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Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Circle 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
You will audit existing workflows and unify them into a cohesive platform experience. Additionally, you will design user experiences for roles, permissions, and billing systems.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
Favorited 🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
Lead the design of user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity visuals for a gamified live streaming experience. Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and game designers to create intuitive and engaging interfaces.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Circle 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America
The Lead Product Designer will architect the foundational systems for Circle, focusing on user experience for Authentication, Roles & Permissions, and Billing. They will unify fragmented workflows into a cohesive platform experience.
Principal Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Legalzoom 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Lead the visual direction and execution of high-impact design initiatives across LegalZoom's marketing ecosystem. Partner closely with various teams to translate business goals and customer insights into thoughtful visual solutions.
Principal Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Legalzoom 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the visual direction and execution of high-impact design initiatives across LegalZoom's marketing ecosystem. Partner closely with various teams to translate business strategy into compelling visual experiences that strengthen the brand.
Experiential Graphic Designer - Aviation Market
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Gresham Smith 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The Experiential Graphic Designer will deliver design solutions that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing, providing creative leadership and crafting tailored customer experiences. They will collaborate with various design disciplines to create integrated design elements and ensure the project meets client objectives.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Companycam 🇺🇸 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
As a Lead Product Designer, you will own a pillar of the CompanyCam experience, shaping workflows and ensuring experience coherence. You will mentor designers and collaborate closely with product managers and engineering teams to drive product quality and impact.
Product Designer | Presencial | Blumenau/SC
🇧🇷 Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Premiersoft 🇧🇷 Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
You will lead the design process for digital products from discovery to delivery. This includes translating business and product needs into intuitive, functional, and scalable experiences.
Senior UX Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Echobox 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior UX Designer will work closely with various teams to shape effective product experiences and define how publishers use Echobox. They will lead product design work from discovery to delivery, turning complex problems into intuitive workflows.
Senior Product Design Manager, Custody Product, Markets & Securities Services
🇭🇰 R.C. Lee Hall, 6A Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
Hsbc 🇭🇰 R.C. Lee Hall, 6A Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
Develop and execute the design strategy for the custody product while leading the planning of the product book of work. Represent the business in client technical meetings and industry forums to ensure innovative and regulatory-compliant solutions.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
Hsbc 🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
Lead the end-to-end design of intuitive and accessible digital experiences by translating customer needs into high-quality product solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive the evolution of design systems and ensure alignment with global brand standards.
Sr Manager, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Americold Logistics, Llc. 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead design concepting for new and existing facilities, including layouts and engineering solutions. Mentor team members and support sales efforts by developing preliminary solution concepts and assisting in supplier selection.
Sr Manager, Warehouse Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Americold Logistics, Llc. 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead design concepting for new and existing facilities, including layouts and engineering. Mentor team members and support sales efforts by developing solutions for customer needs.
Head of Design & Build
🇮🇪 Equinix, Dublin, Ireland
Cushman & Wakefield 🇮🇪 Equinix, Dublin, Ireland
The Head of Design & Build will establish and lead Cushman & Wakefield’s Design & Build platform in Ireland, developing the operating model and governance structure. This role includes overseeing project delivery, ensuring compliance, and building a high-performing team.
Product Designer
🇮🇩 Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
Golrox 🇮🇩 Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
The Product Designer will lead the user experience for the commerce platform, focusing on clarity, speed, and trust. Responsibilities include designing user interfaces, improving user flows, and building a Design System.
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.