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Senior UX / Product Designer — Founding MVP Consultant
Remote (🇫🇷 Paris, France)
Crisscross Remote (🇫🇷 Paris, France)
You will define the core user experience for a complex B2B services marketplace, focusing on information architecture, discovery, and decision-making flows. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and visual design teams to ensure the product remains intuitive and simple.
Senior Product Designer (12 Month Fixed-Term Contract)
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sonder 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Senior Product Designer will lead design across the member experience, taking projects from early discovery through to shipped product. They will work closely with Product and Engineering teams while maintaining a focus on mobile interaction and visual craft.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Elfonze Technologies Pvt Ltd 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Senior Graphic Designer will own and evolve the Elfonze brand identity while creating high-impact visual assets across digital, print, and social media channels. They will also lead creative direction, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency.
Senior Product Designer (12 Month Fixed-Term Contract)
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sonder.io 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You will lead product design across the member experience, taking projects from early discovery through to shipped, polished product. You will work closely with product and engineering teams to deliver high-quality mobile-first design solutions.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇪🇬 Giza, Aj Jiza, Egypt
Mazeed 🇪🇬 Giza, Aj Jiza, Egypt
Lead the conceptualization and creation of visual designs across branding, marketing, and digital platforms while maintaining consistent design systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align visual assets with company objectives and ensure high-quality output.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Capital One 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
You will design intuitive, accessible experiences across native iOS, Android, and Web platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive product strategy. Responsibilities include defining design standards, contributing to the design system, and using data-driven insights to optimize user journeys.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Mrbeast 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead the design of a gamified consumer membership ecosystem, shaping its visual and experiential DNA from the ground up. You will partner with engineering leadership to define product roadmaps and iterate on core retention loops using AI-driven workflows.
Senior Design Manager - Onshore Wind
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Beca 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the design and delivery of onshore wind projects from early-stage development through to construction and commissioning. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams while building trusted client relationships and managing project governance and commercial performance.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
Vista 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
You will lead the design of innovative, user-centered cinema software solutions while mentoring junior designers and advocating for design excellence. The role involves driving end-to-end design processes, from research and discovery to visual execution, while aligning design decisions with business strategy.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
Vista Group 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
You will lead the design of user-centered cinema software solutions by aligning business strategy with innovative product experiences. The role involves driving end-to-end design processes, mentoring junior designers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure design excellence.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
Vista Group 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
You will lead the design of user-centered products by collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative software solutions for the cinema industry. Your role involves driving the end-to-end design process, from research and discovery to visual execution, while mentoring junior designers and advocating for design excellence.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Easygo 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You will lead product design across the Sportsbook Core and Trust & Compliance domains, working cross-functionally to deliver exceptional user experiences. You are expected to manage multiple roadmaps, prioritize tasks effectively, and translate complex insights into actionable design decisions.
Senior Design Manager (West Seattle Link Extension)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Sound Transit 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Leads and manages the delivery of civil engineering elements for the West Seattle Link Extension project. Provides oversight for large design consultant teams and coordinates across various internal departments and external stakeholders.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver AI-powered product experiences from concept through launch. Apply front-end technical knowledge and rapid prototyping to validate emerging AI interaction patterns and ensure design quality.
Senior UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead end-to-end research on AI experiences for Windows, collaborating with engineers and scientists to inform model behavior and system design. You will set the methodological standards for evaluating non-deterministic AI systems and provide insights that shape future product roadmaps.
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.