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Senior Product Designer - Consumer
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
Sumup 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
Own end-to-end product design for the Consumer Bank squad, from discovery through delivery. Lead user research, define product opportunities, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive key metrics like activation and retention.
iPhone Product Design Engineering Program Manager (PD EPM)
🇺🇸 Cupertino, California, United States of America
Apple 🇺🇸 Cupertino, California, United States of America
You will lead cross-functional teams and external vendors to manage the development, planning, and validation cycles for new iPhone products. This role involves driving day-to-day project activities, managing schedules, and resolving technical issues to meet program objectives.
iPhone Product Design Engineering Program Manager (PD EPM)
🇺🇸 Cupertino, California, United States of America
Apple 🇺🇸 Cupertino, California, United States of America
You will lead cross-functional teams and external vendors to manage the development, planning, and validation cycles for new iPhone products. This role involves driving day-to-day project activities, managing schedules, and resolving technical issues to meet program objectives.
Sr. UX Designer, Data Center Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America
Lead design initiatives for GenAI applications to accelerate data center facility design workflows and define AI agent behaviors. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create interconnected product experiences that support AECO professionals while maintaining human-in-the-loop workflows.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Haverford, Lower Merion Township, PA 19041, United States of America
Taxwell 🇺🇸 Haverford, Lower Merion Township, PA 19041, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will define the organization's AI-powered product design strategy and lead the development of innovative, AI-native user experiences. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to re-engineer product workflows, mentor design staff, and establish high-quality design standards across the company.
Lead Product Designer, Digital Assets
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Circle 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Lead Product Designer will own end-to-end design for complex currency, treasury, and payment solutions. They will partner with Product and Engineering teams to define high-impact strategies and deliver intuitive, scalable experiences for global users.
Senior Qualitative UX Researcher
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Suno 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end qualitative research to understand user needs and inform product decisions across Suno's platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to synthesize actionable insights and advocate for the user experience.
UX Designer — Research, Interaction & Usability
🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Compare My Move 🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Lead UX across key digital journeys by taking ownership of the end-to-end process from discovery and research to prototyping and iteration. Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to apply accessibility standards and improve overall usability and business performance.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Papa Johns 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer leads design efforts to solve complex user and business problems across the product ecosystem. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to define research needs, create high-quality design artifacts, and advocate for human-centered design principles.
Product Designer, Tabletop
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Target 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
The Kitchen Designer is responsible for the product design and development of Kitchen Textiles and Table Linens to meet merchant objectives and brand strategy. This role involves leading the design process, creating CAD sketches, preparing presentation boards, and collaborating with sourcing and technical teams to resolve product issues.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Readyon.ai 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will drive end-to-end design quality for the core platform, focusing on reducing complexity and building scalable AI interaction patterns. You will work closely with product and engineering teams to prototype, test, and implement high-quality user experiences.
Senior UX Designer - Origination & Servicing
Lead UX research, workflow mapping, and experience design for complex, multi-step lending and servicing processes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, and Compliance to ensure intuitive, compliant, and scalable user experiences.
Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States of America
Framatome North America 🇺🇸 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States of America
The Design Engineering Manager will plan and direct engineering activities while ensuring compliance with established policies and customer standards. They are responsible for leading a team, fostering customer relationships, and optimizing engineering processes to support nuclear energy projects.
UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Ashburn, VA 20147, United States of America
Caci International 🇺🇸 Ashburn, VA 20147, United States of America
The UI/UX Designer will serve as an Agile Scrum team member responsible for conceptualizing and designing custom software application capabilities. They will lead the creation of cohesive user experiences, develop wireframes and prototypes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design standards are met.
Sr. UX Designer, Prime Video Experience Design
🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Lead UX design for high-impact initiatives within Prime Video, focusing on sports, live events, and emerging interaction models. Partner with product, engineering, and research teams to translate ambiguous opportunities into validated, high-fidelity customer experiences.
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.