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(Senior) Scent Design Manager - Fine Fragrance
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Iff 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Lead go-to-market projects and implement innovative fragrance development strategies by connecting consumer needs to product solutions. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to provide creative direction and olfactive guidance to perfumers.
Senior Product Designer - AVP (12-mth contract)
🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Ocbc 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Lead the end-to-end design of digital product experiences for client-facing and internal platforms, translating complex business needs into intuitive solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on goals and evolve the organization's design system and visual language.
Staff Product Designer, Retirement
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States
Gusto 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States
Lead the design strategy and execution for retirement products, focusing on improving setup, account management, and the connection between payroll and retirement. Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to create scalable patterns and integrate AI to enhance the customer experience.
Staff Product Designer, Retirement
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Gusto 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the design strategy for retirement products, focusing on improving setup, account management, and the connection between payroll and retirement. Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to create high-trust financial experiences using AI-accelerated workflows.
4889 - Sr. AI Product Designer - (Contractor through Deel)
🇦🇷 Argentina
Compass International Holdings 🇦🇷 Argentina
Lead the design of AI capabilities, focusing on a proactive, multimodal, voice-activated assistant for real estate professionals. Develop conversation design standards and create visual artifacts to streamline agent workflows and internal support operations.
Senior Product Designer II - Lifecycle & Growth
🇺🇸 United States
Instacart 🇺🇸 United States
Lead high-impact growth initiatives across partnerships, incentives, and lifecycle experiences from conceptualization to launch. Partner with cross-functional teams to design complex, multi-step customer journeys that improve conversion, engagement, and retention.
Sr Product Designer
🇺🇸 Columbia, Maryland, United States
Welldoc 🇺🇸 Columbia, Maryland, United States
Lead the end-to-end design strategy and visual direction for AI-driven mobile and web digital health solutions. Govern a scalable enterprise-grade design system and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high usability and accessibility standards.
Senior UX Researcher
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Grindr 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Own end-to-end mixed-method research for specific product areas to drive strategic business and product decisions. Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to shape roadmaps and lead research on sensitive topics like sexual health and LGBTQ+ experiences.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Wheaton, Illinois, United States
Brookstone Capital Management 🇺🇸 Wheaton, Illinois, United States
Lead the creative development of marketing campaigns and produce high-quality video content for various digital and traditional platforms. Design a wide range of print and digital collateral to elevate the brand and support business objectives.
Architectural Design Manager
🇺🇸 Ashburn, Virginia, United States
Cloudhq, Llc 🇺🇸 Ashburn, Virginia, United States
Lead the architectural design and delivery of data center facilities across the Americas from master planning through operational handover. Manage third-party consultants and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high performance, resilience, and efficiency.
Retail Concept Design Manager – Storytelling
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Lego Group 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Lead the creation of immersive, narrative-driven retail concepts and spatial experiences that bring the LEGO brand to life globally. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate brand stories into memorable customer journeys and innovative store environments.
Senior UX Designer, Brazil
🇧🇷 Brazil
Ci&t 🇧🇷 Brazil
Lead the end-to-end UX process from research and discovery to wireframing and usability testing. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into accessible, human-centered digital experiences.
Senior Product Designer II - Lifecycle & Growth
🇨🇦 Canada
Instacart 🇨🇦 Canada
Lead high-impact growth initiatives by designing end-to-end customer journeys for partnerships, incentives, and lifecycle experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business goals and customer insights into polished, scalable product experiences.
Product Designer (UX/UI) (Remote Full Time - Peru)
🌍 Remote
Class2class 🌍 Remote
The Product Designer will analyze user flows and conduct research to identify friction points for teachers and students. They will collaborate with the Tech Lead to create wireframes, prototypes, and a consistent design system for new features.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇪 Lima, Lima, Peru
Scotiabank 🇵🇪 Lima, Lima, Peru
Lead the design front within a multidisciplinary team to create and maintain innovative digital products for the retail banking sector. Plan and execute discovery processes, coordinate with stakeholders, and ensure the consistency and quality of digital 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.