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Staff Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Airwallex 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
The Staff Product Designer will partner with cross-functional teams to define problems, map user flows, and launch new products. They will also lead the work of designers and engineers, ensuring consistency with the brand and product architecture.
Lead Product Designer, Legal Mandates
🇮🇳 Pune, Maharashtra, India
Kone 🇮🇳 Pune, Maharashtra, India
Own the end-to-end IT solution design for Customer Invoice Solutions and Legal Mandates. Collaborate with global finance stakeholders to assess and shape development ideas.
Lead UX Designer
🇮🇳 India
Target 🇮🇳 India
As a Lead Product Designer, you will own the full design process from discovery to asset delivery, ensuring intuitive and elegant design flows. You will collaborate with various teams to advocate for user needs and maintain global standards for enterprise applications.
Contract - Sr UX designer
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Necsws 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The Senior UX Designer will lead UX efforts across digital products, collaborating with stakeholders to define user journeys and design goals. They will also mentor junior designers and support the design team in producing high-quality design outputs.
Senior Product Designer (AI Experiences)
🌍 Remote
Smartrecruiters Inc 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of AI-driven experiences, focusing on conversational and multi-agent interactions. This includes owning the end-to-end design process from discovery to validation, ensuring high-quality user experiences across various platforms.
Senior Product Designer (AI Experiences)
🌍 Remote
Smartrecruiters Inc 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design of AI-driven experiences, focusing on conversational and multi-agent interactions. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, intuitive, and effective user experiences.
Senior Product Designer (AI Experiences)
🌍 Remote
Smartrecruiters Inc 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of AI-driven experiences, focusing on conversational and multi-agent interactions. This includes owning the end-to-end design process from discovery to validation, ensuring high-quality user experiences.
Senior Product Designer (AI Experiences)
🌍 Remote
Smartrecruiters Inc 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of AI-driven experiences, focusing on conversational and multi-agent interactions. This includes owning the end-to-end experience design process from discovery to validation.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Artlist 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Lead end-to-end design across Artlist’s digital ecosystem and create AI-powered experiences that inspire creators. Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver cohesive, high-impact experiences.
Web Designer
🌍 Remote
Foundry For Good 🌍 Remote
The Web Designer will lead the design and optimization of the public-facing website, focusing on improving lead generation and conversion goals. Responsibilities include designing landing pages, collaborating with marketing and sales teams, and applying best practices in web design.
Senior Product Designer - Technology (Emirati national)
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Black Pearl Consult 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design process from ideation to delivery, collaborating with product managers and engineers. They will also conduct user research and establish UX/UI standards within the organization.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Trophi.ai 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead end-to-end product design from discovery to user testing, ensuring cohesive UX that drives business outcomes. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ship high-quality experiences quickly.
UI/UX Designer
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead the entire UX lifecycle, from conducting user research to designing and prototyping user-centered solutions. They will collaborate with various teams to implement and optimize features that enhance customer satisfaction and drive conversion.
Senior Product Designer, Merchant Platform Innovation
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Doordash Usa 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
You will lead the user experience of products end-to-end, contributing to product strategy and crafting visions. You will work cross-functionally to build and ship your designs while delivering clear storytelling around product needs.
Senior Product Designer (UI/UX)
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States
Servicecore 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States
Lead customer, product, and market research activities, including user interviews and usability testing. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to build quality products and experiences.
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.