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(Senior) Design Manager (all genders) - Jobbird.com

🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

You will translate creative briefings into retail campaigns and window installations, creating high-quality renders and technical drawings. Additionally, you will oversee installations and ensure a smooth workflow from design to set-up.

$60,000 - $80,000Full-timeSenior
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Sr UX Researcher

🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India

The Senior UX Researcher conducts qualitative and quantitative research to build empathy for guests and team members across digital and in-store tools. They translate research insights into actionable stories to influence product design and strategic business priorities.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Project Design Manager - Services and Technology

🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lead the services and technology strategy and delivery across a diverse portfolio of office, mixed-use, and residential projects. Coordinate with internal stakeholders and consultants to ensure high-quality, sustainable, and commercially viable design outcomes.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer - Jobbird.com

🇳🇱 Utrecht, Netherlands

As a UX Designer, you will work within the transition program in the migration team to improve the user experience of information products. You will analyze existing products and develop improvements while ensuring a consistent style and methodology.

Part-timeSenior
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Senior Project Design Manager - Services and Technology

🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lead services and technology strategy and delivery across various projects, ensuring alignment with quality and sustainability expectations. Manage design outcomes, embed governance practices, and support new business opportunities.

Full-timeSenior
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Middleweight/Senior Graphic Designer (Packaging)

🇳🇱 Hattem, Gelderland, Netherlands

Develop innovative packaging solutions and POS materials for existing and new toy and game brands. Collaborate with international teams and agencies to translate briefings into visually appealing designs while maintaining brand consistency.

OnsiteFull-time
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Senior Product Designer

Remote (🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia)

As a Senior Product Designer, you will design experiences that simplify complex health data and guide users towards healthier decisions. You will work across the full member journey, ensuring that interactions are intuitive and engaging.

Remote$30,000 - $100,000Full-timeSenior
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Contract UI Designer

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

The successful contractor will design intuitive and engaging user interfaces while collaborating closely with a Senior UX Designer. They will create rapid prototypes, participate in user testing, and deliver high-quality UI solutions.

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Product Designer Senior

🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

The role focuses on elevating the visual and functional quality of digital products by creating intuitive interfaces and conducting user research. The designer will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop prototypes and iterate solutions based on data and metrics.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer - AI Trainer

Remote (🇺🇸 Nebraska, United States of America)

Review and critique AI-generated UI/UX designs, mockups, and visuals. Evaluate the quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance.

Remote$25 - $40Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer - AI Trainer

Remote (🇺🇸 Nebraska, United States of America)

Review and critique AI-generated UI/UX designs, mockups, and visuals. Evaluate the quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance.

Remote$25 - $40Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer, Chat Experience

🇸🇬 Singapore

Drive experience innovation on socially-driven and interaction-heavy features to elevate user experience and foster meaningful connections. Collaborate with product managers, researchers, and engineers to define core problems and deliver user-centered design solutions.

Full-timeSenior
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UI Designer

🇪🇸 Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

As a Senior UI Designer, you will be responsible for enhancing the visual quality of digital products and ensuring design consistency across educational platforms. You will design web interfaces, document specifications, and create prototypes to validate user flows and interactions.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Product Designer with Design System

🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates

The Senior Product Designer will be responsible for advancing technological innovation and creativity through design. They will work within product teams and technology to enhance user experience.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer - Store Experience

🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Lead the end-to-end UX design process, transforming complex user journeys into intuitive digital experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions while advocating for human-centered design.

Full-timeSenior
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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.