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Lead Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Illumin 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design of complex DSP workflows and scalable interaction patterns for a product-led advertising platform. Mentor a team of product designers while collaborating with Product Management and Engineering to translate technical requirements into intuitive user experiences.
Senior UX Designer
🇮🇳 Tada, NH16, Tirupati, Tada - 524401, Andhra Pradesh, India
Staples India Business Innovation Hub Private Limited 🇮🇳 Tada, NH16, Tirupati, Tada - 524401, Andhra Pradesh, India
Lead the design and delivery of scalable, high-quality UX solutions across mobile, desktop, and app platforms. Translate business objectives and user needs into production-ready assets while guiding junior designers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior Web Designer
Remote (🇮🇩 Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia)
Dotyeti Design Remote (🇮🇩 Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia)
Lead the creation of visually stunning web and app designs, including landing pages and email templates. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize user experience and drive customer growth through strategic design.
Senior Web Designer
Remote (🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines)
Dotyeti Design Remote (🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines)
Lead the creation of visually stunning web and app designs, including landing pages and email marketing templates. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize user experience and drive customer growth through strategic design leadership.
Senior Product Designer | Manila
🇵🇭 Makati, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Lawadvisor Ventures Ltd. 🇵🇭 Makati, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Lead the end-to-end design process to create high-fidelity interfaces and prototypes for a legal tech product suite. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user research and business strategy into optimized product features.
Design Engineering Manager
🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan
Jabil 🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan
Leads a team of electrical design engineers to develop high-quality electrical solutions aligned with organizational goals. Oversees the design process, provides technical guidance, and ensures projects are completed efficiently and on time.
Senior Design Engineering Manager
🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan
Jabil 🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan
Lead a team of electrical design engineers to develop innovative electrical solutions and integrated circuitry. Oversee the entire design process from conceptualization to implementation while ensuring projects are on time and within budget.
UX Researcher
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Maker Lab 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead end-to-end foundational and generative UX research projects across APAC markets to shape product strategy. Partner with leadership to translate complex user needs into actionable insights for voice-first and AI-driven experiences.
Lead Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Illumin 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design of complex DSP workflows and scalable interaction patterns for a product-led advertising platform. Mentor a small team of product designers while collaborating with Product Management and Engineering to translate technical requirements into intuitive user experiences.
Senior UX Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America)
Workato Remote (🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America)
Lead end-to-end design for complex enterprise features, translating technical depth into intuitive interfaces for automation and AI workflows. Partner with product managers and engineers to define product vision and ensure high standards of usability and craft.
Staff Product Designer
Remote (🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil)
Alpaca Remote (🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil)
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex web and mobile applications from discovery to execution. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advocate for user needs and evolve design processes using AI and data.
Senior Product Designer, GenAI Ad Formats
Remote (🇵🇦 Panama City, Distrito de Panamá, Panama)
Netflix Remote (🇵🇦 Panama City, Distrito de Panamá, Panama)
Lead the design and execution of AI-powered ad consumer experiences and GenAI-powered pipelines across various Netflix surfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish design principles for personalized, adaptive ad formats while ensuring privacy and regulatory compliance.
Lead UX Designer - Games
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Netflix 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Lead the strategic UX vision and accessibility efforts for games to ensure they are inclusive and enjoyable for a broad audience. Manage and mentor team members while collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement data-driven design improvements.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Rec Technologies 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered consumer booking experiences and complex staff-side administrative tools. Build and maintain the company's design system while mentoring the design team to raise overall craft standards.
Senior Product Designer, Ads
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Discord 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for Discord's ads products, specifically focusing on 'Quests' to drive revenue generation. Partner with cross-functional squads to create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes while maintaining the design pattern library.
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.