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Senior Principal UX Designer | Shared Technology (FTC to Mar 2027)
🇸🇪 Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden
Xbox Media Solutions (formerly Activision Blizzard Media) 🇸🇪 Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden
Lead research into existing CI workflows to identify pain points and unmet needs for developer teams. Collaborate with engineers and product partners to design, prototype, and implement efficient, intuitive end-to-end developer journeys.
Principal Product Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
New Relic 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Principal Product Designer will lead complex design initiatives across the UX platform and design system, focusing on AI-native experiences and workflows. They will act as a senior design authority, mentoring team members and partnering with engineering and product leadership to drive strategic outcomes.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Sweet Projects 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager leads design management across major projects, providing strategic oversight of performance, governance, and risk. They are responsible for managing design delivery from the bid stage through construction and handover while driving value engineering and stakeholder engagement.
Senior Graphic Designer and Brand Steward
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Dragons Group 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Execute high-quality design work for FMCG projects while ensuring strict brand consistency and visual quality. Supervise and mentor junior and mid-level designers to maintain high creative standards across all deliverables.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Ensek 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will own end-to-end design across core B2B product areas, shaping user journeys and workflows from discovery to delivery. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to connect design decisions to product strategy while mentoring others and evolving the design system.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Walmart 🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Lead the development of user experience strategies through comprehensive research, interaction design, and prototyping to align business goals with user needs. Collaborate with stakeholders to create scalable, user-centered design systems across digital and physical touchpoints for Walmart's services.
Senior UX Designer
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Sharkninja 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end UX design process for global direct-to-consumer websites, from research and wireframing to high-fidelity UI and engineering handoff. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve conversion and customer satisfaction through data-driven experimentation and scalable design systems.
Senior Product Designer mit UX-Schwerpunkt
🇩🇪 Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Instaffo 🇩🇪 Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
The role involves end-to-end responsibility for the user experience of internal tools and customer platforms, including the analysis of complex workflows. Key tasks include conducting user research, developing wireframes and prototypes, and evolving the company's design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Hippo Video 🇮🇳 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Lead the creation of high-quality, user-focused design solutions for web and mobile applications while collaborating with product managers and developers. Own the design process from concept to execution, utilizing data and user feedback to refine intuitive user experiences.
Senior Analog IC Design Manager
🇮🇪 Cork, Munster, Ireland
Ic Resources 🇮🇪 Cork, Munster, Ireland
Lead a small IC team in the development of optical receiver ICs and manage the complete development lifecycle of mixed-signal and analog ASICs. Collaborate with executive leadership and customers to drive projects from architecture through to production release.
Geotechnical Senior Design Manager
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Atkinsréalis 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
The Senior Geotechnical Design Manager will lead project teams and oversee complex geotechnical infrastructure projects including roads, rail, and water developments. They are responsible for delivering technical solutions, managing commercial aspects of projects, and liaising with international clients.
Senior Product Designer - Strategic Discovery (x,f,m)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Dkb Code Factory 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
You will lead early-stage product discovery by framing unclear problems and turning rough ideas into tangible product directions. You will facilitate alignment across cross-functional teams including Product, Research, Engineering, and Business through workshops and co-creation.
Graphic Designer - PowerPoint & Executive Visual Communications
🇸🇦 Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Eram Talent 🇸🇦 Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
The role involves designing high-quality PowerPoint presentations, reports, and visual communication materials for senior management. You will collaborate with stakeholders to transform complex business data into engaging visual stories while maintaining corporate branding standards.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Walmart 🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Lead the development and enhancement of user experience strategies through comprehensive research, interaction design, and prototyping. Collaborate with stakeholders to align business goals with user needs while driving informed design decisions across digital and physical platforms.
Senior Product Designer- Haircare
🇨🇳 Jinjiang City, Fujian, China
飞利浦 🇨🇳 Jinjiang City, Fujian, China
Lead the front-end innovation and industrial design for handheld consumer electronics, focusing on user-centered design and ergonomics. Drive projects from conceptual ideation through to mass production while ensuring brand consistency and hardware-software integration.
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.