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Senior UX Researcher, New Product Innovation
🌍 Remote
Linda Werner & Associates 🌍 Remote
The Senior UX Researcher will partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities and deliver new products. They will lead research studies throughout the product lifecycle and manage external research vendors.
Senior UX Researcher
🇨🇭 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Dentsply Sirona, Inc 🇨🇭 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Lead research initiatives to uncover insights into user needs and behaviors for cloud-based dentistry applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate research findings into the design and development process.
Senior Graphic Designer (Associate Manager Consultant)-2
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Mastercard 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
The Senior Graphic Designer will work closely with project managers, art directors, and copywriters to develop and deliver marketing campaigns. They will ensure quality and consistency of design across all mediums while managing project timelines and budgets.
Senior UI Designer (Visual-Led) - m/f/d
🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Sungrow Emea 🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Lead the full-lifecycle UI design for digital products across desktop and mobile platforms, ensuring high visual and design quality. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain a cohesive product visual and design language.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
Design intuitive agent experiences and visualize knowledge structures to help users configure complex AI systems. Collaborate with engineers and researchers to ensure designs are user-centered and technically feasible.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Oag Aviation Worldwide 🌍 Remote
Lead design for complex, data-rich product areas and design end-to-end journeys from discovery through high-fidelity execution. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to deliver high-quality solutions and evolve the design system.
Sr. Product Designer - RCM (Remote)
🌍 Remote
Rula 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will lead end-to-end design for complex billing and financial workflows in mental health care. This role involves collaborating with various teams to create user-centered experiences that improve financial transparency and operational efficiency.
Sr Product Designer, Revenue & Growth
🇫🇷 Uz, Occitania, France
Yahoo 🇫🇷 Uz, Occitania, France
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design strategy for Yahoo Mail ads monetization and own the end-to-end design process for complex monetization features. They will collaborate with cross-functional partners to define the vision for new features while ensuring solutions are scalable and user-centered.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 California, United States
Cast & Crew 🇺🇸 California, United States
The Senior UX Designer will lead the design of user experiences for various payroll processes and collaborate with product managers, developers, and researchers to create actionable designs. They will also contribute to the design system and ensure designs adhere to accessibility standards.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Maryville, Tennessee, United States
Clayton 🇺🇸 Maryville, Tennessee, United States
The Senior UI/UX Designer will focus on delivering best-in-class user experiences and translating complex designs into streamlined capabilities. This role involves collaborating with product and development teams to define user requirements and maintain design standards.
Senior Product Designer - Design Systems
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ebay 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Develop and refine eBay's design system by integrating various design disciplines to create user-friendly guidelines and patterns. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent application of the design system and improve user experience.
Senior/Staff Product Designer
🌍 Remote
N8n 🌍 Remote
Lead end-to-end product design on complex workflows that elevate n8n’s user experience. Collaborate closely with PMs and engineers to ensure high-quality, visually cohesive designs are consistently shipped.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Microsoft 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
The Senior Product Designer will ship world-class AI applications and translate abstract AI potential into tangible user experiences. They will own a product area, manage end-to-end product development, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Fal 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Own end-to-end product design for features, including problem framing, flows, UI, and QA. Design across web and true mobile experiences while maintaining the design system and driving adoption with engineering.
Senior Vice President, Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Bny Mellon 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
This role involves providing guidance and technical expertise for complex user experience activities, including research, interactive design, and visual design, while reviewing research findings and participating in concept creation. The individual will also be expected to synthesize information across multiple factors, give design feedback, and mentor junior designers.
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.