remote
This role involves deeply understanding the needs of fans, sellers, teams, and artists to set clear strategic direction while maintaining high execution quality through launch. The designer will connect business verticals into a cohesive vision to evolve the platform into a best-in-class ticketing solution.
Sr. Product Designer (Remote)
🇺🇸 Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
Inspira Financial 🇺🇸 Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
The Senior Product Designer is responsible for defining and maintaining customer-centric digital user experiences across Inspira’s product portfolio. This includes collaborating with cross-functional teams and incorporating user feedback into the design process.
About Design Leadership careers
Design leaders in 2026 set the strategic vision for design organizations navigating an AI-saturated market. This role requires a balance of craft expertise and high-level business acumen to advocate for design's value at the executive level.
Effective leaders foster a culture of technical agency, establishing systems that allow human creativity and machine efficiency to coexist.
Companies like Stripe and Airbnb seek VPs and Directors of Design who can scale teams and align design strategy with long-term business objectives.
We feature senior leadership positions including Design Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design, Chief Design Officers, and design team leads at companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and fast-growing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These roles span product design, brand, and cross-functional design organizations.
Many companies offer remote design leadership roles, including distributed-first companies like Notion, Linear, GitLab, and Vercel. AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic also hire remote design leaders. Some companies prefer hybrid arrangements for VP+ positions.
Most positions require 8–15+ years of design experience with 3–5+ years managing teams. Strong candidates demonstrate strategic thinking, team building, stakeholder management, and a track record of shipping successful products at companies like Figma, Spotify, Netflix, or emerging AI startups. Browse leadership portfolios to see how experienced designers showcase their impact.
Design leadership salaries are highly competitive: Design Directors earn $160k–$240k, VPs of Design $220k–$350k+, and CDOs at major companies can exceed $400k with significant equity packages. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks often offer premium total compensation. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.