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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Avantos.ai 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own the end-to-end design of the Avantos Mobile App and the Journey Builder. They will be responsible for creating platform-specific patterns, managing parity between mobile and web, and contributing to the overall design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Nextiva 🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design for a Unified Customer Experience platform across desktop and mobile environments. Partner with Product and Engineering teams to integrate AI-native workflows and evolve the company's design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Rain Technologies Inc. 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will own end-to-end design solutions for core product features, from initial research to final UI implementation. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to solve complex user problems and maintain high standards within the design system.
Principal Product Designer
🇫🇮 Mäntsälä, Uusimaa, Finland
Great Minds 🇫🇮 Mäntsälä, Uusimaa, Finland
The Principal Product Designer will lead design efforts for software products, collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex user problems. They are responsible for conducting user research, creating intuitive user flows, and maintaining the company's design system.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Staffing Spot, Inc. 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
The candidate will design intuitive web and mobile experiences by conducting user research and creating high-fidelity prototypes. They will also develop scalable design systems and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate implementation.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Staffing Spot, Inc. 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will create intuitive web and mobile experiences by conducting user research and developing scalable design systems. They will collaborate with product managers and developers to translate business requirements into high-fidelity designs and prototypes.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Staffing Spot, Inc. 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will create intuitive web and mobile experiences by conducting user research and developing high-fidelity designs. They will maintain scalable design systems and collaborate with product managers and developers to ensure accurate implementation.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
Staffing Spot, Inc. 🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
The role involves creating intuitive web and mobile experiences through user research, wireframing, and high-fidelity prototyping. The designer will develop scalable design systems and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate implementation.
Product Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Markin 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The role involves owning end-to-end product flows and evolving the design system in collaboration with front-end teams. The designer will partner with research and PMs to shape product strategy and deliver pragmatic prototypes.
Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Mosaic Ai 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Design end-to-end product experiences and high-fidelity UI for an AI platform, focusing on complex B2B SaaS workflows. Collaborate with PMs and engineers to maintain the design system and translate data-heavy processes into usable interfaces.
Product Designer Junior
🇧🇷 Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil
Elo 🇧🇷 Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil
Support discovery activities to understand user and business needs while creating wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes. Develop interfaces based on the existing Design System and collaborate with multidisciplinary squads to refine product requirements.
UX Designer Mobile App
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Worldline 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Design intuitive mobile app interfaces for payment solutions across iOS and Android platforms while contributing to a world-class design system. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform business needs into polished mobile flows and validate designs through usability testing.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Button 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for product initiatives from discovery through launch, transforming complex business challenges into intuitive user experiences. Partner with Product Managers and Engineers to define solutions, evolve the design system, and synthesize user research into actionable insights.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇿 Czechia
Ciklum Czech Republic & Slovakia 🇨🇿 Czechia
Take full ownership of design tracks from discovery and research to final handoff for a product with over a million users. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain design system consistency and advocate for design decisions to stakeholders.
Senior Product Designer
🇩🇪 Germany
Finom 🇩🇪 Germany
Own the full product design lifecycle from discovery to delivery, transforming complex financial workflows into intuitive user experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create design artifacts and contribute to the scalable design system.
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.