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Senior Product Designer - Cards & Credit
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Mercury 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own the end-to-end design process for Cards & Credit products, from initial problem framing to final implementation. They will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Brand teams to simplify complex financial systems into intuitive user experiences.
Senior Product Designer - Cards & Credit
🇺🇸 United States of America
Mercury 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own the end-to-end design process for Cards & Credit products, from initial framing to final implementation. They will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Brand teams to simplify complex financial systems into intuitive user experiences.
Senior Product Designer - Cards & Credit
🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Mercury 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design process for Cards & Credit products, transforming complex financial systems into simple, intuitive user experiences. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Brand teams to align digital experiences with physical card products.
Senior Product Designer - Cards & Credit
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Mercury 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own the end-to-end design process for Cards & Credit products, transforming complex financial systems into simple, intuitive user experiences. This includes collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Brand teams to create a cohesive experience across digital and physical touchpoints.
Senior Product Designer - Cards & Credit
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Mercury 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will own Cards & Credit product problems from initial framing through to final implementation, partnering with Product and Engineering teams. You will translate complex systems and requirements into simple, intuitive user experiences while maintaining a high standard of visual and interaction craft.
Senior 3D Industrial Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jdo Global 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the design of 3D packaging and brand assets from concept to final craft while mentoring junior team members. You are responsible for managing project workstreams, ensuring strategic alignment, and maintaining high creative standards across the studio.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Archy- Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
The role involves owning the end-to-end UX/UI for a comprehensive dental platform and architecting scalable design systems. The designer will integrate AI tools into workflows and collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate user research into functional design solutions.
Builder - Senior Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Reevo 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end design system, including components, documentation, governance, and the roadmap to ensure consistent product experiences. Additionally, you will collaborate with designers and engineers to build scalable patterns and integrate the system with AI-driven product surfaces.
Senior Product Designer (B2B SaaS Startup)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Traide Ai 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Own the end-to-end design process from initial user problem to shipped interface, utilizing AI tools to accelerate prototyping and delivery. Collaborate closely with engineering and product pods to drive measurable user outcomes and refine the visual craft of a compliance-focused B2B product.
Senior Product Designer (B2B SaaS Startup)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Traide Ai 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
You will own the full product design loop from initial concept to shipped interface, working closely with engineering to solve complex compliance problems. You will leverage AI tools to accelerate workflows and ensure high-quality, trustworthy user experiences.
Senior UI/UX Designer (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
Iba Ag 🇩🇪 Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
You will define the UX/UI strategy across the entire product portfolio and establish user-centered design processes within agile teams. Additionally, you will remain hands-on by designing software interfaces and integrating AI-driven methods into the design workflow.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Hevo Data 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
You will own the end-to-end UX for complex, high-stakes workflows and lead the design process from research to high-fidelity mockups. Additionally, you will maintain and extend the design system while pushing the team to uphold high standards for accessibility and edge cases.
Senior Engineer, Systems Design Engineering
🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Petaling, Malaysia
Wd 🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Petaling, Malaysia
Investigate and determine root causes of hard disk drive failures across development, manufacturing, and field operations. Drive corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) through cross-functional collaboration to improve product reliability and quality.
Senior Engineer, Systems Design Engineering
🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Petaling, Malaysia
Western Digital 🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Petaling, Malaysia
The role involves investigating and determining the root causes of hard disk drive failures across development, manufacturing, and field operations. You will drive corrective and preventive actions while working cross-functionally with design, manufacturing, and reliability teams.
Senior Design Manager – A/E Services
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Element Consulting, Inc. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Manages multiple A/E services projects with a focus on seismic and critical repairs for educational facilities. Supervises design professionals to ensure projects meet functional, budgetary, and legal requirements while adhering to district standards.
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.