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Senior Product Designer, AI
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Maintainx 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will lead end-to-end design for AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile, translating complex workflows into intuitive tools for frontline workers. You will also collaborate with product and engineering teams to build scalable design systems and champion high-quality user experiences.
Senior Product Designer, AI
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Maintainx 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead end-to-end design for AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile, from initial problem framing to high-fidelity delivery. You will also collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate complex AI workflows into intuitive tools for frontline workers.
Senior Product Designer, AI
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Maintainx 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
You will lead end-to-end design for AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile, translating complex workflows into intuitive tools. You will also collaborate with product managers and engineers to build scalable design systems and champion high-quality user experiences.
Senior Product Designer, AI
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Maintainx 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
You will lead end-to-end design for AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile, translating complex workflows into intuitive tools for frontline workers. You will also contribute to the design system and partner with product and engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable design solutions.
Senior Product Designer, AI
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Maintainx 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
You will lead end-to-end design for AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile, translating complex workflows into intuitive tools for frontline workers. You will also collaborate with product managers and engineers to build scalable design systems while championing high-quality user experiences.
Senior Product Designer, AI
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Maintainx 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
You will lead end-to-end design for AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile, translating complex workflows into intuitive tools for frontline workers. You will also contribute to the design system while partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
Senior Product Designer, AI
🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Maintainx 🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
You will lead end-to-end design for AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile, translating complex workflows into intuitive tools for frontline workers. You will also contribute to the design system while partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
Senior Software Engineer, Frontend, Design Systems
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Turo 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will architect, build, and maintain design system foundations and components for Web while leading AI-assisted workflows across product and engineering teams. Additionally, you will manage release processes, CI pipelines, and foster collaboration between designers and engineers to ensure system adoption.
Senior Web Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Cali)
🇨🇴 Colombia
Blacksmith Agency 🇨🇴 Colombia
You will own the creation of scalable design systems, including token architecture and core component libraries in Figma. Your role involves documenting these systems to ensure they can be executed by developers or automated pipelines without further guidance.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States of America
Tacori 🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States of America
The Senior Designer will partner with creative leadership to develop and execute cohesive visual identities across digital, social, retail, and print channels. They are responsible for managing end-to-end creative projects, from initial campaign concepts to production-ready file preparation.
Senior UX Product Designer (New York City)
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Levelpath 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to discover user needs and deliver elegant, simple solutions through high-fidelity prototypes. Additionally, you will maintain usability standards and contribute to the company's design system while ensuring engineering-ready documentation.
Senior Product Designer, Agent Experience
🇺🇸 United States of America
Vanta 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for agent-led experiences, defining how AI agents, skills, and tools are surfaced to help security teams. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to establish patterns for trustworthy, transparent, and scalable AI-powered workflows.
Senior Product Designer, Foundations
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Tremendous 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will raise the craft of the product by owning the design system and improving the dashboard and recipient experience. They will also partner with engineers to ship high-quality UI, motion, and information architecture across various product pods.
Senior Web Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Belo Horizonte)
🌍 Remote
Blacksmith Agency 🌍 Remote
The role involves building scalable design systems, including token architecture and core component libraries in Figma. You will document these systems to ensure seamless execution by developers and automated pipelines across multiple client brands.
Senior Analyst- BESS Design Engineering
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Desri 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
The role involves reviewing BESS engineering design packages to ensure compliance with safety standards and providing technical support for commissioning and QA/QC activities. You will also evaluate battery system architecture and support procurement technical evaluations for various storage project components.
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.