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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States
Verkada 🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States
The Senior Product Designer will deliver best-in-class web and mobile tools by collaborating with product managers, designers, and engineers. They will lead projects, define product strategies, and mentor junior designers to ensure high-quality, intuitive user experiences.
Sr. Product Designer
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dialpad 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lead complex, high-impact product initiatives from discovery to release while designing intuitive, AI-powered features. Collaborate with engineers and product managers to ensure high-quality execution and evolve the design system.
Sr Associate, New Business, Visual Designer
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Quad 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
The role involves creating visually compelling presentations and pitch decks to translate complex strategies into engaging narratives for potential clients. You will own the visual identity of new business efforts while collaborating with strategists and business leaders to ensure brand consistency and high-impact design.
Graphic Designer / Packaging Expert
🇺🇸 Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
52launch 🇺🇸 Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
The Graphic Designer will lead the development and execution of product packaging from concept to production, ensuring alignment with brand identity and retail requirements. They will also collaborate cross-functionally to create supporting marketing assets and maintain consistent visual standards across all client touchpoints.
Sr UX Interaction Designer
🇲🇽 Monterrey, Chiapas, Mexico
Ge Vernova 🇲🇽 Monterrey, Chiapas, Mexico
The Sr UX Interaction Designer will lead the strategic direction of enterprise product experiences by architecting scalable solutions across complex multi-product ecosystems. They will also integrate AI-assisted methodologies into design workflows to enhance innovation while ensuring ethical and user-centered interaction models.
Graphic Designer
🇪🇸 Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain
Ria Money Transfer 🇪🇸 Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain
The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for conceptualizing and executing high-quality visual solutions that support brand identity and marketing goals across digital and print channels. This includes leading campaign design, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior designers.
Product Designer, Enterprise (Staff-level / L6)
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Synthesia 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Own the end-to-end design of the Enterprise surface, focusing on workspace setup, governance, and compliance systems. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to set the design vision and translate complex technical constraints into scalable UX solutions.
Lead Product Designer
🇮🇱 Israel
Wonderful 🇮🇱 Israel
Own the design strategy and execution for a core product area, translating complex enterprise needs into simple, elegant workflows. Influence the product roadmap and mentor other designers to maintain high quality standards as the team grows.
Product Design Engineering Program Manager - Apple Watch
🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Apple 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
You will lead the development of Apple Watch enclosures through the entire program life cycle, from early architecture to mass production. This involves managing cross-functional teams, maintaining schedules, and overseeing mechanical builds at vendor and assembly factories.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States
World Wide Technology 🇺🇸 Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States
Lead the UX/UI design practice for software projects across web, mobile, and desktop platforms using the Blue Steel design system. Develop functional interactive prototypes using agentic coding tools and mentor other designers to raise the overall quality of craft.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Stiiizy 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer creates high-impact visuals for in-store displays, signage, and digital collateral while managing print production for various media. The role also involves coordinating with marketing teams and providing leadership or mentoring to subordinate staff.
Product Designer (Future Openings)
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Pogo Technologies, Inc. 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will lead end-to-end product design for a B2B platform and consumer app, defining the design language and roadmap. You will work cross-functionally with engineering and GTM teams to ship high-quality, user-centric interfaces.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Kier Group 🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
The role involves leading the design process for construction projects and coordinating multidisciplinary teams of consultants, architects, and engineers. Key duties include reviewing design documentation for regulatory compliance and managing risks to prevent project delays or cost overruns.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇬 Egypt
Cyrkil 🇪🇬 Egypt
Lead the end-to-end product design process for AI-powered applications, from problem understanding and UX architecture to UI design and engineering handoff. Build and scale a professional design system while creating complex, data-dense interfaces and dashboards.
Senior UX Designer (Remote)
🌍 Remote
Businessolver 🌍 Remote
The Senior UX Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for web and mobile products while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes. Responsibilities include creating wireframes and prototypes, conducting user research, and mentoring junior designers to foster an innovative culture.
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.