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Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kev Group 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design of the ePay digital disbursements product, from initial discovery and user research to polished delivery. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to simplify complex financial workflows into intuitive, accessible interfaces for web and mobile.
Senior Integrated Design Manager
🇫🇷 Portiragnes, Occitania, France
Aligned Data Centers 🇫🇷 Portiragnes, Occitania, France
The Senior Integrated Design Manager leads technical programs for data center builds, overseeing preconstruction, design, and construction phases. They coordinate with internal teams, third-party consultants, and customers to ensure project delivery meets technical, budgetary, and operational requirements.
Senior Graphic Designer - Buzzy Beauty & Wellness Brand - New York, NY
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Monday Talent 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the creation of social content, PR mailers, and visual identities for brand collaborations. They will translate high-level creative direction into polished designs across various touchpoints from concept to execution.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Strella 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead end-to-end product design projects from problem definition through launch while collaborating with engineering and leadership. Design intuitive AI-powered experiences and maintain high standards for visual and interaction craft.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Dexters 🇬🇧 Greater London, England, United Kingdom
You will own key parts of the platform by designing complex operational workflows and shaping digital solutions to replace manual processes. Additionally, you will conduct user research and collaborate with product and engineering teams to integrate AI-assisted features.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Zip 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will contribute to the design of product features from concept to launch while collaborating with engineers, product managers, and go-to-market teams. Additionally, you will conduct UX research and iterate on designs based on user feedback to build consumer-grade experiences for complex enterprise workflows.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Zip 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
You will contribute to the design of product features from concept to launch while partnering with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders. Additionally, you will conduct UX research and iterate on designs based on user feedback to build thoughtful solutions for complex enterprise workflows.
Graphic Designer Senior- Creative Services
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Pnc 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
The role involves leading the creative development of motion graphics, animation, and video content to support brand and business objectives. The designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex ideas into engaging visual narratives across various digital and experiential channels.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Dexters 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The role involves designing complex operational workflows and maintaining a consistent design system for an internal real estate platform. You will conduct discovery and validation with consultants to translate operational pain points into usable AI-assisted features.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Zip 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Design and launch customer-facing product features for an enterprise procurement AI platform. Collaborate with PMs and engineers to iterate on designs based on user research and feedback.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Zip 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Design and launch customer-facing product features for an AI-powered enterprise procurement platform. Collaborate with PMs and engineers to iterate on designs based on user research and feedback.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Aristeem 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will take ownership of the user experience by simplifying complex technical cloud workflows and analyzing user behavior. They will collaborate cross-functionally to turn user insights and product data into intuitive design decisions that drive activation and retention.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Ryder Supply Chain Solutions 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Own end-to-end design projects from discovery and research through implementation while partnering with product managers and engineers. Maintain and evolve the design system to ensure consistent implementation across AI-driven and data-heavy interfaces.
Senior UX Researcher, Consumer Product
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit, Inc. 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead foundational and evaluative research to shape Reddit's core consumer experiences and user engagement. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate user insights into actionable product strategies and roadmaps.
SR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States
El Pollo Loco 🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer leads the end-to-end execution of creative initiatives and serves as a creative thought partner to the Senior Manager. This role manages project timelines, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and ensures brand consistency across digital, print, and in-restaurant channels.
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.