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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gamma 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Design onboarding, activation, and monetization experiences to help new users quickly understand Gamma's value. Collaborate with product, engineering, and data teams to drive growth initiatives from concept to launch.
SENIOR INTERACTION DESIGNER
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Dcg One 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The Senior Interaction Designer is responsible for designing the behavior and responsiveness of digital interfaces to enhance user engagement and conversion. This role involves collaboration with various teams to ensure cohesive and accessible digital experiences.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Suffolk Construction 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America
The Senior Project Design Manager will lead integrated teams through the design-build management process, ensuring project goals are met while maintaining client relationships. Responsibilities include managing design processes, facilitating collaboration among stakeholders, and resolving design issues during construction.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Estero, Lee County, FL 33928, United States of America
Suffolk Construction 🇺🇸 Estero, Lee County, FL 33928, United States of America
The Senior Project Design Manager will lead integrated teams through the design-build management process, ensuring the successful realization of the client's project vision. Responsibilities include managing design processes, maintaining client relationships, and collaborating with various stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
Senior UX Researcher
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Talution Group 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will lead quantitative research initiatives from end to end, including survey design, programming, fieldwork management, analysis, and synthesis of findings. The role involves translating complex research results into actionable recommendations for stakeholders across the organization.
Senior Product Designer - WFH
🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
Vensure Employer Solutions 🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
Lead and mentor a small design team while remaining hands-on in the end-to-end product design for Fintech and HRMS modules. Own the ListoGlobal design system and ensure high-quality user experiences across web-based SaaS and enterprise platforms.
Senior UX Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Walmart Global Tech 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Lead the user experience design for Walmart Israel's digital products, transforming complex requirements into intuitive solutions. Conduct user research and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between user insights and business goals.
Senior / Staff Product Designer
🇫🇷 95450 Us, France
Xbow 🇫🇷 95450 Us, France
As a Product Designer, you will lead projects focused on new product ideas and growth, partnering with various teams to create intuitive experiences for an AI-powered cybersecurity platform. You will influence cross-functional partners to ship impactful and innovative features.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
United Living Group 🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead technical and design processes, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. This includes managing external consultants and ensuring compliance with regulations and company standards.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
Jotform 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey
Design thoughtful user experiences that are functional, usable, and beautiful. Work closely with product management, developers, and other designers to design and build new features for Jotform.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Coralogix 🇮🇱 Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Design end-to-end user experiences, from research and wireframes to high-fidelity mockups to final implemented live features. Collaborate closely with R&D and product teams to ensure high-quality UI and effective user experiences.
Sr Assoc, Mechanical Design Engineering (Huntsville, AL)
🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
L3harris Technologies 🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
Perform various entry-level engineering duties for the Mechanical Design technical staff in Solid Propulsion, Nozzle Design, and Composite Design. Assist with the development of engineering designs and support senior engineering staff.
Senior UX Researcher
🇺🇸 United States of America
Camunda 🇺🇸 United States of America
Conduct weekly structured customer discovery conversations across various personas to identify needs and pain points. Translate these findings into live opportunity maps and direction briefs to shape product strategy and investment decisions.
Apprentice Design Engineering and BIM Technician
🇬🇧 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services 🇬🇧 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
As a Design/BIM Apprentice, you will assist the Design & Estimating team in learning design processes and software fundamentals. Your tasks will include preparing design mark-ups, supporting senior designers, and managing project documentation.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Jaipur, Jaipur Tehsil, India
Asymbl 🇮🇳 Jaipur, Jaipur Tehsil, India
The Senior Graphic Designer will design and produce assets across various formats, ensuring high fidelity to brand standards. They will collaborate with the CMO and a creative agency to maintain and evolve the visual 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.