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Product Designer
You will design the core Restate UI and create visual explanations for complex technical concepts like durable execution. You will work closely with engineers to build scalable design systems and ensure a coherent visual language across the product and developer-facing content.
Product Designer SaaS
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Doofinder 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Design end-to-end solutions including user flows, wireframes, and prototypes while maintaining a scalable design system. Collaborate closely with developers and product managers to deliver intuitive, user-focused products through active participation in discovery and validation processes.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Allswell 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead the design of core patient and provider experiences while building a scalable design system for the company. This role involves conducting user research and partnering closely with engineering and clinical teams to ship intuitive, evidence-based product features.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇩🇪 Germany
Workflex 🇩🇪 Germany
You will design intuitive user flows, wireframes, and prototypes while maintaining a scalable design system to ensure visual and interaction consistency. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex product requirements into user-centered, scalable solutions.
Product Designer
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Tist Media 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
The Product Designer will translate product thinking into clean, user-friendly interfaces for web and mobile platforms while collaborating closely with engineers and product leadership. Responsibilities include executing design flows, contributing to the design system, and shaping AI-native features with a focus on user empathy and clarity.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Tist Media 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Lead the end-to-end product design for the TIST App across web, mobile, and internal tools. This includes defining user flows, evolving the design system, and creating intuitive interfaces for AI-driven features.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Walmart 🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
You will define and lead the visual identity for high-stakes executive communications and events while architecting reusable design systems for the enterprise. Additionally, you will serve as a strategic partner to executives, translating complex strategies into compelling visual narratives.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Point.me 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will own end-to-end design work across the consumer funnel, including onboarding, search, and booking flows. Additionally, you will partner with the senior designer on net-new initiatives and contribute to the company's design system.
Staff Product Designer
🇮🇱 Israel Space Agency, David Hahami, 6713701 Tel-Aviv, Israel
Lemonade 🇮🇱 Israel Space Agency, David Hahami, 6713701 Tel-Aviv, Israel
Lead the design of complex, high-impact product areas from problem definition through delivery while driving decisions across engineering and data teams. Mentor and elevate the design team while shaping the strategic direction of AI-powered experiences and design systems.
Software Engineer, Design Systems
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Whatnot Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Build and evolve design system components across iOS, Android, and web platforms to ensure consistent, accessible, and high-craft UI. Collaborate with product designers to manage design token architecture and develop tooling that keeps design and engineering in sync.
Sênior Product Designer (UX/UI) | Mercado de Forex / CFD
🇺🇸 United States of America
Associated Nerd Global 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of a new Forex/CFD trading platform from scratch, including research, prototyping, and high-fidelity UI. Establish and maintain a comprehensive design system while translating complex financial data into clear, real-time interfaces.
PRODUCT DESIGNER SENIOR
🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Inter Carreiras 🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
You will conduct usability testing and user research to identify improvement opportunities while creating interfaces in Figma that align with the design system. Additionally, you will manage stakeholder expectations and present design proposals backed by qualitative and quantitative data.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Milani Cosmetics 🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will shape brand expression across retail, packaging, and physical consumer experiences by developing scalable design systems. They will partner with the Art Director to translate campaign strategies into compelling visual merchandising and retail environments while maintaining brand consistency.
Group Product Design Manager, Systems
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead the design systems team to define strategy, build reusable components, and bridge the gap between design and engineering. You will also drive adoption across the organization while coaching team members and partnering with product and research stakeholders.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Milani Cosmetics 🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will shape brand expression across retail, packaging, and physical consumer experiences by developing key visuals and scalable design systems. They will partner with the Art Director to translate campaign strategies into compelling retail environments while providing quality control for production designers.
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.