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Senior UX Designer, Design Systems, People Engagement Experience (PEX)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will lead the strategy and creation of scalable design system components, patterns, and templates for employee-facing products. They will collaborate closely with engineers and designers to integrate AI-powered tools and ensure a unified, high-quality user experience across platforms.
UX Designer, People Engagement Experience (PEX)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Define and drive the UX vision for AI-first internal products to improve employee efficiency and experience. Lead the end-to-end design process, including research, wireframing, and prototyping, while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Cloudfactory 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The Senior Product Designer will shape end-to-end user experiences by transforming complex needs into scalable design solutions. They will lead user research, create high-fidelity prototypes, and mentor junior designers while collaborating with Engineering and Product Management.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Gitwit 🇺🇸 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Lead zero-to-one product design for new AI-native ventures, owning the product experience from early concept through prototype and first launch. Collaborate closely with engineering, strategy, and research teams to set design standards and iterate based on user signals.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States of America
Gitwit 🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States of America
Lead zero-to-one product design for new AI-native ventures, owning the product experience from early concept through launch and iteration. Collaborate closely with engineering, strategy, and research teams to set design quality standards and build functional, user-centered products.
Senior Design Manager (Building Services)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary Building Services design teams to deliver technically robust and compliant solutions for complex aviation projects. Manage design delivery plans, technical assurance processes, and stakeholder relationships to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
Senior Design Manager (Building Services)
🇬🇧 Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary Building Services design teams to deliver technically robust and compliant solutions for major projects at Heathrow Airport. Manage design delivery plans, technical assurance processes, and stakeholder relationships to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
Senior Design Manager (Building Services)
🇬🇧 Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Wsp In The Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead the planning and coordination of multidisciplinary Building Services designs for major projects, primarily at Heathrow Airport. Ensure technical quality, compliance, and efficiency while mentoring senior engineers and managing design delivery plans.
Product Designer Pleno
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Avenue Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Lead the creation and evolution of digital experiences by balancing customer needs, business goals, and technical feasibility. Conduct product discovery using research and data to define journeys and high-quality interfaces.
Senior UX Researcher
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Edreams Odigeo 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The role involves managing the strategic research roadmap for the Prime subscription service to improve acquisition, retention, and member experience. It also includes leading research operations, managing participant recruitment via CRM, and scaling AI-driven research workflows.
Head of Design
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Orbital 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design strategy and agenda for an AI-native commercial real estate legal assistant, reporting directly to the CTO. Build and scale the design function while defining interaction patterns that ensure trust and explainability in AI outputs.
UX Researcher, Mixed Methods
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Meta 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead large-scale, mixed-methods research programs to drive product strategy and influence decisions across engineering, design, and policy. Additionally, you will act as a subject matter expert to mentor peers and integrate AI tools to optimize research workflows and insight generation.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Unily 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the design of AI-native experiences by collaborating with product and engineering teams to rapidly prototype and validate high-quality solutions. The role involves elevating visual craft, conducting user research, and ensuring design consistency across the platform.
Senior UX Researcher
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Edreams 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Senior UX Researcher will manage the strategic research roadmap for the Prime subscription platform and execute end-to-end mixed-methods research. They will also lead research operations, including participant recruitment and AI workflow integration, while advising executive stakeholders on product strategy.
Senior Design Manager (Building Services)
🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Wsp 🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary building services design teams to ensure technical quality, compliance, and efficient delivery across major projects. Act as the central point of integration between MEP, structural, and architectural disciplines while managing design programmes, risks, and stakeholder relationships.
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.