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Product Designer Senior H/F
🇫🇷 Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Lead and mentor a team of UX/UI designers to deliver optimized e-commerce solutions. Manage user research, define the design roadmap with Product Managers, and ensure overall graphic and ergonomic consistency.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Secondmind 🇬🇧 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end design from discovery to launch for an AI-powered engineering platform. Responsibilities include conducting user research, owning UI copy and content guidelines, and shaping the design system and data visualisations.
Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Nas Company 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead end-to-end design projects to transform complex problems into seamless mobile and web experiences for Nas.io. Collaborate with the founder and engineering teams to shape product strategy and ensure high-quality implementation.
Apparel Senior Graphic Designer & Colourist
🇨🇦 Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0, Canada
Canadian Tire Corporation 🇨🇦 Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0, Canada
Lead the creative vision for apparel collections by managing graphics and color standards across multiple retail banners. Oversee the end-to-end design process from trend research and AI integration to final production approvals and freelance management.
PBG UX Designer Lead - Executive Director
🇺🇸 Purchase, Town/Village of Harrison, NY 10577, United States of America
Morgan Stanley 🇺🇸 Purchase, Town/Village of Harrison, NY 10577, United States of America
Lead a small team of UX designers to oversee end-to-end banking and cash management experiences for financial advisors and clients. Drive the UX vision, manage delivery roadmaps, and maintain strategic partnerships with product and engineering stakeholders.
Lead/Head Product Designer (Growth / Monetization)
Remote (🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
Social Discovery Group Remote (🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
Lead the design of intuitive interfaces and flows for large-scale B2C consumer products while collaborating with executives to translate strategy into user experiences. Drive product decisions using metrics and UX research while mentoring other designers and maintaining scalable design systems.
PRINCIPAL PRODUCT DESIGNER
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Indigo Slate 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Lead strategic product initiatives focused on sustainability, ESG, and net-zero objectives to create scalable, user-friendly experiences. Define product visions and roadmaps while mentoring design teams and managing senior stakeholder relationships.
PRINCIPAL PRODUCT DESIGNER
🇨🇴 Colombia
Indigo Slate 🇨🇴 Colombia
Lead strategic product initiatives focused on sustainability and environmental impact to help organizations achieve ESG and net-zero goals. Define product visions and roadmaps while transforming complex, data-rich ecosystems into scalable, user-friendly experiences.
SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER
Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico)
Indigo Slate Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico)
Lead end-to-end design execution for complex digital products, translating user needs and business goals into intuitive experiences. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver iterative design transformations from discovery through to delivery.
SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER
Remote (🇨🇦 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
Indigo Slate Remote (🇨🇦 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
Lead the end-to-end design process from discovery to delivery, creating intuitive digital products and services for clients. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate user needs into scalable components and high-fidelity prototypes.
PRINCIPAL PRODUCT DESIGNER
🇨🇦 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Indigo Slate 🇨🇦 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Lead strategic product initiatives focused on sustainability, ESG, and net-zero objectives to transform complex data ecosystems into user-friendly experiences. Define product visions and roadmaps while mentoring design teams and collaborating with executive stakeholders.
SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER
Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)
Indigo Slate Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)
Lead end-to-end design execution for digital products, translating user needs and business goals into intuitive experiences. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver iterative design transformations from discovery through to delivery.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Moment Technology 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Define the design standard and frameworks for a new AI operating system for investment management. Create beautiful, fast, and usable B2B products while collaborating with product, engineering, and leadership.
Mechanical Design Engineering Manager
🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan
Jabil 🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan
Lead and manage the electrical engineering department, focusing on recruitment, team development, and performance management. Oversee the design and development of equipment products while managing departmental costs and business strategies.
Senior Product Designer, Cefi
🇨🇳 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Okx 🇨🇳 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Lead the design of intuitive and trustworthy user experiences for CeFi products, transforming complex needs into comprehensive design deliverables. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product initiatives and elevate design quality through formal reviews and workshops.
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.