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Senior UX designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Norton Blake 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The role involves designing interactions for AI-driven products and building high-fidelity coded prototypes in React to test concepts. You will also collaborate with engineers and data scientists to embed AI workflows into the design practice.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇩🇰 1357 København K, Denmark
Triband 🇩🇰 1357 København K, Denmark
You will own the full UI/UX pipeline from initial wireframes and mockups to final implementation within the Unity engine. You will collaborate with designers and programmers to create clear, playful, and accessible interface elements that align with the game's aesthetic.
Product Designer
🇳🇴 Norway
Safetywing 🇳🇴 Norway
Lead product design initiatives from conception to execution while driving the evolution of the company's design system. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to ensure design consistency and present ideas to senior leadership.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Egis Group 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Produce high-quality 3D renders, animations, and graphic presentations for landscape and urban design projects from concept to detailed design. Support the bids team with proposal graphics and ensure all visual outputs adhere to brand standards and technical accuracy.
Senior UX Designer, Kiro
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for the Kiro platform, focusing on agentic workflows and developer experience across multiple surfaces. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to conduct research, define product strategy, and mentor junior designers.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
City Of New York 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead end-to-end design for resident-facing products, managing user research, interaction, and visual design from concept to launch. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex policy requirements into accessible, user-friendly digital experiences.
Senior 3D & Motion Graphic Designer
🇲🇾 Malaysia
Hytech 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Lead the creation of high-quality 3D visuals, animations, and motion graphics for fintech campaigns while taking ownership of projects from concept to final delivery. Collaborate with designers and marketing teams to translate complex financial concepts into engaging visual stories.
Product Designer L2/Senior - CEG (Bangkok - Based, Relocation Provided)
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
Agoda 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
You will lead the design direction for the Customer Experience Group to reduce friction in the guest booking process. This involves running discovery phases, testing prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive, customer-centric solutions.
Senior UI & UX Product Designer
🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
Ssc Hr Solutions 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
The role involves translating user needs and business goals into intuitive, scalable digital experiences for web and mobile platforms. You will be responsible for building and maintaining design systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality product implementation.
Senior Product Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Mar del Plata)
🇺🇸 Arkansas, United States of America
Blacksmith Agency 🇺🇸 Arkansas, United States of America
The role involves building and owning scalable design systems, including token architecture and core component libraries for various client brands. You will document these systems to ensure seamless execution by developers and automated pipelines.
Senior Interaction Designer, Google Research UX
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
You will design intuitive user experiences by translating complex AI capabilities into functional prototypes and clear user flows. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including researchers and engineers to iterate on designs based on user insights and technical constraints.
Senior Interaction Designer, Google Research UX
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will design intuitive user experiences by translating complex AI research and model capabilities into functional prototypes. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to iterate on designs based on user insights and technical constraints.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Futureheads Recruitment | B Corp™ 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will design end-to-end transactional experiences for a global financial platform, focusing on clarity and intuitive user journeys. This involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into polished, scalable product solutions.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Sigmar Recruitment 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Lead and manage Data Centre design projects from concept to completion, ensuring technical compliance and operational robustness. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, procurement processes, and site inspections to meet project milestones and quality standards.
Senior Interaction Designer
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Netcompany 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
You will lead the end-to-end design of digital products and services while facilitating design workshops and sprints. Additionally, you will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to create research-based designs and mentor other designers.
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.