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Sr. Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jerry 🇺🇸 United States of America
As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape how millions of people interact with Jerry’s core products by collaborating with PMs, engineers, and data scientists. You will own end-to-end design, from user flows to high-fidelity visuals and prototypes.
Senior UX Researcher, YouTube Shopping
🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Google 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Conduct independent research on various aspects of products and experiences, utilizing qualitative research methods and surveys. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize research opportunities and advocate findings through reports and presentations.
Senior Agentic Product Designer - Remote - Latin America
Remote (🇧🇷 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil)
Fullstack Remote (🇧🇷 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil)
As a Senior Agentic Product Designer, you will integrate directly into the client's team and collaborate with existing designers and engineers. You will be responsible for leading end-to-end product design initiatives.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Tekmetric 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead experience strategy across key workflows and take end-to-end ownership of design from problem framing through launch and iteration. They will collaborate closely with product management and engineering to build and iterate on customer-facing products.
Senior Mobile Product Designer — HuntWise
🇺🇸 United States of America
Kalkomey Enterprises, Llc 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead design for the Huntwise iOS and Android apps, focusing on creating intuitive map and location-based experiences. Own the end-to-end design process, collaborating with engineers and product managers to ensure high-quality delivery.
Senior Growth Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Kalkomey Enterprises, Llc 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Growth Product Designer will design and iterate on landing pages, onboarding experiences, and upsell flows while partnering with the Growth Product Manager to run and analyze experiments. This role involves owning the design process from brief to launch and contributing to a growing design culture.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Stand Together 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Lead the UX design for the Be The People platform, focusing on end-to-end user journeys and iterative interface improvements. Partner with product, engineering, and content teams to drive evidence-driven product development and enhance user engagement.
SENIOR INTERACTION DESIGNER
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Dcg One 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The Senior Interaction Designer shapes digital experiences across websites and AI-powered features, focusing on interaction patterns and responsive behaviors. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable design systems and high-performing, accessible user interfaces.
SENIOR INTERACTION DESIGNER
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Direct Connect Group Dcg Llc 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The Senior Interaction Designer shapes digital experiences across websites and AI-powered features, focusing on interaction patterns and motion. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable design systems and ensure accessibility and performance across all devices.
Graphic Designer - Senior
🇺🇸 Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Leidos 🇺🇸 Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will support the ODNI by developing graphics, digital media, and other multimedia products. They will also coordinate with UI/UX designers to ensure engaging and user-friendly graphics.
Senior UX Researcher - Guest Experience in Stores
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Target 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Lead comprehensive UX research to understand guest behaviors and pain points across physical and digital store environments. Translate research findings into strategic product, service, and operational decisions to improve the end-to-end shopping journey.
Senior UX Researcher – Merch & Employee Tools
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Target 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Lead research initiatives for Vendor Management and Merchandising Tools to improve digital experiences for buyers and planners. Plan, execute, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research to create actionable insights for cross-functional product teams.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Linesight 🇺🇸 Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Manage the delivery of design packages and coordinate with project partners to ensure scope, timing, and quality standards are met. Lead a team of design members and maintain the design change register and documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Hill International, Inc. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The Senior Design Manager leads the planning, design, coordination, and delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects, ensuring compliance with client requirements and regulatory standards. They manage multidisciplinary design teams, project risks, budgets, schedules, and stakeholder engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
Principal UX Designer
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Oliver Bernard 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
As Principal UX Designer, you will lead the design of complex digital experiences and drive end-to-end UX activities. You will partner with senior stakeholders to shape UX strategy and mentor designers.
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.