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Staff Product Designer
🇮🇳 India
Koru Ux Design Llp 🇮🇳 India
The Staff Product Designer will lead ambiguous, high-leverage projects across multiple teams and accounts while setting AI UX standards. They are responsible for mentoring designers, driving strategic design initiatives, and evolving internal design frameworks.
Lead Product Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Australiansuper 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
You will lead a team of Product Designers to drive design strategy across various products and member journeys. Your role involves challenging existing thinking to deliver outstanding outcomes that align with the organization's purpose.
UX and UI Designer Technical Solutions
🇮🇳 Noida, Dadri, India
Infosys 🇮🇳 Noida, Dadri, India
Lead end-to-end UX/UI design activities for complex enterprise applications and digital transformation initiatives. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into intuitive user experiences through research, prototyping, and design systems.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Z Gallerie 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead visual strategy across digital platforms and retail environments while upholding brand standards. They are responsible for mentoring junior team members and collaborating with cross-functional teams to execute high-level creative concepts.
Station Design Manager
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Systra Canada 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lead and coordinate the multidisciplinary design of rail stations from concept to completion, ensuring alignment with operational requirements and regulatory frameworks. Manage technical interfaces between architecture, rail systems, and civil works while overseeing design governance and authority approvals.
Regional Design Manager
🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Stack Infrastructure Emea 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
The Regional Design Manager will lead and govern the end-to-end design management process for data center developments within the region. They are responsible for ensuring technical alignment, managing multidisciplinary consultant teams, and mitigating design risks throughout the project lifecycle.
Station Design Manager
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Systra 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lead and coordinate the multidisciplinary design of rail stations from concept to completion, ensuring alignment with operational requirements and regulatory frameworks. Manage technical interfaces between architecture, engineering systems, and external authorities to deliver high-performance transportation hubs.
Senior/Lead UX Designer
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Gotymex 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
The role involves designing scalable, user-friendly features while focusing on UX strategy and the broader product journey. You will collaborate within a multinational design team to deliver high-quality, data-driven solutions for fintech products.
Product Designer L2/Senior - CEG (Bangkok - Based, Relocation Provided)
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Agoda 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
You will lead the design and execution of self-service tools within the Customer Experience Group to reduce customer friction. This involves running discovery phases, testing prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive, customer-centric solutions.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇵🇰 Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Cognitive Healthcare International 🇵🇰 Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Design intuitive, HIPAA-compliant user interfaces and experiences for complex healthcare applications. Lead end-to-end design initiatives and maintain robust design systems while collaborating with cross-functional product teams.
Product Designer L2/Senior - CEG (Bangkok - Based, Relocation Provided)
🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
Agoda 🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
You will lead the design direction for self-service tools within the Customer Experience Group to reduce friction in the guest booking journey. This involves running discovery phases, testing prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive, customer-centric solutions.
Visual Designer
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Bytedance 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Define the visual design language and lead the development of foundational design system elements for AI-powered products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between visual strategy, interaction logic, and motion behavior.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Bytedance 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead the interaction design for AI-native products and system-level software while defining cross-device consistency frameworks. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive 0-to-1 exploratory projects from conceptual design to production-ready implementation.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Horsham Township, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Asplundh Tree Expert, Llc 🇺🇸 Horsham Township, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Develop compelling visual communications and marketing materials to elevate the brand across digital and print channels. Collaborate with cross-functional leadership to translate complex ideas into engaging visual stories while maintaining brand consistency.
Lead Product Designer, Platform
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Fanatics Momentum 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
You will own the design of foundational customer journeys including registration, KYC, payments, and loyalty programs. You will also be responsible for establishing shared design patterns and embedding design early into platform decisions.
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.