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Senior UX Researcher, Learning Frontiers, LearnX
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead a continuous research program to identify product opportunities and inform product-market fit for educational initiatives. Partner with cross-functional teams including engineering and product management to advocate for user-focused perspectives in strategic planning.
Senior Product Designer (Systems & Typography)
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Altide Inc 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Design and maintain a cohesive design system that balances technical precision with editorial warmth. Create clear and intuitive interfaces for developer-focused tools.
Senior Product Designer - AI
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Servicelink 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design of intelligent, AI-powered product experiences and agent-driven workflows to optimize mortgage processes. Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to translate complex business requirements into intuitive, human-centered design solutions.
Senior Graphic Designer (Contract)
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Nex 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will create visual assets for websites, social media, and retail channels while leading the visual strategy for product launches. They will also coordinate with internal teams and external agencies to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality marketing campaigns.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Nex 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead visual strategy for product launches and create engaging digital assets for websites, social media, and email campaigns. They will also manage retail channel materials and coordinate with internal and external partners to ensure high-quality creative delivery.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Buildout 🇺🇸 United States of America
Design intuitive user experiences for complex brokerage operations and collaborate with product managers to define product vision and strategy. Lead user research, create high-fidelity prototypes, and mentor a small team of designers to ensure high-quality product delivery.
Senior UX Researcher, Learning Frontiers, LearnX
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Drive an impactful research agenda for new product initiatives while identifying emerging opportunities to achieve product-market fit. Partner with cross-functional teams including designers, engineers, and product managers to advocate for user-focused perspectives and inform strategic planning.
Senior Product Designer - Global Commercial Services Technology
🇺🇸 Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
American Express 🇺🇸 Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
The role involves creating user-centered experiences, interfaces, and specifications to improve end-to-end user journeys. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality design artifacts while mentoring junior designers.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Nex 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will create visual assets for websites, social media, email campaigns, and retail channels to support marketing and product launches. They will also coordinate with internal teams and external agencies to manage project workflows and ensure high-quality creative delivery.
Senior Graphic Designer (Contract)
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Nex 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will create visual assets for digital, social, and retail channels while coordinating with internal and external partners. They will lead the visual strategy for product launches and ensure high-quality creative delivery across all marketing projects.
Web Designer (Senior)
🇵🇪 Lima, Lima Metropolitan Area, Peru
Tata Consultancy Services 🇵🇪 Lima, Lima Metropolitan Area, Peru
The Web Designer will define information architecture, navigation structures, and user flows to create intuitive, accessible digital experiences. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable web designs while optimizing performance through data-driven insights.
Senior Product Designer, Growth (global)
🌍 Remote
Beehiiv 🌍 Remote
You will own the end-to-end design strategy for user onboarding, activation, conversion, and retention surfaces. You will partner with product and engineering teams to ship experiments based on quantitative data and user research to drive growth.
Senior UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Onetrust 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Senior UX Designer will create deliverables across the entire design process, including information architecture, interface design, and high-fidelity prototypes. They will also identify and promote UX best practices while analyzing data to inform user experience decisions.
Sr. UX Designer – Customer Journey Experience Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gap Inc. 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will own and shape the end-to-end customer experience for two brands, ensuring a cohesive journey across all touchpoints. They will partner with product management, engineering, and creative teams to drive high-impact initiatives while leveraging data and AI to deliver measurable outcomes.
Senior Web Designer
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Amply 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Own the end-to-end web design process from creative direction and design system creation to developer handoff and QA. Collaborate with project managers and developers to deliver high-quality, production-ready digital experiences while managing project scope and client expectations.
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.