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Principal Product Designer, Core Transfer Experience
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Remitly 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design vision for the core remittance flow, focusing on navigation patterns and interaction systems. Provide UX leadership across multiple squads to unify the product funnel from the home screen through post-submit experiences.
Creative Services Manager - Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Cintas 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead the creative direction and execution of marketing materials across various formats while maintaining brand guidelines. Manage multiple projects from concept to completion, including digital, print, and video assets.
UI/UX & Visual Designer
🇦🇪 Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Sunreef Yachts 🇦🇪 Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
The designer will lead the visual and user experience design of premium software interfaces and craft custom visual assets. They will collaborate with developers to ensure accurate implementation of designs and continuously improve usability based on feedback.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇪 Equinix, Dublin, Ireland
Rapidratings 🇮🇪 Equinix, Dublin, Ireland
The Senior Product Designer will lead user and experience research, design end-to-end user journeys, and own the design system. They will engage closely with engineering to bring experiences to life and measure their impact.
Senior UX Designer, Amazon Customer Service
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Amazon 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Lead the end-to-end design process from concept to launch to improve the Associate and Driver experience. Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate AI best practices and mentor junior designers.
Product Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Epicor Software Corporation 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Manage and develop a team of product designers while ensuring high-quality design output and alignment with product priorities. Partner with Product Management and Engineering leadership to drive problem-solving and integrate AI into design practices.
Sr. Product Designer, Public Space Incubator (English Services) (Hybrid/Telework)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cbc/radio-canada 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the design-led solutions for the Public Space Incubator by shaping future product opportunities and establishing design governance. The role involves creating high-fidelity frameworks in Figma and ensuring strict accessibility standards across all user experiences.
Sr UX & UXP & UI Designer
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Vml 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Lead end-to-end digital experience design, creating wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity prototypes. Conduct user research and maintain design systems to ensure visual and functional consistency across platforms.
Lead Product Designer, Platform
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Draftkings Inc. 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Drive the design vision and execution for impactful platform product areas, creating reusable patterns and scalable systems. Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to define long-term product direction and mentor junior designers to elevate the organization's craft.
Sr UX Designer - Verizon - Freelance
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Akqa 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design of complex digital product ecosystems and interaction systems for a global leader in digital payments. Develop high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes while collaborating across design, product, and engineering teams.
Lead Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Aspora 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
As Lead Product Designer, you will lead the product design process from user research to delivering polished experiences. You will also mentor other designers and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Senior Signalling System Design Manager (Ref: 260000CE)
🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
Mtr Corporation Limited 香港鐵路有限公司 🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
Lead a team responsible for designing the CBTC signalling system and supervise the signalling supplier. Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards throughout the project cycle.
Senior AI Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Karbon Business 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Senior AI Product Designer will lead the redesign of the AI-powered accounting platform, focusing on reimagining user interactions and workflows. This role involves creating intuitive experiences that leverage AI to enhance user engagement and retention.
Senior UI Designer (LY-CR11)
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Lemon Yellow Llp 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
The Senior UI Designer will take ownership of UI designs from concept to final handoff, ensuring clarity and usability across complex workflows. They will collaborate closely with UX designers and product leads to create seamless product journeys tailored to fintech use cases.
Founding Lead Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Healf 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will define the product experience of Wellbeing Intelligence, including the mobile app and design system. You will also establish the design culture and language at Healf, ensuring that the product resonates emotionally with users.
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.