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Senior UX Designer
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Pergolux 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
You will own the end-to-end UX and UI design for key e-commerce customer journeys with a focus on mobile-first experiences. You will also collaborate with product and marketing teams to build a design system and improve conversion through research-backed design decisions.
European Senior Product Designer (Mobile & Digital Experience)
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Provident Romania 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Lead end-to-end product design for native mobile and responsive web experiences across European markets. Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to deliver accessible, data-informed, and scalable digital solutions.
Design Manager / Senior Design Engineer
🇬🇧 Essex, Maldon, England, United Kingdom
Blackman & White 🇬🇧 Essex, Maldon, England, United Kingdom
Lead and develop the internal design team while managing CNC cutting machinery projects from initial concept to production release. The role involves hands-on mechanical design using SolidWorks and coordinating with production, procurement, and external consultancies.
Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Kalpataru 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the design team and develop creative concepts for various projects. They are responsible for producing high-quality visual materials while staying updated on design and AI technology trends.
Senior Product Designer
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Taktile 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
You will independently lead design efforts for a cross-functional team, translating complex technical problems into clean, scalable user experiences. You will act as the voice of user experience and design standards while collaborating closely with engineers, marketing, and sales.
Senior Product Designer
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Upflow 🇫🇷 Paris, France
You will lead end-to-end product design projects, creating high-fidelity visuals and prototypes while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Additionally, you will own the design system, conduct user research, and contribute to the overall product strategy.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Walmart 🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Develop and maintain foundational building blocks and scalable design tokens for a global design system to ensure consistency across product experiences. Collaborate with engineering to align design-to-code workflows and integrate AI-native automation to streamline design processes.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States of America
Walmart 🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States of America
The role focuses on creating and maintaining scalable design system components, tokens, and patterns to ensure consistency across global product experiences. You will collaborate with engineering to align design-to-code and champion AI-native workflows to streamline design processes.
Senior Visual Designer
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Solino Home Private Limited 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Lead the visual direction of the brand across digital and print touchpoints to ensure a cohesive luxury aesthetic. Develop creative concepts for campaigns and product launches while leveraging Generative AI tools to optimize production workflows.
Product Designer I
🇻🇳 Hà Nội, Vietnam
Optimizely 🇻🇳 Hà Nội, Vietnam
The Product Designer will design single screens and features while solving specific function-level problems under the guidance of senior staff. They will collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineers throughout the product development lifecycle from concept to launch.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇵🇭 Taguig, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Pick.a.roo By Agile Digital Ventures, Inc. 🇵🇭 Taguig, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Lead the end-to-end UI/UX design process from research and ideation to final implementation across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain design systems and mentor junior designers to ensure high-quality user experiences.
Senior UX Designer (Fixed Term - 12 Months)
🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
Fisher & Paykel Appliances 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
Create premium digital experiences across web and ecommerce channels by combining UX thinking with high-fidelity visual design. The role involves the full design process from discovery and ideation to validation and implementation.
Senior Visual Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Edgex Exchange 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead the construction and upgrade of the brand visual system and execute high-level marketing campaigns. Integrate AI tools into the design workflow and create high-quality motion graphics for App and Web platforms.
Senior Product Designer (m/f) - German & English speaking
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Rib Software 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lead the end-to-end design process for product lines, including user research, prototyping, and implementation across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate data-driven insights and maintain design system consistency.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Walmart 🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
You will lead the development of foundational design system components and patterns to ensure consistency and scalability across global product experiences. Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI-native workflows and maintain high standards of design-to-code alignment.
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.