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Senior Product Designer, Accounting
🇨🇦 Canada
Clio 🇨🇦 Canada
The Senior Product Designer will define and execute the experience strategy for core Accounting workflows, focusing on transaction import, review, and matching. This role involves partnering with Product and Engineering to evolve experiences for various customer segments, leading end-to-end design from discovery through launch.
Lead Product Designer
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Ai71 Careers Site 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead the end-to-end design lifecycle for core AI applications, creating high-fidelity prototypes and wireframes. Partner with product and engineering teams to align design vision with business objectives and user needs.
Senior Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Opusclip 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Lead OpusClip’s brand upgrade end-to-end, defining the refreshed visual language and driving it to a live launch across various digital experiences. Own the roadmap for the brand and web workstream, moving projects from concept to shipped without waiting for direction.
Senior Graphic Designer / Creative Director
Lead the creative direction for marketing campaigns and brand initiatives while maintaining high design standards. Mentor and coach the design team, reviewing work and developing comprehensive visual identity systems.
UX Designer
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
K3 Advisory Group 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead and support digital experience improvements by designing and optimizing user journeys across the web estate. Collaborate with SEO, CRO, and development teams to ensure touchpoints are intuitive and conversion-focused.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Australiansuper 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the end-to-end design of complex member experiences from discovery through to delivery and developer handover. Partner with Product and Engineering teams to define problem spaces and ensure high-quality, user-centered outcomes.
UXUI Design Manager
🇯🇵 Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Harman International 🇯🇵 Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Lead UX/UI design activities for automotive product platforms for a Japanese OEM partner, managing the lifecycle from concept to production. Coordinate between global Harman teams and OEM stakeholders to ensure technical feasibility and high-quality execution.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Ethos 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead design strategy across multiple business units and help set the vision for the overall user experience. Direct and guide the work of other designers while managing executive stakeholders across various departments.
Senior Digital Product Designer
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Banner Health 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Lead the design and maintenance of the Atria Design System across various digital products and scrum teams. Drive the end-to-end product design process from discovery and ideation to testing and delivery for consumer health solutions.
Interim Head of Design - Volunteer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Heyrick Society 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
As Interim Head of Design, you will lead the Society’s visual direction and output, maintaining and developing design work during maternity cover. Key responsibilities include overseeing visual identity, designing materials, and supporting key initiatives.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Livanova 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead end-to-end UX for assigned products, ensuring user-centered solutions through research and design. They will collaborate cross-functionally to align on usability and go-to-market needs while maintaining a scalable design system.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Livanova 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead end-to-end UX for assigned products, ensuring user-centered and validated solutions. They will conduct user research, design interaction models, and collaborate cross-functionally to align on usability and safety needs.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Livanova 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead end-to-end UX for assigned products, ensuring user-centered, validated solutions. They will conduct user research, design prototypes, and collaborate cross-functionally to align on usability and safety needs.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
Livanova 🇺🇸 Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead end-to-end UX for assigned products, ensuring user-centered and validated solutions. They will conduct user research, design interaction models, and collaborate cross-functionally to align on usability and safety needs.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Livanova 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead end-to-end UX for assigned products, ensuring user-centered, validated solutions. They will conduct user research, design interaction models, and collaborate cross-functionally to align on usability and safety needs.
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.