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Senior Product Designer – Investment Products (x,f,m)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Dkb Code Factory Gmbh 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The role focuses on designing and iterating high-impact investment products and customer journeys, translating complex legal and technical requirements into clear user experiences. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify customer problems and deliver implementation-ready designs.
Senior UX Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hellofresh 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design of critical growth journeys including acquisition, conversion, and checkout across the HelloFresh brand portfolio. Partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, drive experimentation, and integrate AI-native workflows into the design lifecycle.
Senior Civil/Structural Substation Design Engineer, Design Engineering
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Amazon 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The Senior Civil/Structural Substation Design Engineer will lead the design, permitting, and construction oversight of HV/MV substations and grid connections for global data centers. This role involves managing external design consultants, ensuring project quality and budget adherence, and providing technical expertise for civil and structural design components.
Senior UX Designer
🇳🇱 Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
All About Work 🇳🇱 Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
The Senior UX Designer is responsible for the end-to-end UX approach, translating complex legislation and requirements into user-friendly digital designs. They collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create high-fidelity designs, prototypes, and components within a design system while ensuring WCAG accessibility.
Senior UX Researcher
🇮🇳 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Xpertdox 🇮🇳 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
The role involves owning UX research for the BI Platform and company website to improve user flows and conversion rates. Responsibilities include running NPS/CSAT programs, conducting usability testing with healthcare executives, and translating findings into Figma wireframes.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Gym Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end digital design process from discovery and research to delivery and optimization for over a million members. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evolve the design system and use analytics to continuously improve the member experience.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Saic 🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will create innovative production concepts and compelling visuals for an Intelligence Community customer. Responsibilities include developing tailored communication products for senior leadership and supporting graphics for the Mission Center.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Gym Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead continuous discovery and user research to shape the end-to-end digital experience for members across web and app. Facilitate collaborative workshops and use data-driven insights to align stakeholders on product solutions and measurable outcomes.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hill & Hill Recruitment Ltd 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design process for mixed-use residential schemes valued at over £100m. Report directly to the Design Director to ensure project delivery.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇸 Spain
Simple Life App 🇪🇸 Spain
Enhance the customer journey by integrating AI technologies and gamification into a behavior change methodology for weight loss. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design innovative UI/UX solutions that drive user engagement and long-term loyalty.
Senior Product Designer, Platform Design
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Epicor Software Corporation 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
You will lead the design of core LUX components, own the Figma library architecture, and drive token strategy in collaboration with platform engineers. Additionally, you will manage component documentation, ensure accessibility compliance, and mentor designers on systems craft.
Senior Product Designer - Platform and Partner Experience
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Spotify 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Design intuitive and cohesive experiences that scale across various devices and platforms within the Spotify ecosystem. Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to translate complex technical constraints into simple, engaging user interactions.
Senior Data Center Design Manager, Data Center Engineering
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead a team of engineers in the design and delivery of data center critical infrastructure systems across the APAC region. Manage the full project lifecycle from due diligence and budgeting to construction and operational hand-off.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Commonwealth Bank 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead end-to-end product design from discovery to delivery for business banking digital and staff experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional squads to translate complex requirements into intuitive, accessible, and scalable solutions.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇹 Portugal
Simple Life App 🇵🇹 Portugal
Enhance the customer journey by integrating AI technologies and gamification into a behavior change methodology for weight loss. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design innovative UI/UX solutions that drive user engagement and long-term loyalty.
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.