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(Senior) Product Designer (m/w/d) · Hamburg | Hybrid

Remote (🇩🇪 Germany)

Lead the end-to-end design process from discovery to go-live within a product trio, focusing on complex system conceptualization and user-centric features. Drive the integration of AI tools into the design workflow and maintain the company's design system.

RemoteFull-timeSenior
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Product Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

The role involves designing elegant interfaces for complex AI functionality and moving quickly from concept to polished prototypes. Additionally, the designer will contribute to the design system and support brand and marketing design efforts.

Full-time
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Product Designer

🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines

The Product Designer will own end-to-end design projects for web and mobile platforms, focusing on high-fidelity interfaces and natural user interactions. They will also maintain the Fireflies Essential Design System to ensure consistency and scalability across products.

Full-time
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Product Designer

Remote (🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India)

The Product Designer will own end-to-end design projects for web and mobile platforms, focusing on high-fidelity interfaces and natural interactions. They will also maintain the Fireflies Essential Design System and collaborate with engineering teams to ensure seamless execution.

RemoteFull-time
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end design process from discovery to launch, transforming complex customer and business challenges into intuitive digital experiences. Partner with cross-functional teams to define product strategy and evolve scalable design systems across the Chewy ecosystem.

$149,000 - $225,000Full-timeSenior
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Product Designer

🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The Product Designer will create intuitive, customer-centered digital experiences across web and mobile platforms for Mirvac's digital ecosystem. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform customer insights into scalable solutions and maintain the company's design system.

Full-time
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Digital Bank Product Designer (JP・EN)

🇯🇵 Japan

The role involves end-to-end UX/UI design for digital banking consumer apps, web services, and corporate platforms. You will develop design concepts, conduct user research, and maintain design systems to optimize user experience.

$8,000,000 - $12,000,000Full-time
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

The role involves owning the end-to-end product design for the Artemis platform, from research and discovery to visual polish and hand-off. You will partner with leadership to translate complex security workflows into intuitive interfaces and evolve the company's design system.

$170,000 - $220,000Full-timeSenior
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Intern- UI/UX Designer

🇮🇳 Noida, Dadri, India

The intern will assist in designing user-friendly web and mobile application interfaces by creating wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes. They will also conduct user research and collaborate with developers to implement design systems and improve usability.

Full-timeIntern
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Senior Product Designer

🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel

Own the design of admin and end-user experiences for an agentic identity platform across web and mobile. Define new interaction patterns for AI agent behavior and build the company's design system from the ground up.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end design process for the Mac desktop application, from initial ideation to final implementation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive financial tools and maintain design system consistency.

$155,000 - $172,500Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇻🇳 Hà Nội, Vietnam

The Product Designer will apply human-centered design principles to create purpose-driven user experiences and manage the design system. They will conduct extensive user research and data analysis to drive evidence-based design decisions and optimize product accessibility.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (Figma + Cloud Cursor) - Remote - Latin America

Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)

The Senior Product Designer will integrate into client teams to design complex digital products from concept to delivery. Responsibilities include creating intuitive product experiences, maintaining design systems, and collaborating with engineers for frontend handoff.

RemoteFull-timeSenior
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Product Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end user experience design for employees and visitors across web, mobile, and kiosk surfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex real-world problems into intuitive design solutions and maintain the company's design system.

$210,000 - $230,000Full-timeSenior
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UX / UI Product Designer

🇬🇧 Milton Keynes, City of Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

The designer will own the end-to-end product experience, focusing on optimizing B2B workflows and building a comprehensive design system in Figma. They will drive user research and iterate on designs using both qualitative feedback and quantitative data.

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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.