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Senior Product Designer, Agentic Vulnerability Elimination

Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)

Lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered experiences to help customers identify and remediate vulnerabilities across the software development lifecycle. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to build intuitive workflows leveraging LLMs and automation while evolving the company's Design Language System.

Remote$100,000 - $123,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (Mobile App)

🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America

Own the end-to-end design of native iOS and Android experiences for boating marketplaces, focusing on search, discovery, and lead generation. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to create scalable mobile components and high-fidelity prototypes.

Hybrid$100,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer

🇸🇪 Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden

The Senior UX Designer is responsible for designing complex software used in the biotech industry, including touchscreen interfaces and desktop applications. They will create user experiences that improve learnability and operational confidence while tackling complex information architecture and data visualization.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Own the end-to-end design of core payments products, from problem framing to polished execution. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain a scalable design system and mentor other designers to raise the team's quality bar.

Hybrid$100,000 - $130,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (m/w/d)

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

Lead the end-to-end product design process to simplify complex energy logic into intuitive customer journeys across mobile and web platforms. Mentor other designers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define the product roadmap and elevate design standards.

Hybrid$80,000 - $110,000Full-timeSenior
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Product Designer (UI-focused) – Mid to Senior

Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)

The role focuses on end-to-end UI design to ensure visual consistency and scalability while structuring wireframes and flows. It involves collaborating with Product and Engineering teams to deliver high-fidelity interfaces and maintaining the company's Design System.

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Senior UX Designer

🇮🇳 Tada, NH16, Tirupati, Tada - 524401, Andhra Pradesh, India

Lead the design and delivery of scalable, high-quality UX solutions across mobile, desktop, and app platforms. Translate business objectives and user needs into production-ready assets while guiding junior designers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

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Senior Web Designer

Remote (🇮🇩 Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia)

Lead the creation of visually stunning web and app designs, including landing pages and email templates. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize user experience and drive customer growth through strategic design.

RemoteFull-timeSenior
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Senior Web Designer

Remote (🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines)

Lead the creation of visually stunning web and app designs, including landing pages and email marketing templates. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize user experience and drive customer growth through strategic design leadership.

RemoteFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer | Manila

🇵🇭 Makati, Southern Manila District, Philippines

Lead the end-to-end design process to create high-fidelity interfaces and prototypes for a legal tech product suite. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user research and business strategy into optimized product features.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior Design Engineering Manager

🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan

Lead a team of electrical design engineers to develop innovative electrical solutions and integrated circuitry. Oversee the entire design process from conceptualization to implementation while ensuring projects are on time and within budget.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer

Remote (🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America)

Lead end-to-end design for complex enterprise features, translating technical depth into intuitive interfaces for automation and AI workflows. Partner with product managers and engineers to define product vision and ensure high standards of usability and craft.

Remote$150,000 - $200,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer, GenAI Ad Formats

Remote (🇵🇦 Panama City, Distrito de Panamá, Panama)

Lead the design and execution of AI-powered ad consumer experiences and GenAI-powered pipelines across various Netflix surfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish design principles for personalized, adaptive ad formats while ensuring privacy and regulatory compliance.

Remote$350,000 - $520,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer, Visual Lease and CoStar Real Estate Manager

🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

The Senior Product Designer will create user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to integrate Visual Lease and CoStar Real Estate Manager. They will act as a user advocate, conducting research and collaborating with cross-functional teams to evolve design systems.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer, Ads

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end design process for Discord's ads products, specifically focusing on 'Quests' to drive revenue generation. Partner with cross-functional squads to create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes while maintaining the design pattern library.

Full-timeSenior
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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.