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Principal Product Designer - Loyalty (all genders) - parental leave cover
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Zalando 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lead the strategic UX and visual direction for the Zalando Plus loyalty ecosystem, designing gamified systems and high-level visions. Mentor other designers and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align business strategy with emotional customer experiences.
Principal Product Designer - Strategic Discovery (all genders)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Zalando 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lead strategic product discovery and research to translate complex user insights into structural UX concepts and interaction models. Partner with senior product management to align qualitative benchmarks with the long-term product roadmap and business goals.
Senior Product Designer (Cortex XSIAM)
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Palo Alto Networks 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Lead the end-to-end design of core product experiences from discovery and research to high-fidelity implementation. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate complex problems into elegant, user-friendly solutions.
Design Manager ( Girl Kidswear )
🇹🇷 Bağcılar, Istanbul, Turkey
Lc Waikiki 🇹🇷 Bağcılar, Istanbul, Turkey
The Design Manager will drive brand performance by creating inspiring collections and translating customer insights into product decisions. They will lead the design process, ensuring alignment with seasonal planning and budget targets while collaborating closely with product teams.
Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Weekday Ai 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives from discovery and research through to implementation for web and mobile applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business objectives into scalable, user-centric digital experiences.
UX Design Manager, YouTube Illustration and Imagery
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a UX Design Manager, you will define a new illustration style for YouTube, ensuring creative excellence and brand consistency. You will mentor the team, manage visual assets, and lead capacity planning to ensure timely project delivery.
UX Design Manager, YouTube Illustration and Imagery
🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
As a UX Design Manager, you will define a new illustration style for YouTube, ensuring creative excellence and brand consistency. You will mentor the team, manage visual assets, and lead capacity planning to ensure timely delivery of initiatives.
Senior Interaction Designer, YouTube TV, Watch Experience
🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Identify high-value opportunities and product innovations by uncovering user needs. Develop long-term UX strategies and lead cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions that drive product impact.
Web Designer
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Regex Seo 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
The UI designer will lead the creative process for projects, creating and presenting design ideas for digital experiences. They will also produce wireframes and collaborate with team members to ensure designs meet usability standards.
Senior Product Designer (Growth)
🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania
Eldorado.gg 🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania
The role involves owning the end-to-end design process for the homepage, navigation, and top-up experiences. The designer will drive conversion rate improvements through structured experimentation and A/B testing in collaboration with product and tech leads.
Senior Signalling System Design Manager (Ref: 260000CE)
🇨🇳 Hong Kong, China
Mtr Corporation 🇨🇳 Hong Kong, China
Lead a team of engineering professionals in the design, testing, and commissioning of CBTC signalling systems, specifically focusing on Zone Controllers and interlocking. Supervise suppliers and ensure all technical activities meet safety and quality standards throughout the project cycle.
Senior Signalling System Design Manager (Ref: 260000CE)
🇨🇳 Hong Kong, China
Mtr Corporation 🇨🇳 Hong Kong, China
Lead a team of engineering professionals in the design, testing, and commissioning of CBTC signalling systems, specifically focusing on Zone Controllers and interlocking. Supervise suppliers and ensure all technical activities meet safety and quality standards throughout the project cycle.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Happyrobot 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will lead the end-to-end design process for major product surfaces, collaborating with various teams to create intuitive user experiences. You will also conduct user research and ensure the feasibility and quality of designs during implementation.
Senior Interaction Designer, YouTube TV, Watch Experience
🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Lead the design evolution of the YouTube TV player and pioneer new formats like multiview to modernize the OTT platform. Develop long-term UX strategies and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-quality user experiences.
UX Designer
🇮🇩 Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia
Ninjaone 🇮🇩 Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia
The UX Designer will lead the end-to-end product development process from problem discovery and research to final UI design and implementation. They will also maintain the design system and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align user needs with business goals.
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.