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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.
Senior Product Designer (UX/UI)
🌍 Remote
Mouts Ti 🌍 Remote
Lead the conception and evolution of digital interfaces to ensure usability and value for the user. Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering teams to create wireframes, prototypes, and user flows.
Senior Product Designer
🇫🇷 France
Pigment 🇫🇷 France
Lead the design of high-impact first experiences and strategic initiatives across multiple areas of the platform. Collaborate with stakeholders and engineers to create end-to-end user flows, mockups, and scalable design system components.
Senior Graphic Designer (Amazon)
🇲🇽 Mexico
Lago 🇲🇽 Mexico
Develop brand-aligned visual content for Amazon product listings, A+ content, storefronts, and advertisements to drive conversions. Collaborate with copywriters and marketing teams to create cohesive assets and maintain organized design libraries.
Senior Visual Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lhh 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Create high-quality visual assets and motion graphics across digital, social, and marketing channels. Develop scalable design systems and templates while ensuring brand consistency across all deliverables.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lakewood, Colorado, United States
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Lakewood, Colorado, United States
The Senior Design Manager leads and inspires design teams to execute project management for large or complex projects from proposal through closeout. Responsibilities include managing project schedules, financial performance, and client relationships while ensuring compliance with contract requirements.
Senior Design Engineering Specialist
🇺🇸 Peoria, Illinois, United States
Caterpillar Inc. 🇺🇸 Peoria, Illinois, United States
The Senior Design Engineering Specialist will serve as the technical lead for the Medium Wheel Loader Operator Station, overseeing development, innovation, and analysis. The role involves collaborating with global suppliers and facilities to ensure successful execution of product initiatives and quality standards.
SENIOR DESIGNER / HEAD OF DESIGN, JEWELLERY, to be based in Istanbul one week a month, working remotely for the rest of the time.
🇹🇷 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Hga Group 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Establish a recognizable design DNA and language for a new jewellery line across 150+ stores. Balance luxury credibility with commerciality and speed to build a modern jewellery business.
Banco de Talentos- Product Designer Senior (Espanhol Fluente)
🇧🇷 Brazil
Brq Digital Solutions 🇧🇷 Brazil
Lead the strategic product vision by translating business problems into actionable roadmaps and hypotheses. Direct multidisciplinary squads and manage high-level relationships with C-level stakeholders to define product governance and operational models.
Graphic Designer (mid-senior)
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States
Frida 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating and implementing design solutions across digital, print, packaging, and presentation formats. They will execute brand assets for the website, social media, and in-store collateral while ensuring brand consistency across all customer touchpoints.
Senior Product Designer, Payments
🇺🇸 United States
Clio 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the end-to-end design process for financial workflows, from strategic discovery and prototyping to launch and iteration. Partner with Product and Engineering to define experience strategies and integrate trustworthy AI automation into the Billing ecosystem.
Graphic Designer (mid-senior)
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States
Frida 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer will create and implement design solutions across digital, print, packaging, and presentation formats to support the Frida brand. They will manage projects from concept through production while ensuring brand consistency across all marketing channels.
Senior Product Designer, AI
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Maintainx (an Autodesk Company) 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
You will lead end-to-end design for AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile platforms. You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate complex workflows into intuitive tools for frontline workers.
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.