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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Noom Us 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead end-to-end design for key initiatives within the Engagement Growth Engine team, from discovery through execution. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape product strategy and define success metrics.
Sr. Product Designer- Mobile (Remote from Bulgaria)
🌍 Remote
Smartsheet 🌍 Remote
Define and drive the mobile design experience for key areas of the enterprise platform, translating business goals and user needs into innovative solutions. Lead the design lifecycle for major mobile initiatives, collaborating with product managers and engineers to deliver features that provide clear business value.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
Applied Intuition 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
Lead the end-to-end design process for multiple products and communicate directly with users to understand their pain points. Collaborate closely with PM and Engineering to create and validate UX solutions for complex engineering challenges.
Experienced Product Designer - Design System
🇨🇿 Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia
Eset 🇨🇿 Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia
As an Experienced Product Designer, you will lead specific areas of the Design System and advocate for best practices across the organization. You will also validate design decisions through usability testing and collaborate with various stakeholders.
Sr Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Iowa, United States
Workiva Inc. 🇺🇸 Iowa, United States
Lead design strategy and execution for large, multi-product initiatives while defining long-term experience vision and frameworks. Mentor designers and advocate for customer needs through evidence and thoughtful design decisions.
Principal Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Superduper 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead design across a diverse Web3 product portfolio, ensuring each product maintains its unique identity while contributing to a cohesive ecosystem. Collaborate with engineering teams and specialized teams to ensure designs meet technical and regulatory requirements.
Lead UX Designer (Contract Talent)
🇦🇷 San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Salta, Argentina
Robert Half 🇦🇷 San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Salta, Argentina
The Lead UX Designer will create original concept designs for applications and web experiences while directing the work of other designers. They will also incorporate business requirements, user research, and technical limitations into their designs.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Attindas - Us 🇺🇸 United States
The Product Designer is responsible for driving value by creating and improving product designs that align with the category strategy. This includes leading projects, participating in cross-functional teams, and overseeing research and design activities.
Sr UX Designer I
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Elsevier 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The Senior UX Designer I leads the design strategy for a business or product line, focusing on customer needs and product design options. They also mentor other designers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure user-centered design processes are followed.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Jerry.ai 🇺🇸 United States
As a Staff Product Designer, you will lead design for key products and ship features that modernize car care. Your work will shape the user experience and elevate design quality across Jerry's offerings.
Product Designer
The Product Designer is responsible for driving value through product design improvements and leading projects with increasing complexity. This includes collaborating with cross-functional teams and overseeing research and design activities.
Consumer UX Designer (AI Direction) at Global leading e-commerce tech platform
🇨🇳 Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Jack & Jill/external Ats 🇨🇳 Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Design end-to-end user experiences for AI-driven shopping tools and establish a comprehensive AI design language. Collaborate with AI scientists and engineers to create reliable user interfaces from complex machine learning outputs.
UX Designer at fast-growing digital services startup
🌍 Remote
Jack & Jill/external Ats 🌍 Remote
The UX Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for digital products, conducting user research and usability testing to gather insights. They will create high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes while collaborating with engineers and product managers for implementation.
Senior Product Designer (NY)
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Complex 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Co-lead UX strategy and execution while translating business goals and customer insights into seamless digital shopping experiences. Collaborate with various teams to enhance user satisfaction and business performance through thoughtful design solutions.
Senior Product Designer (bi-lingual English)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inbenta 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the ideation and design of new product features, ensuring seamless user experiences. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate user requirements into actionable designs.
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.