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Senior Product Designer (AI/SaaS)
🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
York Towers 🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Lead the end-to-end design process to create intuitive AI-powered real estate experiences across web and mobile platforms. Build and maintain a scalable design system while collaborating with Product, Engineering, and AI teams to optimize user journeys.
Senior Product Designer - Subscriptions
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Spotify 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Lead the design of the subscriptions experience from early exploration through launch and iteration. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex user and business needs into intuitive digital experiences.
Senior Product Designer — SuppCo
🇺🇸 United States
Function Health 🇺🇸 United States
You will own end-to-end product design for mobile and web, focusing on high-stakes surfaces and scaling the design system. Additionally, you will optimize critical user funnels and collaborate with the engineering team to integrate AI-driven experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇷 Greece
First Achieve 🇬🇷 Greece
Lead the end-to-end design of mobile-first AI companionship experiences, focusing on conversational interfaces and monetization flows. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to turn complex technical challenges into polished, intuitive user experiences.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇵🇭 Philippines
Incubatr L Company Incorporation L Bank Account L Residency Visa 🇵🇭 Philippines
Create visual assets for digital and print channels and develop brand-aligned graphics for social media and presentations. Collaborate with senior designers to refine concepts and ensure design consistency across all client-facing materials.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. 🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
You will lead the design of the onboarding funnel to optimize merchant experiences and reduce manual effort. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn complex workflows into simple, user-friendly product features.
Senior Product Designer - Subscriptions
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Spotify 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead the design of the subscriptions experience from early exploration through launch and iteration. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex user and business needs into intuitive digital experiences.
Insomniac - Senior Graphic Designer, Apparel
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Insomniac Events 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer will partner with the Creative Director to develop and execute visual identities across fashion, retail, and experiential activations. They will lead the creation of key design assets and provide art direction to designers and vendors to ensure brand consistency.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Stream Realty Partners 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer will develop visual identities, branding, and marketing campaigns for property pursuits and digital content. They are also responsible for implementing AI workflows and creating scalable design toolkits to improve team efficiency.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Stream Realty 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer will partner with marketing and brokerage teams to create high-impact marketing deliverables, including proposals, branding, and digital campaigns. They will also develop scalable design systems and integrate AI tools to improve creative workflows and production efficiency.
Senior UX Researcher ID84743
🇧🇷 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Agileengine 🇧🇷 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Lead mixed-method research to evaluate AI-enabled self-service experiences and IT operations tooling. Maintain a jobs-to-be-done framework to provide actionable insights and decision-ready recommendations for stakeholders.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Canada
Blue J 🇨🇦 Canada
The Senior Product Designer will lead the creation and scaling of design systems and high-fidelity prototypes to simplify complex tax research. They will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate user insights into intuitive, user-centered software experiences.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Monroe, Louisiana, United States
Nuby 🇺🇸 Monroe, Louisiana, United States
The Junior Graphic Designer will assist in creating and updating visual materials, including packaging, product graphics, and marketing assets. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain brand standards while managing multiple projects and incorporating feedback from senior designers.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Raydar 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead end-to-end product design for complex, data-heavy software and novel AI interactions. Partner with engineering to translate research findings into polished, functional product surfaces.
Senior Product Designer
🇱🇻 Rīga, Latvia
Mintos 🇱🇻 Rīga, Latvia
The Senior Product Designer will own a product area across onboarding, investing, and reporting for web and mobile platforms. They will lead initiatives from discovery to launch, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver polished, intuitive user experiences.
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.