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Senior UX Designer
The Senior UX Designer will drive design processes, gather and analyze insights to uncover user and business needs, and create prototypes for validation and development. They will facilitate workshops and collaborate with stakeholders to define direction and make informed decisions.
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
🌍 Remote
Arbor Education 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will work closely with product teams to define problems and validate solutions through iterative design processes. They will design and prototype user interfaces and maintain a deep understanding of user needs and business objectives.
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.
Senior Product Designer, Visa Open Banking (Fixed-Term Contract)
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Visa 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
The Senior Product Designer will deliver outstanding user experiences through initial designs and iterative updates, ensuring usability and accessibility. They will conduct user research to understand customer needs and collaborate with diverse teams for high-quality design execution.
Senior Product Designer II, Platform Product
🌍 Remote
Hubspot 🌍 Remote
Define and design cohesive experiences across the platform while preventing silos. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure user-centric solutions and measure impact through analytics.
Senior Product Designer II, Platform Product
🇮🇪 Ireland
Hubspot 🇮🇪 Ireland
The role involves defining and designing cohesive experiences across the platform while ensuring scalability and accessibility. Additionally, it includes collaborating with various teams and measuring the impact of design decisions.
Senior UX/UI Product Designer (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Axel Springer News Media National 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
You will design digital journalistic products conceptually, functionally, and visually across all devices. Your work will involve translating complex structures into intuitive digital experiences for millions of users.
Senior Product Designer, Developer AI
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Atlassian 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Craft exceptional developer experiences by designing intuitive workflows and enhancing them with AI. Own the end-to-end design process and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Fluxon 🌍 Remote
As a Senior Product Designer, you will collaborate with stakeholders to translate business goals into unique product experiences and work closely with development teams to implement designs. You will also conduct user requirements analysis and promote a culture of empathy for the end-user.
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.
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.