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Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Captivateiq 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the design vision for the Incentive Compensation Management product line, driving high-impact initiatives and establishing quality standards for enterprise-scale systems. Partner with executive leadership to influence product strategy and mentor other designers to elevate the organization's execution bar.
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.
Founding Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Odin 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design direction and visual brand identity for a private markets infrastructure platform. Translate complex, regulated workflows into intuitive user experiences while establishing scalable design systems and research practices.
UX Fintech Product Designer
🇲🇽 29120 Monterrey, CHP, Mexico
Crediclub 🇲🇽 29120 Monterrey, CHP, Mexico
Lead the end-to-end design of internal operational tools, including flows, wireframes, and prototypes. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to evolve the design system and iterate based on user feedback and metrics.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
1st Formations 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will own and evolve the design system while translating complex requirements into intuitive, user-centered digital experiences. They will lead design iterations based on data and user insights and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure design feasibility and alignment with business goals.
Senior UI/UX Designer (Enterprise Products)
🇨🇴 Colombia
Applaudo 🇨🇴 Colombia
Applaudo is seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer to lead the end-to-end design process for complex enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in UX/UI design, information architecture, and systems thinking, with experience in designing AI-enabled or workflow-heavy enterprise applications.
Product Designer L1 (Consumer Facing / Marketing) (Bangkok - Based)
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
Agoda 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
The role involves running discovery phases, testing prototypes, and designing intuitive user interfaces for consumer-facing products. The designer will collaborate with product managers and engineers to create cohesive customer journeys and present design decisions to leadership.
UX Researcher & Service Designer
🇫🇮 Limalahti, 49290 Pyhtää, Finland
Frice Consulting 🇫🇮 Limalahti, 49290 Pyhtää, Finland
Lead the UX research process to generate strategic evidence-based insights into user needs and behaviors. Transform findings into actionable recommendations to improve digital products and services through process mapping and usability testing.
Product UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Performyard 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
The designer will collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate requirements into user-friendly designs for a SaaS performance management platform. They will lead UX/UI efforts, develop wireframes and prototypes in Figma, and maintain the company's UI design system.
Open sollicitatie –Design Manager Private & Government Property
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Arup 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead or support design management for commercial and government property projects throughout all design phases. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including architects and engineers while ensuring design quality and regulatory compliance.
Sr. UX Designer, DTC Web
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Life360 Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Lead the UX/UI design and execution for Life360's direct-to-consumer web surfaces, focusing on subscription flows and checkout optimization. Conduct qualitative research and synthesize behavioral data to inform design decisions and improve the overall customer journey.
Engineering Design Manager (Electrical)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Designer Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the electrical design strategy from tender through to commissioning across multiple live projects. Act as the senior electrical authority to ensure designs are practical, compliant, and aligned with commercial objectives.
Lead Technical Program Manager, Fiber Design Engineering APAC and EMEA
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Google 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead complex multi-disciplinary engineering projects focusing on fiber design and capacity planning for data centers. Manage technical reviews of electrical and mechanical designs while mentoring global team members and overseeing resource planning.
Senior UI/UX Designer (Enterprise Products)
🇨🇱 Chile
Applaudo 🇨🇱 Chile
Applaudo is seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer to lead the end-to-end design process for complex enterprise applications, creating intuitive and user-centered digital experiences. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in UX/UI design, excellent communication skills, and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
1st Formations 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The role involves owning and evolving the design system to ensure consistency across the product suite while translating complex requirements into user-friendly designs. The designer will lead user research, mentor other designers, and partner with cross-functional teams to align design with business goals.
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.