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Product Designer V
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
Ursus, Inc. 🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define user problems and translate requirements into high-fidelity design solutions. Create user flows, wireframes, and prototypes while aligning with existing design systems to improve product usability.
Lead Product Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lyrebird Health 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Own the entire product design lifecycle from discovery and problem framing to shipping UI and maintaining the design system. Lead the design discipline by setting standards, partnering with product and engineering, and mentoring other designers.
Product Designer (12 month FTC)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Universal Music Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead design across complex internal products from discovery to delivery, shaping both user experience and strategic direction. You will also own and evolve the cross-platform design system to ensure visual consistency and scalability across the company's ecosystem.
Product Designer (12 month FTC)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Universal Music Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end design of complex internal digital products from discovery to delivery, simplifying workflows for global teams. Own and evolve the cross-platform design system to ensure visual consistency and scalability across the organization.
Product Designer (12 month FTC)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Universal Music Group Uk 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design of complex internal digital products from discovery to delivery, simplifying workflows for global teams. Own and evolve the cross-platform design system to ensure visual consistency and scalability across the organization.
Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Hupo 🇸🇬 Singapore
The Product Designer will own the end-to-end design process for core product areas, focusing on novel AI interaction patterns and agentic workflows. They will conduct user research and collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate ambiguous ideas into scalable design systems.
(Senior) UI/UX Designer (m/w/d) - App Design / fluege.de
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Tc Flights Germany Gmbh 🇩🇪 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
You will conceive and design user-centered experiences for native iOS and Android apps, managing the process from initial wireframes to final UI. Additionally, you will conduct usability and A/B testing while maintaining the design system and collaborating closely with development and product teams.
UI/UX Designer (m/w/d) Schwerpunkt Design System – fluege.de / Leipzig
🇩🇪 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Tc Flights Germany Gmbh 🇩🇪 Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
You will be responsible for the conception, development, and maintenance of a scalable multi-brand design system for various flight portals. Additionally, you will collaborate with designers, developers, and product owners to establish design standards and conduct user-centered research to optimize web and app experiences.
(Senior) UI/UX Designer (m/w/d) - App Design / fluege.de
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Tc Flights Germany Gmbh 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
You will design and conceptualize user-centric native app experiences for iOS and Android, managing the process from initial wireframes to final UI. Additionally, you will conduct usability and A/B testing while maintaining the design system and collaborating closely with development and product teams.
Lead Product Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lyrebird Health 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
You will own the entire product design lifecycle from discovery and strategy to shipped UI while setting the design standards for the organization. Additionally, you will lead the design system architecture and mentor team members to ensure high-quality, consistent product delivery.
UX Designer (PA26Q3UXDJH89)
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Ss&c Technologies 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Lead the end-to-end UX design process from user research and discovery through to high-fidelity design and engineering hand-off. Build and maintain a scalable design system while collaborating with product managers and engineers to ensure consistent, accessible digital experiences.
Senior Design System and Product Designer | Operational Journey
🇮🇩 Mall of Indonesia, Jalan Boulevard Barat, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta 14240, Indonesia
Xendit 🇮🇩 Mall of Indonesia, Jalan Boulevard Barat, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta 14240, Indonesia
You will own the product design for the operational merchant journey, including onboarding and dashboard flows. Additionally, you will consolidate and maintain the design system to ensure consistency and scalability across the platform.
Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
3search 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The role involves shaping and evolving the brand across digital, print, and event channels to support marketing campaigns and business development. Key tasks include creating creative assets, maintaining design systems, and producing engaging social media content and animations.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Fanduel 🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead the design of intuitive user experiences by shaping ideas grounded in user and business needs. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable UI/UX solutions using design systems and AI tools.
Senior Product Designer
🇧🇷 Brazil
Deel 🇧🇷 Brazil
Analyze customer pain points to create elegant, high-level product solutions across employee, employer, and admin portals. Take full ownership of the design lifecycle from ideation and design system updates to final testing and release.
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.