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Senior Agentic Product Designer - Remote - Latin America
Remote (🇪🇨 Ecuador)
Fullstack Remote (🇪🇨 Ecuador)
As a Senior Agentic Product Designer, you will integrate directly into the client's team and collaborate with existing designers and engineers. You will be responsible for leading end-to-end product design initiatives.
Senior UX Designer - Tieto Banktech (m/f/d)
🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia
Tieto 🇱🇻 Riga, Latvia
Design intuitive digital tools for AML, fraud detection, and regulatory compliance within the banking sector. Lead the end-to-end design process from discovery and problem framing to detailed interaction design and validation.
Project Manager (Design Manager) – Workplace
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead and manage multiple design teams and consultants for retail store projects. Oversee project delivery, maintain schedules and budgets, and ensure client satisfaction.
Freelance Graphic Designer, Apparel
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Workgenius Group 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Freelance Graphic Designer will lead the creative exploration and execution of graphic design concepts for apparel categories. They will design original artwork and present concepts to senior leadership.
Design Engineering Architect
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Cadence 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The role involves leading Front End Design projects and providing technical leadership to a team of RTL design engineers. Responsibilities include defining microarchitectural features, overseeing RTL development, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Managing Consultant - E&U - Design Engineering and Science
🇬🇧 Melbourn, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Consultancy.uk 🇬🇧 Melbourn, South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
The Managing Consultant will lead business development initiatives and collaborate with clients to deliver innovative solutions in the Energy Transition sector. They will also support team growth through coaching and knowledge-sharing.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Converge 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will define experiences across SAAS software and physical products, leading user research and collaborating with cross-functional teams. They will create prototypes and design solutions that enhance customer experience and align with business outcomes.
Senior Head of Design
🇦🇺 Cremorne TAS 7024, Australia
Seek 🇦🇺 Cremorne TAS 7024, Australia
Lead the design strategy and execution for the Hirer portfolio to create cohesive marketplace experiences. Drive the integration of AI and data-driven insights to improve customer outcomes and mentor a diverse team of design leaders.
Fire Alarm Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Ahern 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
You will provide leadership and direction for the Fire Alarm Design team, ensuring effective scaling and high-quality results. This includes overseeing project design progression and establishing a vision for the design group.
Senior/Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Pulley 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Design and communicate user flows and specifications for stakeholders and engineers. Lead projects from concept to launch while ensuring high execution standards.
Senior Agentic Product Designer - Remote - Latin America
Remote (🇨🇱 Valparaíso, Provincia de Valparaíso, Chile)
Fullstack Remote (🇨🇱 Valparaíso, Provincia de Valparaíso, Chile)
As a Senior Agentic Product Designer, you will integrate directly into the client's team and collaborate with existing designers and engineers. You will be responsible for leading end-to-end product design initiatives and ensuring high-quality design outputs.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇴 Colombia
Monks 🇨🇴 Colombia
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead end-to-end design for customer-facing digital products, ensuring user-centered experiences across applications. You will collaborate with stakeholders to define and design solutions that meet business goals and user needs.
Ferries Terminal Design Manager - West Coast
🇺🇸 Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead project design teams for delivering various design projects in Washington State and support other projects in the Pacific Northwest Region. They will ensure timely and quality delivery of project design documents while managing technical coordination between clients and design teams.
UX Researcher (III) [210597]
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Uxr Hunt 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead moderately complex research projects from conception to completion while driving user-centric thinking across teams. Act as a key advocate for inclusive research and design practices, guiding product development with actionable insights.
Product Design Manager, Enterprise
🇨🇦 Canada
Clio 🇨🇦 Canada
Lead design across Clio's Enterprise segment, shaping the design direction of AI-powered legal technology products. Manage and mentor a team of product designers while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality user experiences.
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.