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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Midjourney 🇺🇸 United States of America
The role involves owning major product surfaces end-to-end, from concept and interaction to visual polish and shipping. The designer will invent new interaction paradigms and collaborate closely with engineers and researchers to iterate on core web and mobile experiences.
Senior UX Designer - Online Team
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Home Depot 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The role involves crafting end-to-end user experiences by combining research outputs with business objectives to drive product alignment. Key duties include delivering UX design artifacts, conducting usability tests, and mentoring junior designers.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cosm 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Define and drive the design direction for internal and B2B backend tools, focusing on information architecture and production-ready interfaces. Lead features end-to-end by collaborating with product managers and engineers to translate complex workflows into actionable designs.
Senior Product Designer, AI & Emerging Technology Focus
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Whoop 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of AI-first product experiences, translating complex data into intuitive and trustworthy interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to create human-centered workflows and prototypes that enhance member health and performance.
Senior Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Fivetran 🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Lead the dbt product design team by managing designers and defining the UX strategy for technical data products. Drive the integration of Fivetran and dbt Labs design cultures while shaping AI-powered and agentic product experiences.
Senior Product Designer - Core Product (Remote)
Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
Finom Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
Own the end-to-end design lifecycle from discovery to implementation for core product domains. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate complex business goals into intuitive user experiences and scalable design systems.
Senior Product Designer B2C (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Rabot Energy 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Responsible for the end-to-end B2C product design of the conversion and winback funnels to drive customer acquisition and retention. The role involves leading the discovery process, implementing an AI-first design workflow, and collaborating closely with engineering via Git and pull requests.
Senior UX Designer, Talent Acquisition Tech
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Deliver end-to-end design solutions for complex hiring workflows across the Recruiter, Hiring, and Candidate Hubs. Partner with product and engineering teams to influence roadmaps and design AI-informed experiences that improve hiring decisions.
Senior Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Heymax 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead a growth and expansion design lab focused on increasing the global user base through activation and acquisition funnels. Develop an adaptive design system and repeatable expansion playbooks to scale the product across multiple international markets.
Product Designer | NordVPN Apps | Mid-Senior
🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania
Nord Security 🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania
Own the end-to-end design process for NordVPN apps across iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and browser extensions. Collaborate with product owners and engineers to challenge briefs, apply design systems, and ensure high-quality implementation through Design QA.
Senior Product Designer - Freelance
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Bsport 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The role involves designing end-to-end SaaS user journeys and complex, data-rich workflows to improve usability and efficiency for fitness and wellness studios. The designer will collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to translate business goals into elegant user experiences while maintaining a cohesive design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Co–star 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will own major product surfaces end-to-end, from concept and flows to interaction and visual polish. You will also invent new interaction paradigms and use research and experimentation to improve product usability.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Co–star 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own major product surfaces end-to-end, from concept and flows to visual polish and shipping. They will invent new interaction paradigms and use research and analytics to improve the core mobile product and new experiments.
Manager/Senior Manager, Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Mandai Wildlife Group 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead the end-to-end design of the Ranger Buddies ecosystem, integrating digital products with physical, on-ground experiences. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create engaging, gamified learning journeys that drive conservation and educational outcomes.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Cundall 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Lead and support the design management of large-scale data centre projects by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing deliverables. Drive project meetings and workshops while working closely with clients to ensure successful outcomes and business growth.
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.