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Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Commonwealth Bank 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead end-to-end product discovery and design, translating customer insights into scalable, accessible digital solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers and engineers to drive business value and maintain design system consistency.
Product Designer - UX Strategist (Senior/Lead)
🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
Gotymex 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
The Product Designer will develop simple, scalable, and aesthetic features while focusing on UX strategy and user journeys. They will collaborate within a multinational team to deliver high-quality, data-driven design solutions for fintech products.
Product Designer - UX Strategist (Senior/Lead)
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Gotymex 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
You will design scalable, user-friendly features while developing UX strategies for a multinational fintech product. The role involves collaborating with a diverse design team to make data-driven decisions and deliver high-quality, detail-oriented product experiences.
Product Designer - UX Strategist (Senior/Lead)
🇭🇰 R.C. Lee Hall, 6A Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
Gotymex 🇭🇰 R.C. Lee Hall, 6A Sassoon Road, Hong Kong
You will be responsible for designing scalable, user-centric features and defining UX strategies within a multinational design team. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, data-driven product designs from concept to final execution.
Product Designer - UX Strategist (Senior/Lead)
🇯🇵 Tōkyō, 1, Marunouchi 1, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
Gotymex 🇯🇵 Tōkyō, 1, Marunouchi 1, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
The Product Designer will develop scalable UX journeys and strategies while collaborating with a multinational team to deliver high-quality digital products. You will be responsible for designing features that are simple and easy to navigate while applying critical thinking to the broader product ecosystem.
Product Designer - UX Strategist (Senior/Lead)
South Korea, Seoul
Gotymex South Korea, Seoul
You will design scalable, user-friendly features while focusing on the broader UX strategy and product journey. You will collaborate with a multinational design team to deliver high-quality, data-driven product solutions.
Product Designer - UX Strategist (Senior/Lead)
🇸🇬 Singapore
Gotymex 🇸🇬 Singapore
You will design scalable, user-friendly features while contributing to the overall UX strategy of the product. You will collaborate with a multinational design team to deliver high-quality, data-driven solutions from concept to final execution.
Regional Design Manager (GCNA) PHL
🇵🇭 Taguig, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Cushman & Wakefield 🇵🇭 Taguig, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Lead the design delivery and governance for the bank's retail and commercial portfolio across Greater China and North Asia. Ensure all projects align with global workplace standards, business strategies, and local building codes.
Sr. UX Designer
🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines
Axos Business Center 🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines
Lead the design of innovative solutions for complex business problems by unifying design patterns and standards. Partner with product and development teams to drive data-driven customer outcomes and present strategies in cross-organizational reviews.
Staff Product Designer, Support
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Doordash 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design of the end-to-end support journey for customers, dashers, and merchants, ranging from self-help tools to internal agent infrastructure. Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to define roadmaps and ship high-impact, AI-enhanced design solutions.
Staff Product Designer, SevenRooms
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Doordash 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Staff Product Designer will create reusable workflows, shared tools, and decision frameworks to increase the autonomy and speed of the design team. They will lead high-impact projects from concept to execution, synthesizing business and customer needs into production-ready designs.
Staff Product Designer, Dasher Growth
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Doordash 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead 0→1 design opportunities to grow and retain Dasher supply by creating financial and growth-oriented product experiences. Partner with cross-functional teams to define roadmaps, produce high-fidelity prototypes, and mentor other designers.
Staff Product Designer, Dasher Growth
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Doordash 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead 0→1 growth and retention initiatives for the Dasher supply, translating business goals into actionable design roadmaps. Create high-fidelity designs and production-ready prototypes while mentoring peers and influencing cross-functional product strategies.
Staff Interaction Designer
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Intuitive 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Design intuitive and seamless interaction models for complex robotic surgical systems and digital platforms. Lead cross-functional teams to align on a unified user experience vision while conducting research to inform design strategies.
Design Manager
🇳🇴 Kristiansand, Agder, Norway
Mercury 🇳🇴 Kristiansand, Agder, Norway
The Design Manager acts as a Project Manager for design, controlling scope, budgets, and schedules from project startup to the As-Built stage. They lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate with consultants, subcontractors, and clients to ensure timely delivery of design deliverables.
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.