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Senior UX Designer - Figma Atlanta, GA
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Virtus Solution 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX design efforts from discovery to handoff, creating intuitive digital experiences across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build and maintain scalable design systems and component libraries in Figma.
Federal Design Manager – Design-Build Focus
🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
Parsons Corporation 🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
Lead and manage the design execution process for federal design-build projects, ensuring compliance with contract requirements and federal criteria. Serve as the primary interface between the owner, contractor, and design teams to oversee technical development and constructability.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Location, Tucker County, West Virginia, United States of America
Posted.careers 🇺🇸 Location, Tucker County, West Virginia, United States of America
Lead design across the website, app, and in-store kiosks while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Focus on solving customer and business challenges through discovery, strategy, and hands-on execution.
Senior Web Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Greenlight 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Senior Web Designer will create high-performing, user-centered web experiences and conversion-focused digital layouts for families. They will lead the design process from ideation and research to delivery, collaborating with product, engineering, and marketing teams.
Product Designer - AI
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Redbranch Executive Search & Recruitment 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the product design for new AI ventures from initial concept to MVP, turning ambiguous ideas into intuitive product flows. Collaborate closely with software engineers in agile teams to implement polished user experiences and define reusable AI patterns.
Product Designer ($90k-$150k + Equity) at Aios Medical
🇩🇪 Germany
Jack & Jill 🇩🇪 Germany
Lead the end-to-end design of customer-facing mobile apps for GLP-1 treatments and optimize internal clinical tools. Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to balance user needs with regulatory and commercial constraints.
Product Designer III
🇺🇸 Hebron, Boone County, KY 41048, United States of America
Beltways 🇺🇸 Hebron, Boone County, KY 41048, United States of America
The role involves leading the design and development of the Beltways OS and website, including creating high-fidelity wireframes and interactive prototypes. Additionally, the designer will generate 3D renderings for marketing and implement AI-driven tools to improve team productivity.
Senior Product Designer (£75k-£95k) at Humaans
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jack & Jill 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end product design process from research to pixel-perfect UI for an AI-driven HRIS platform. Partner with engineering teams to define interaction models and visual languages for complex workforce orchestration layers.
Founding Product Designer (£80k-£110k) at Chalkie
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Jack & Jill 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead product areas end-to-end from initial sketching to production, acting as the Product Manager for assigned features. Collaborate with a community of paying teachers to validate concepts and ship improvements using AI-assisted tools.
Brand & Web Designer at Model ML
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Jack & Jill 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The role involves owning the visual identity across LinkedIn and the web, specifically designing and building high-impact pages in Framer. The designer will also create motion and static assets for social channels and collaborate with leadership on the brand's visual story.
Graphic designer
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan, Bangladesh
Funush Private Limited 🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan, Bangladesh
The role involves conceptualizing and designing visuals such as banners, festoons, and social media content based on requirements from the Content Lead. The designer is responsible for preparing drafts, modifying graphics based on feedback, and ensuring timely delivery.
Product Designer (Staff / Principal Level) (£115k–£140k) at Anima
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jack & Jill 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end design for multiple product lines, acting as both designer and product manager to shape the company roadmap. Formalize design standards and scale the design system to ensure high-precision interfaces for clinicians.
Brand & Product Designer (+ Equity) at Series B AI research lab
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The designer will lead the evolution of the brand's visual identity across digital platforms and marketing campaigns. They will also collaborate with the product team to design high-visibility user experiences and core design system elements.
Product Designer at Series B backed AI startup
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role involves architecting a scalable design system from the ground up, including tokens and components. The designer will define the interaction layer for next-generation AI agents and eventually lead specific product domains.
Senior Product Designer ($160k-$220k + Equity) at well-funded AI agent orchestration startup
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of a complex AI agent orchestration platform, focusing on human-in-the-loop approvals and memory systems. Collaborate with founders and engineers to define the product vision and build a robust design system.
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.