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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

As a Senior Product Designer, you will build systems and platforms that sustain and scale over time while designing new product experiences that handle complex datasets and workflows. You will also mentor other designers and drive cross-functional alignment with teams such as Product Management and Engineering.

Onsite$163,000 - $200,000Full-timeSenior
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Sr. Product Designer

🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States

The Senior Product Designer will partner with Product Managers and engineers to define user problems, simplify data-heavy experiences, and design solutions that drive measurable outcomes across core products. Responsibilities include creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and final UI, while leading UX explorations for complex workflows.

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Senior Staff Product Designer

🇺🇸 United States

The Senior Staff Product Designer will identify, propose, and lead various design projects while ensuring consistent user experiences across ServiceTitan's product lineup. This role involves managing the balance between business requirements, customer needs, and innovative design concepts.

Onsite$185,300 - $247,800Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 United States

The Senior Product Designer will collaborate with stakeholders, product managers, designers, and developers to create an extraordinary end-to-end user experience. They will also participate in user research, prototype flows, and ensure successful technical implementation of designs.

Hybrid$137,900 - $184,500Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer, Amazon Industrial Robotics

🇺🇸 North Reading, Massachusetts, United States

The Senior UX Designer will design intuitive interfaces and experiences for industrial technology applications, simplifying complex operations. They will lead user research initiatives and collaborate with various teams to ensure user needs are prioritized.

Onsite$137,800 - $186,400Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

The Product Designer will manage the flow of design work across the organization, ensuring design requests are clearly defined and prioritized. They will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and the frontend team to deliver high-quality digital experiences.

Hybrid$60,000 - $80,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

The Senior Product Designer will contribute to user experiences across digital and physical interfaces, taking design ownership throughout the product lifecycle. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams and advocate for user experience improvements.

Hybrid$115,000 - $180,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Design holistic experiences across web and mobile platforms while collaborating with various teams to frame problems and translate insights into design solutions. Ensure designs are inclusive, accessible, and compliant with regulatory requirements while advocating for members and patients.

Hybrid$92,000 - $110,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Design holistic experiences across web and mobile platforms while collaborating with various teams to translate insights into thoughtful design solutions. Advocate for user needs and ensure designs are compliant with clinical and regulatory standards.

Hybrid$92,000 - $110,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Principal UX Designer, AI-forward Design Systems

Own and evolve foundational systems including design systems and AI workflows. Lead complex initiatives end-to-end, framing problems and driving execution.

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Senior Principal UX Designer, AI-forward Design Systems

Own and evolve foundational systems such as design systems and AI workflows while leading complex initiatives end-to-end. Partner with product, engineering, and research leaders to shape product vision and act as a mentor to other designers.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Principal UX Designer, AI-forward Design Systems

Own and evolve foundational systems including design systems and AI workflows. Lead complex initiatives end-to-end, framing problems and driving execution.

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Senior Product Designer(Fixed Term Contract)

🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia

The Senior Product Designer will lead the user experience strategy for Intelligent Support Automation and Identity/User Management, translating complex technical needs into intuitive and secure user experiences. Key tasks include architecting scalable workflows for SSO/MFA and leading the UX for AI-driven support tools like chatbots.

Onsite$110,000 - $140,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer, Mobile App Experience

🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Own the mobile experience across iOS and Android for key Heidi products, from concept to production. Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation and champion mobile-first thinking.

Hybrid$100,000 - $150,000Full-timeMid-level
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Senior Product Designer, Mobile App Experience

🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Own the mobile experience across iOS and Android for key Heidi products, from concept to production. Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation and champion mobile-first thinking.

Hybrid$100,000 - $150,000Full-timeMid-level
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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.