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Product Designer - Fintech AI (Early Team)
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Greylock Partners 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Founding Designer will shape the visual identity and user experience of an enterprise AI platform for financial compliance. They will collaborate with product and engineering teams to create intuitive interfaces and build a design system from the ground up.
Staff Designer - Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Permitflow 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Establish and lead the 'Cornerstone' design system, creating the visual and interaction foundation for AI-driven product experiences. Collaborate with engineering leadership to design, ship, and document production-ready components and patterns.
Product Designer | NordVPN Apps | Mid-Senior
🇱🇹 Kaunas, Kauno miesto savivaldybė, Lithuania
Nord Security 🇱🇹 Kaunas, Kauno miesto savivaldybė, Lithuania
Own the end-to-end design process for the NordVPN apps squad across multiple platforms including mobile, desktop, and browser extensions. Collaborate with product owners and engineers to challenge briefs, apply design systems, and ensure high-quality implementation through Design QA.
Product Designer | NordVPN Apps | Mid-Senior
🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania
Nord Security 🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania
Own the end-to-end design process for NordVPN apps across multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and browser extensions. Collaborate with product owners and engineers to challenge briefs, apply and grow the design system, and ensure high-quality implementation through Design QA.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Luxoft 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Own the UX design process for complex, high-load interfaces across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. Develop wireframes and prototypes while maintaining a consistent design system through collaboration with product managers and engineers.
Senior / Lead UI/UX Designer – Shopify Ecommerce
🇺🇸 Buena Park, California, United States of America
Gurunanda Llc 🇺🇸 Buena Park, California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end UX/UI strategy and design system for the Shopify storefront to drive business growth and conversion. Lead UX research and experimentation while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performing digital experiences.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Edina, Minnesota, United States of America
Bi Worldwide 🇺🇸 Edina, Minnesota, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will define and design features within a Figma design system, partnering with product owners and engineers to optimize usability. They will co-lead the UX practice, conduct user testing, and champion accessibility and internationalization across products.
Founding Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Fitmatch 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Founding Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design of a clinical platform and establish the company's first design system and visual identity. They will collaborate with engineering and clinicians to create high-stakes user experiences for Body AI products across healthcare, sports, and retail.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Scott Township, PA 15106, United States of America
Wolfe, Llc 🇺🇸 Scott Township, PA 15106, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of consumer, corporate, and merchant platforms, from initial research and wireframing to high-fidelity prototypes. Maintain and evolve the design system while collaborating with engineering to ensure pixel-perfect implementation across the Wolfe ecosystem.
Senior Product Designer (w/m/d/x) – UX / UI
Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
Emil Group Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
The role involves end-to-end design of complex B2B SaaS workflows, focusing on making configuration-heavy tools intuitive and consistent. Responsibilities include continuous user validation, developing a scalable design system, and providing precise specifications to the engineering team.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Air 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
The Product Designer will collaborate with end-users and engineers to translate mission-critical workflows into validated product features. They are responsible for executing rapid prototyping cycles and maintaining the design system for the Air Enterprise Readiness Platform.
Senior Product Designer - Core Product (Remote)
Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
Finom Remote (🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany)
Own the end-to-end design lifecycle from discovery to implementation for core product domains. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate complex business goals into intuitive user experiences and scalable design systems.
Founding Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Odin 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design direction and visual brand identity for a private markets infrastructure platform. Translate complex, regulated workflows into intuitive user experiences while establishing scalable design systems and research practices.
UX Fintech Product Designer
🇲🇽 29120 Monterrey, CHP, Mexico
Crediclub 🇲🇽 29120 Monterrey, CHP, Mexico
Lead the end-to-end design of internal operational tools, including flows, wireframes, and prototypes. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to evolve the design system and iterate based on user feedback and metrics.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
1st Formations 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will own and evolve the design system while translating complex requirements into intuitive, user-centered digital experiences. They will lead design iterations based on data and user insights and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure design feasibility and alignment with business goals.
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.