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Senior Design Manager — AI Private Banker
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
Nubank 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
Lead a multidisciplinary team of designers and writers to create an AI-powered private banker experience. Define the design vision and scale interaction systems that ensure AI capabilities are translated into trusted, human-centric financial experiences.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Hntb 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
The role involves creating print and digital assets for proposals, presentations, and PR communications while maintaining visual identity standards. The designer will also lead creative direction on complex projects and mentor junior design staff.

Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bmo 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior Product Designer will lead the creation of intuitive, customer-centered digital experiences for BMO's lending and investment portfolios. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into wireframes, prototypes, and final visual designs.

Senior Product Designer, User Experience & Design (Mobile App)
🇺🇸 Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Marriott 🇺🇸 Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Lead end-to-end design for mobile app experiences, including discovery, booking, and loyalty features, from problem framing to production. Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to deliver intuitive, user-centered solutions that align with business goals.
2027 Graduate - Assistant Design Manager - High Voltage (Power)
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Bakerhicks 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The role involves supporting the design lifecycle, managing document control, and handling RFIs and design issue logs. The candidate will work with senior design managers to drive projects forward and ensure deliverables meet client requirements.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Harrow, England, United Kingdom
Birchwell Digital 🇬🇧 Harrow, England, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end product design from discovery and problem definition through to delivery. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to create user journeys, high-fidelity interface designs, and design systems.

Senior Product Designer, D2C - PDEGO
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Sony Music Global Job Board 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Product Designer will own the design vision for D2C products, including internal management tools and consumer-facing artist storefronts. They will lead discovery with product and engineering teams to research user needs and build custom Shopify extensions.
Senior Multimedia Graphic Designer - University Advancement
🇺🇸 Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
Kennesaw State University 🇺🇸 Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
Leads the conceptualization and production of graphic elements for print, digital, and social media to support university fundraising and marketing goals. Coordinates with the Office of Strategic Communication to ensure all materials align with the university's brand identity and visual standards.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇹 Portugal
Olx 🇵🇹 Portugal
Lead design strategy across product squads and establish high craft standards using AI-native workflows and design systems. Mentor junior designers and collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate user needs into measurable business outcomes.

Designer produit sénior (Senior Product Designer)
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Botpress Technologies Inc. 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
You will lead the visual and interaction design for major product features from concept to final delivery while maintaining high standards for the design system. You will collaborate closely with engineers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation and iterate based on user feedback and data.

Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Botpress Technologies Inc. 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Own the visual and interaction design of major product areas from concept to final shipment. Set and maintain high standards for visual quality, consistency, and user experience across the platform.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Legendairy Milk 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
The role involves translating creative direction into polished visual executions across paid media, social, email, and web touchpoints. Additionally, the designer will handle end-to-end packaging production and create short-form video content for digital marketing channels.

Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Buffalo, New York, United States
M&t Bank 🇺🇸 Buffalo, New York, United States
You will lead the design of digital products by creating concepts, prototypes, and iterations while collaborating with product owners and developers. Additionally, you will mentor team members and facilitate design workshops using human-centered methodologies to ensure a cohesive customer experience.

Senior Product Designer (Remote)
🌍 Remote
Jack Westin 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will own the design quality and cohesion across all marketing touchpoints, including landing pages, funnels, and subscription experiences. They will conduct user research, analyze performance data, and collaborate with a cross-functional team to optimize conversion rates and maintain a premium visual language.

Senior Product Designer - UI Focus (f/m/x)
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Exmox 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
You will own the end-to-end design of features for a mobile-first B2C product, creating polished interfaces and visual assets. You will also collaborate with engineering and data teams to maintain the design system and ensure high-quality, data-informed implementations.
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.