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Software Product Designer
🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
Formlabs 🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Software Product Designer will shape the UX/UI for embedded, desktop, and web products through collaborative prototyping and research. They will translate customer insights into features and maintain scalable design systems to ensure consistency across the ecosystem.
Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Delinea 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design projects from concept to delivery for a significant product area within the identity security platform. Mentor junior designers and collaborate with product and engineering leadership to evolve the design system and overall design practice.
Product Designer
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Lisk 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
You will own the end-to-end design process for financial products, including discovery, research, and high-fidelity UI development. Additionally, you will build and maintain design systems while collaborating closely with engineering and product teams to ship complex workflows.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
Fireworks Ai 🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
The Product Designer will own the end-to-end design process for AI infrastructure, translating complex technical workflows into intuitive developer experiences. They will build and evolve the company's design system while partnering closely with engineering and product management.
LEAD PRODUCT DESIGNER
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Station F 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Define and lead the global design vision for Revolt, transforming complex energy business logic into fluid user journeys. Establish a robust design system and lead user research with installers to improve the product culture.
Product Designer - UX/UI & Design Systems (Remote)
Remote (🇵🇦 Panama)
Pavago Remote (🇵🇦 Panama)
The Product Designer will conduct user research and translate insights into intuitive, scalable web and mobile experiences. They will also build and maintain design systems while partnering closely with product managers and engineers to ensure high-quality implementation.
Product Designer - UX/UI & Design Systems (Remote)
Remote (🇸🇻 El Salvador)
Pavago Remote (🇸🇻 El Salvador)
You will own the end-to-end product design process, including user research, interaction design, and the creation of scalable design systems. You will collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to transform user insights into intuitive, high-fidelity digital experiences.
UI/UX Designer (m/w/d) – Healthcare SaaS
🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Dmrz 🇩🇪 Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
You will design intuitive interfaces for complex B2B healthcare software by translating user requirements into clear, functional products. Additionally, you will leverage AI tools to optimize design workflows, conduct user research, and maintain the company's design system.
Senior Product Designer, Direct to Consumer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Zynga 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the design of high-impact mobile commerce and user experiences for Direct to Consumer tools from discovery to launch. Own and evolve the scalable Design System in Figma while mentoring junior UI/UX staff to ensure craft excellence.
Senior Product Designer, Direct to Consumer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Zynga 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design of high-impact mobile commerce experiences and tools for direct-to-consumer users. Develop and maintain a scalable design system in Figma while mentoring junior staff to ensure UX excellence.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Big Happy 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The UX Designer will translate complex business workflows into intuitive UX and UI solutions while partnering with Product and Engineering teams. They are responsible for creating user flows, wireframes, and prototypes while contributing to the evolution of the company's design system.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Serko 🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of an AI-powered travel assistant, shaping the traveler experience across web and native mobile platforms. Define the UX strategy and govern design systems while collaborating cross-functionally to drive business outcomes.
Senior UX Designer, Design Systems, People Engagement Experience (PEX)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead the creation and maintenance of scalable Figma component, pattern, and style libraries for employee-facing experiences. Collaborate with engineering and design teams to implement AI-powered design tools and ensure a unified, accessible user experience across platforms.
Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Assembled 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the development of Assembled's next-generation design system, defining visual languages, components, and interaction patterns for AI-native products. Partner with engineering to pioneer AI-assisted design workflows and translate complex enterprise needs into reusable platform patterns.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Carmel, Indiana, United States of America
Allied Solutions Llc 🇺🇸 Carmel, Indiana, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will manage sprints and releases for the digital design system while creating intuitive, accessible user interfaces. They will also collaborate with research and engineering teams to validate designs through iterative testing and user research.
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.