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Senior UX Researcher
Remote (🇬🇪 Tbilisi, Georgia)
Social Discovery Group Remote (🇬🇪 Tbilisi, Georgia)
Drive end-to-end mixed-method UX research projects to understand user behavior and pain points across multiple B2C products. Translate findings into actionable recommendations to influence product strategy, growth, and monetization metrics.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Leidos 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Design and develop user experience solutions, including wireframes and prototypes, for enterprise data and analytics products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement human-centered designs within Agile and DevSecOps processes.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Perfetti Van Melle 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Lead the ideation and development of new product and packaging concepts from initial insight to final execution. Translate trends and brand directions into high-quality visual proposals and renderings while managing project workflows and timing.
Senior Graphic Designer - Medical Affairs
🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines
Dexcom 🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines
Create compelling visual materials and presentations that translate complex clinical and economic evidence into easy-to-understand stories for healthcare stakeholders. Manage the end-to-end design process from storyboarding to final production across various digital and print formats.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Vml 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Create digital materials and campaign assets for major global brands based on established guidelines. Collaborate with international clients in English to present design ideas and ensure high-quality, consistent visual execution.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Kaizen Labs 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design work including research, high-fidelity prototyping, and collaboration with engineering to build AI-native government software. Partner with implementation and business development teams to define product roadmaps and create branded marketing assets.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Colonial First State 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the design of direct customer digital channels by creating intuitive UI/UX solutions and maintaining the design system. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex problems into seamless digital experiences while mentoring junior designers.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Binti 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design process for Binti's full product suite, from early-stage research and ideation to high-fidelity mockups. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to scale the design system and improve user outcomes for social services agencies.
Senior Product Designer, Pay
🇸🇬 Singapore
Okx 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead the end-to-end design quality for Pay-related features, ensuring a high standard of UX craft and consistency. Collaborate with cross-functional global teams to translate user insights and business goals into intuitive crypto payment experiences.
Senior Graphic Designer, CoStar - London
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Costar 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Graphic Designer will create high-quality visual collateral and campaigns across print, web, video, and digital channels to maintain a unified brand voice. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to deliver conversion-focused creative assets from concept to deployment.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Anduril Industries 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Drive the end-to-end user experience for platform and product investments, balancing short-term experiments with long-term strategy. Lead the definition of high-impact product experiences through discovery, prototyping, and close collaboration with engineering and product management.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
Anduril Industries 🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
Drive the end-to-end user experience for platform and product investments, balancing short-term experiments with long-term strategy. Lead the definition of high-impact product experiences through discovery, prototyping, and high-fidelity design delivery.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Tessera Labs 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the full design lifecycle to create intuitive interfaces for multi-agent AI systems and complex enterprise workflows. Partner with product and engineering teams to build a consistent design system and ensure governance and trust in AI-driven processes.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Burbank, California, United States of America
Sega Of America Inc 🇺🇸 Burbank, California, United States of America
Oversee the development and execution of creative assets for the Sonic the Hedgehog and other SEGA brands across consumer products, licensing, and marketing. Collaborate with global teams to create trend guides, packaging, and digital assets while mentoring junior designers.
Senior Manager, Hardware Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Richardson, Texas, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 Richardson, Texas, United States of America
Leads cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality hardware products by integrating feedback from manufacturing, supply chain, and reliability teams. Directs the development of complex electrical and mechanical systems from initial research through to manufacturing lifecycle support.
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.