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Staff Product Designer, Outcomes
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Hinge Health 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the design vision and strategy for member-facing experiences, focusing on progress tracking and pain logging. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex data into motivating interfaces that enhance member engagement and outcomes.
Sr. Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States of America
Vtech Electronics 🇺🇸 Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer leads the creative development and execution of packaging, retail, trade show, and marketing materials for the VTech and LeapFrog brands. This role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure brand consistency and effective communication of product benefits.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Dialpad 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead design initiatives that form the foundation of Dialpad's platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design patterns and contribute to production code.
Lead Product Designer, Provider Experience
🇺🇸 United States of America
A Place For Mom 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the design for Provider Experience, owning the end-to-end product design for provider workstreams. Partner with various teams to define problem framing, success criteria, and design intuitive workflows for users.
Manager, Product Designer | Emirati Talent
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Majid Al Futtaim 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The Product Design Manager is responsible for leading the design direction for fintech and payments experiences across mobile and web platforms. This includes managing the end-to-end product design process from discovery to delivery, ensuring intuitive and secure user experiences.
Project Design Manager (@one Alliance)
🇬🇧 Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Binnies 🇬🇧 Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead the design and technical delivery of clean water and water recycling projects, ensuring high-quality outputs. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop innovative designs that meet environmental and operational needs.
Lead Product Designer, Powered by TodayTix
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Todaytix Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design of complex B2B product initiatives for the partner portal from discovery through to delivery and QA. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive user flows and maintain the design system using AI tools.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Fluxon Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Lead end-to-end product design from discovery and research to production-ready execution for ambitious projects. Partner with founders and stakeholders to translate business goals into high-quality user experiences.
Lead UI & UX Designer
🇺🇸 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Ukg 🇺🇸 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
The role involves designing systems that shape AI behavior and building conversation response patterns. It requires rapid testing and refinement of AI interactions based on user feedback.
Lead UI & UX Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Ukg 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The role involves designing systems that shape AI behavior and building conversation response patterns. Additionally, it requires iterating through experimentation to improve AI interactions based on user feedback.
Lead UI & UX Designer
🇺🇸 Sunrise, Broward County, Florida, United States of America
Ukg 🇺🇸 Sunrise, Broward County, Florida, United States of America
The role involves designing systems that shape AI behavior and building conversation response patterns. You will also iterate through experimentation to refine AI interactions based on user feedback.
Lead Product Designer, Powered by TodayTix
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Todaytix Group 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design of complex B2B product initiatives for the partner portal, from early discovery through delivery and QA. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate nuanced industry concepts into intuitive user flows and maintain the design system.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Fluxon Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Lead end-to-end product design from discovery and research to production-ready execution. Partner with founders and stakeholders to translate business goals into high-quality user experiences.
Staff Product Designer, APM
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Datadog 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design strategy for the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) team to create intuitive experiences for complex technical workflows. Partner with PMs and engineers to bridge the gap between technical requirements and user needs while mentoring other designers.
Graphic Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Dover, Delaware, United States of America)
Looproots Foundation Remote (🇺🇸 Dover, Delaware, United States of America)
Design digital and print assets to support campaigns, events, and outreach initiatives. Collaborate with leadership on visual storytelling and help shape a cohesive brand identity.
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.