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Senior Product Designer
🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Elmenus Technologies 🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Lead the design process from discovery to delivery, including user flows, wireframes, and production-ready specifications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advocate for accessibility and performance while evolving the design system.
Senior Product Designer - Maternity Leave Cover
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Justt 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Own end-to-end design processes across multiple product areas and lead design solutions for complex systems and workflows. Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders to ensure high-quality, feasible, and well-implemented designs.
Senior Product Designer, Cybersecurity
🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Drivenets 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Lead the design of new features from concept to execution while conducting user research to create intuitive experiences. Maintain and evolve the design system, advocating for best practices and gathering feedback for iteration.
Product Designer
🇮🇳 Pune, Maharashtra, India
Verto 🇮🇳 Pune, Maharashtra, India
The Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process, from research and ideation to prototyping and final UI delivery. They will enhance the user experience of complex financial workflows and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective implementation.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Maple 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead design across Maple’s patient experience, focusing on high-impact patient-facing workflows. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to shape product direction and improve design quality.
Lead Product Designer - Matterport - SF Bay Area
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
Costar 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
The Lead Product Designer will own and drive the design strategy throughout the production lifecycle, including managing multiple digital twin projects and fostering collaboration among teams. They will design and implement AI-powered digital twin experiences from concept to execution.
Lead UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Cloudera 🌍 Remote
Lead cross-cutting product design initiatives related to data lifecycle management and other key initiatives. Oversee the full user-centered design process, collaborating closely with other designers and product teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Finch Legal 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will lead the design of internal case management tools, law firm portals, and client-facing experiences. Additionally, you will define the building blocks of Finch's earliest design system.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Drive product experience strategy and interaction design for a v1 product while collaborating across teams. Lead design initiatives that influence product direction and ensure design coherence.
Sr. Graphic Designer
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the creative development of design projects from concept through to delivery, ensuring brand consistency across all touch-points. Responsibilities include mentoring junior designers, collaborating with stakeholders, and supporting content creation for various media.
Lead UI Designer - UI
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Koltin 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Co-design the Design System for Koltin that meets digital accessibility guidelines and conveys the brand identity. Design user interfaces for digital platforms focusing on usability and user experience while collaborating with development teams.
Senior Product Designer - Strategy Collection
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Atlassian 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape the design strategy for Atlassian’s Strategy Collection, collaborating with product management and engineering. You will lead projects from concept to execution, ensuring user-centric designs that align with the product's goals.
UX Designer
🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
A.p. Moller - Maersk 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
The UX Designer will innovate and iterate on wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs while leading user research to derive actionable insights. They will collaborate closely with senior designers, product managers, and developers to understand project requirements and refine designs based on user feedback.
Product Designer (Client Portal)
🇱🇻 Rīga, Latvia
Wallester 🇱🇻 Rīga, Latvia
The Product Designer will be responsible for designing and improving user-friendly interfaces while collaborating with cross-functional teams. They will also lead brainstorming sessions and incorporate user feedback into design improvements.
Product Designer (Client Portal)
🇪🇪 Tallinn, Estonia
Wallester 🇪🇪 Tallinn, Estonia
The Product Designer will be responsible for designing and improving user-friendly interfaces while collaborating with cross-functional teams. They will also lead brainstorming sessions and incorporate user insights into design improvements.
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.