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Software Product Designer
🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
Formlabs 🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
You will collaborate with engineering and product teams to design and develop user experiences for embedded, desktop, and web products. This includes conducting user research, creating high-fidelity prototypes, and maintaining scalable design systems to ensure consistent product quality.
Product Designer II, Design Systems
🇺🇸 United States of America
Coinbase 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will own the iterative improvement of design system components and patterns to ensure they scale across web and mobile products. Additionally, you will partner with cross-functional teams to define, document, and evangelize scalable design patterns while contributing to the long-term systems strategy.
Senior UX Designer
🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
In4matic 🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
The role involves designing and iterating wireframes, prototypes, and visual interfaces to create intuitive and accessible digital experiences. The designer will also develop responsive screen designs and maintain comprehensive design systems to ensure product consistency.
Senior Visual Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Abelcine 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Visual Designer will define and maintain the visual identity for broadcast studio programming across multiple shows. They will translate complex data and strategic information into compelling on-screen graphics and scalable design systems.
Senior Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
Anduril Industries 🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
You will design and iterate upon Matter, Anduril's design system, while establishing governance frameworks to ensure consistency across complex software platforms. You will also partner with cross-functional teams to drive system adoption and mentor other designers to maintain high craft standards.
Senior Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Anduril Industries 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
You will design and iterate upon Matter, Anduril's design system, while establishing governance frameworks to ensure consistency across platforms. You will also partner with cross-functional teams to drive system adoption and mentor other designers to maintain high craft standards.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New Jersey, United States of America
Ruxlo 🇺🇸 New Jersey, United States of America
Own the end-to-end product experience across mobile and web, focusing on complex, data-dense workflows for real estate investors. Lead the maintenance of the cross-platform design system and conduct usability research to validate design decisions.
Interaction Designer
🇨🇦 Canada
Constellation Dealer Group 🇨🇦 Canada
The role involves transforming complex problems into elegant user experiences across Windows, Web, and Mobile platforms. Key duties include maintaining a design system, conducting usability testing, and collaborating with development teams to advocate for the user.
Product Designer - Mobile UI UX
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Liftoff 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Own mobile app surfaces end-to-end, including new flows, redesigns, and the growth of the design system. Conduct user research and audits to diagnose and fix existing UX issues to improve product metrics.
Senior Product Designer, Direct to Consumer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Zynga 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the design of high-impact mobile commerce experiences, from initial discovery and prototyping to post-launch iteration. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to build scalable design systems and champion UX excellence across the organization.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
The Reserves Network 🇺🇸 Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end UI/UX design process for new digital products from discovery and research through to launch and iteration. Establish a scalable design system and partner with product leadership to define the design organization's tools and processes.
Product Designer
🇫🇷 94000 Créteil, France
Dwelly 🇫🇷 94000 Créteil, France
The role involves designing end-to-end user experiences for customer-facing portals and complex internal back-office tools. Additionally, the designer will establish the company's design system, patterns, and lightweight design processes from the ground up.
UI/UX Designer (m/w/d) Schwerpunkt Design System – fluege.de / Berlin
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Tc Flights Germany Gmbh 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
You will be responsible for the conception, development, and maintenance of a scalable multi-brand design system for various flight portals. Additionally, you will collaborate with designers, developers, and product owners to establish design standards and create user-centric web and app experiences.
(Senior) Product Designer (m/f/d)
🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Dataguard 🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
You will lead the unification of separate security and compliance products into a single, cohesive platform experience while embedding AI into customer workflows. This involves defining information architecture, evolving the design system, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful, business-focused design solutions.
Interaction Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Constellation Dealer Group 🇺🇸 United States of America
The role involves transforming complex problems into elegant user experiences across Windows, Web, and Mobile platforms. Key duties include maintaining a design system, conducting user research, and collaborating with development teams to optimize UI and navigation.
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.