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Principal UX Designer, AWS Security, Search, Observability & Governance
🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Define and own the end-to-end design strategy for AWS's security, observability, and agentic AI product portfolio. Lead the design of complex interfaces while mentoring senior designers and driving design-as-code practices.
Sr. UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Element Solutions 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
The Senior UX Researcher will lead user research efforts to understand user needs and behaviors to inform product design and development. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate research findings into actionable insights and intuitive user experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Monument Bank Limited 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will own the design strategy for the savings product, leading from research through to scaled implementation. You will collaborate across functions to drive experimentation and improve user retention while maintaining trust in a regulated environment.
Senior UX Designer – Senior Vice President
🇬🇧 Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Citi 🇬🇧 Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
The Senior UX Designer will lead the research, analysis, and design of digital products while collaborating with product and technology teams to deliver intuitive user experiences. They are responsible for mentoring junior staff, ensuring design quality, and evangelizing UX best practices across the organization.
Lead UX Designer – AI Workforce Experience
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Easyjet 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the design and research practice for employee-facing AI products, translating complex capabilities into intuitive user experiences. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ground product decisions in evidence while setting quality standards for the portfolio.
Lead UX Designer – AI Workforce Experience
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Easyjet 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the design and research practice for employee-facing AI products, translating complex capabilities into intuitive user experiences. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ground product decisions in evidence while setting quality standards for the portfolio.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Australia
Atticus 🇦🇺 Australia
Lead end-to-end design projects from inception to execution using UX research and prototyping. Collaborate closely with engineers, founders, and the product team to solve complex user problems.
Principal UX Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Texas, United States of America)
Newfold Digital Remote (🇺🇸 Texas, United States of America)
The Principal UX Designer will lead end-to-end UX strategy for portal surfaces and mentor the design team to ensure high-quality execution. They will collaborate cross-functionally to drive product engagement while integrating AI-native workflows into the design process.
Senior Product Designer, Accounts & Plans
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Hinge Health 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead the redesign of member authentication, account creation, and self-serve account management flows to improve user experience and reduce operational friction. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive, accessible, and high-quality product solutions from concept to execution.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Adaption 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead visual design and product direction by rapidly shipping functional and impactful interfaces. Collaborate with researchers and engineers to define new interaction paradigms for AI systems.
Sr. Lead UX Designer - 11490
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Coupa Software, Inc. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Define the end-to-end design strategy for the Foundations pillar, including supplier onboarding, identity, and shared platform capabilities. Lead the design of foundational, cross-product experiences to ensure seamless navigation across the Coupa ecosystem.
Sr. UX Designer - 11491
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Coupa Software, Inc. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
The Sr. UX Designer will own and improve key growth surfaces such as onboarding, pricing, and checkout flows to ensure a seamless supplier experience. They will also lead go-to-market design efforts and drive experimentation through A/B testing to improve conversion metrics.
Principal UX Designer
🇧🇪 Mechelen, Belgium
Cochlear 🇧🇪 Mechelen, Belgium
Lead UX strategy and design quality across the Audiology portfolio by providing hands-on delivery and influencing cross-functional teams. Ensure coherent, evidence-based, and compliant end-to-end experiences for clinicians, recipients, and partners.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Bedford, Texas, United States of America
Unleashed Brands 🇺🇸 Bedford, Texas, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will lead campaign ideation and execution across multiple channels while building scalable asset libraries for the franchise network. They will collaborate cross-functionally to ensure brand integrity and leverage emerging AI tools to improve creative workflow efficiency.
Staff Product Designer, Product Infrastructure
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Valon Tech 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of foundational platform capabilities and reusable patterns to enhance usability across the organization. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to drive product strategy and deliver generalized tools that solve complex user needs.
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.