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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company
🇲🇽 Mexico
Truelogic Software 🇲🇽 Mexico
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming complex workflows into intuitive user-centered experiences. Establish and evolve design systems while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇿🇦 Parow, 7501, South Africa
Herotel 🇿🇦 Parow, 7501, South Africa
Lead the end-to-end digital experience for a telecoms brand, from discovery and user research to delivering developer-ready designs. Govern the design system and optimize user flows across websites, apps, and customer portals.
Senior Product Designer
Lead the UI/UX and data visualization strategy to translate complex research into intuitive digital products and dashboards. Manage the end-to-end design process for the website and mentor other designers and contributors.
Senior Product Designer (Temp-to-Hire)
🇺🇸 Pasadena, California, United States of America
Prorata.ai 🇺🇸 Pasadena, California, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will design end-to-end product experiences and translate complex AI capabilities into user-friendly interfaces. They will collaborate with various teams to define requirements and ensure user-aligned design.
Freelance Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Akqa 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Senior Product Designers lead the design of complex systems of interactions and contribute to design systems from both UX and UI perspectives. They develop high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes, ensuring clarity and coherence in multi-step experiences.
Sr UX Designer - Verizon - Freelance
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Akqa 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Senior UX Designers lead the design of complex systems of interactions and deliver high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes. They also support and guide other designers while contributing to thought leadership within the UX discipline.
Senior Product Designer – MLB App, Web and Streaming
🇺🇸 Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
Major League Baseball (mlb) 🇺🇸 Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will shape the future of the live game experience across MLB’s app, web, and streaming platforms. This includes creating engaging features and experiences that enhance how fans interact with baseball in real time.
Senior Engineer, Gas Planning and Design Engineering
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
National Grid 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Engineer will ensure the completion of corrosion control programs within regulated timeframes and budgets while promoting safety procedures. The role involves developing and maintaining engineering programs for gas facilities to achieve compliance with federal and state regulations.
Senior Visual Designer (6784)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Run Studios Llc 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead concept development and visual communication design for live keynote events and product launches. Create polished visual assets across print, digital, and scenic environments while collaborating with motion and broadcast teams.
Senior Product Designer (Dil Mil)
Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
Social Discovery Group Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
The role involves designing intuitive user interfaces and high-fidelity prototypes for B2C social discovery products. It also requires conducting user research and analyzing business data to optimize the overall user experience.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Ncino, Inc. 🇺🇸 Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the full design lifecycle for complex cloud banking product features, from initial research to post-launch validation. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to evolve the design system and mentor junior designers.
Senior Product Designer – MLB App, Web and Streaming
🇺🇸 Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
Major League Baseball 🇺🇸 Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
Lead the design of live game experiences across MLB's app, web, and streaming platforms, focusing on real-time data and storytelling. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evolve the Basepath design system and mentor other designers.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Vega 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
The Senior Product Designer will design complex interfaces that transform security data into actionable insights and create a cohesive design system. They will lead user research and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver impactful features.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Ingenio 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Own end-to-end design flows for priority pages and journeys, translating brand direction into cohesive experiences. Collaborate closely with the product team to define and deliver the next generation of consumer experiences across mobile and web platforms.
Senior Product Designer (Cortex XSIAM)
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Palo Alto Networks 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Lead the design of end-to-end product experiences, from early discovery and user research to high-fidelity design and final implementation. Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other partners to shape product strategy and define the user experience.
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.