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Senior Product Designer, Design Systems, Windows
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
You will lead the visual design and systems work for Windows, establishing visual direction and scalable components. You will partner with engineering and product teams to solve complex UI challenges while ensuring high-quality, consistent experiences across the platform.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Cbts 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design from discovery to delivery while collaborating with product and engineering teams. Drive design quality through mentorship, critique, and the creation of scalable, user-centered digital experiences.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Bloomington, Minnesota, United States of America
Digikey 🇺🇸 Bloomington, Minnesota, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead creative initiatives to evolve the brand experience and design high-performing digital assets for marketing campaigns. They will also collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor fellow designers to foster innovation.
Sr. Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Bloomington, Minnesota, United States of America
Digi-key Electronics 🇺🇸 Bloomington, Minnesota, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the development of creative concepts and campaigns while overseeing the brand's visual identity across all touchpoints. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create compelling digital designs and acquisition ads that drive customer engagement and growth.
UI/UX Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bet365 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You will lead design efforts for the Sydney office, focusing on creating innovative mobile app experiences for the sports betting product. This involves collaborating with international teams and senior stakeholders to deliver high-fidelity designs that align with global brand guidelines.
Senior Product Designer (UX/UI)
🇩🇪 Germany
Elearnio 🇩🇪 Germany
You will own the visual and interaction design language of the entire platform, managing everything from wireframes to build-ready design files. Additionally, you will maintain the design system, conduct usability testing, and collaborate closely with the product and QA teams to ensure high-quality implementation.
Senior Design Manager /Architect in Bangalore
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Atelier Astil 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead and mentor a team of creative designers while overseeing the design process from concept to execution. Ensure all architectural work meets high standards of quality, functionality, and design coherence.
Mid/ Senior UI/UX Designer
🇵🇱 Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Ten Square Games 🇵🇱 Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
You will craft intuitive user flows and polished visuals for mobile games while collaborating with product managers and developers. Your role involves implementing UI assets directly into the Unity engine and optimizing interface performance.
Senior Product Designer - Banking / Banking XP
🇪🇸 Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Shine 🇪🇸 Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
You will own the end-to-end design for the core banking experience across mobile and web platforms. This involves leading discovery, iterating on high-frequency surfaces, and partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver measurable impact.
Senior Product Designer (UI/UX)
🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
Zeal 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
The Senior Product Designer will own the end-to-end design lifecycle for a product area, from initial problem discovery to final engineering handoff. They will collaborate with product and engineering teams to create scalable, high-fidelity interfaces and data-dense workflows.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇪🇬 Nasr City, 11765, Egypt
Advansys 🇪🇬 Nasr City, 11765, Egypt
Develop creative concepts and translate them into visually compelling designs for various media including print, digital, and social platforms. Ensure brand consistency across all materials while maintaining high standards for layout and composition.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
Sonar 🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
You will lead product design for your squad, creating intuitive experiences for both human and AI agent users. You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to define problems, validate technical feasibility, and ensure high-quality delivery across the platform.
Sr. Manager, Physical Design Engineering, Annapurna Labs
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior Manager will build and lead a physical design team to deliver multi-billion-transistor ML accelerator SoCs. They are responsible for the physical design strategy, execution roadmap, and institutionalizing continuous PPA improvement across multiple concurrent tapeouts.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bigblue 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Graphic Designer will create high-quality pitch, tender, and bid documents to support new business opportunities. They will collaborate with design and business development teams to transform technical information into compelling visual narratives.
Senior Solution Design Manager 3PL (central team)
🇧🇪 1000 Brussels, Belgium
The Belgian Post Group (bpost) 🇧🇪 1000 Brussels, Belgium
You will develop and improve solution design tools, methodologies, and standards while supporting local teams with complex data analysis and financial modelling. Additionally, you will design innovative logistics solutions and share expertise across the organization through training and coaching.
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.