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Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Akqa 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
As a Senior Product Designer, you will take ownership of setting up and operationalizing a design system for a globally renowned company. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and be responsible for delivering high-priority projects that create meaningful value.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Coast 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Product Designer will lead design projects and collaborate with product and engineering teams to implement features. They will also conduct user research and validate designs to ensure a user-centric approach.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Trucksmarter 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
As a Senior Product Designer, you will own product and design initiatives from end to end, crafting meaningful experiences that reflect TruckSmarter's values. You will work cross-functionally with the team to shape the product from strategy to execution and future iterations.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Omada Health 🌍 Remote
As a Senior Product Designer, you will identify gaps in the member and care team experience and drive the design process through various stages including ideation and prototyping. You will collaborate closely with product managers and other teams to create user-centered design solutions.
Senior Product Designer (Coupang Eats)
The Senior Product Designer will work on top priority projects for Coupang Eats, collaborating closely with stakeholders and senior leadership to bring their vision and ideas to life. They will also be responsible for solving user problems in a way that positively impacts Coupang’s business.
Senior Product Designer (Coupang Eats)
🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
Coupang 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
The Senior Product Designer will work as an individual contributor on high-priority projects for Coupang Eats, collaborating closely with stakeholders and senior management to realize their vision and ideas. They are expected to demonstrate problem-solving abilities through a customer-centric design approach and ensure high-quality output.
Senior Product Designer, Trading
🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Okx 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
The Senior Product Designer will synthesize needs from various teams into comprehensive design deliverables and work through design problems from beginning to end. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define initiatives and create thoughtful solutions throughout the product lifecycle.
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.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States
Verkada 🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States
As a Senior Product Designer, you will collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product managers to deliver best-in-class web and mobile tools. You will also mentor junior designers and manage multiple projects while participating in user research as needed.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Deel 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will analyze customer and business problems to identify pain points and create elegant solutions. They will take full ownership of their work from ideation to design QA and collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Developers.
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.
Sr. Product Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
Jerry.ai 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape how millions interact with Jerry’s core products by designing intuitive and visually polished experiences. You will own end-to-end design, from user flows to high-fidelity visuals and prototypes.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Clearwater Analytics 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States
The Senior UX Designer will create an excellent end-user interaction and overall experience for users navigating web-based applications and websites. They will collaborate with various teams to understand user needs and project goals, conduct user research, and present designs for feedback.
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 UX Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sensor Tower 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior UX Designer will own the UX design for key areas of the Pathmatics and App Advertising Insights products, focusing on complex workflows involving spend data and competitive analysis. They will collaborate closely with Product Managers and Engineering to ensure designs are feasible and user-friendly.
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.