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Staff Product Designer - Expert Experience (f/m/d)*
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Parloa 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The Staff Product Designer will translate the design vision into execution for expert-facing workflows like AI agent setup and configuration tools, ensuring clarity and usability. This role involves partnering with cross-functional teams to balance depth and usability while leading UX strategy within the product area.
Senior Product Designer - San Francisco
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Plaud 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role involves owning the end-to-end product design for complex AI-powered workflows across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. This includes partnering closely with Product Management and Engineering to drive experience decisions from discovery through launch and leading design quality within a dedicated Pod.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
Dsquares 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
The Senior Product Designer will lead the complete design process for new features and product enhancements, spanning from initial concept through to final launch. Key duties include planning and executing user research, crafting detailed designs and prototypes, and collaborating closely with product managers.
UX Designer/ AI Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Focuskpi Inc. 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role involves leading end-to-end UX concept development for forward-looking initiatives, focusing on Generative Design System investigations like adaptive UI surfaces and tokenized patterns. Responsibilities also include defining and prototyping Agentic OS interaction models and translating complex AI system behaviors into clear, human-centered design frameworks.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States of America
Amentum 🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer develops and implements design concepts integrating brand strategy across digital, print, and multimedia platforms, while designing and producing high-impact, executive-level presentations for C-Suite leadership and external materials. This role also serves as the brand steward, maintaining the visual identity system and mentoring other designers.
UX Designer
🇪🇨 Pichincha, 170130, Quito, Ecuador
Ntt Data Emeal 🇪🇨 Pichincha, 170130, Quito, Ecuador
The UX Designer will be responsible for designing and optimizing user experience across digital products and services by analyzing business requirements and mapping customer journeys. Key tasks include planning and executing user research, synthesizing actionable insights, and leading the design of information architecture, flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
Principal Product Designer, Contract
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Pacaso Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
The Principal Product Designer will own the design of impactful buyer and owner-facing experiences, starting with a rebrand of Pacaso.com and personalized buyer experiences, followed by leading design for swap and scheduling features for owners.
Require a Graphic Designer (Packaging Specialist) in Mumbai
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Testhiring 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
This role involves leading the design and development of packaging for new product launches, ensuring the unboxing experience and shelf appeal on e-commerce platforms are optimized. The designer must balance technical nutritional information with premium, clean-label aesthetics across all packaging touchpoints.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Fohr 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Lead Product Designer will own the end-to-end feel of Fohr's products, defining the visual and emotional tone in partnership with the CEO. They will collaborate closely with the product team and engineers to shepherd designs into reality while balancing product velocity with long-term usability.
Staff Product Designer, Moveworks
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Servicenow 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
The Staff Product Designer will shape how technical and non-technical users build, test, and deploy Agentic AI workflows across enterprise systems, focusing on designing the Agent Studio experience. This role involves turning complex tasks into simple UI interactions and leading UX opportunities within the Agent AI space.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Augment Code 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
The Product Designer will drive the entire product design experience from initial concept sketches and user flows through prototyping and final shipping to customers. This involves partnering closely with product and engineering teams on requirements and sequencing for initiatives they lead.
Graphic Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America)
Lingraphica Remote (🇺🇸 Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America)
The role involves designing high-quality visual assets for various digital and print marketing initiatives, translating brand guidelines into consistent creative across all platforms. Responsibilities also include leading projects from ideation through final production and collaborating cross-functionally with marketing, product, sales, and leadership teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Sydecar 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own the end-to-end design for the Investor team experiences, including onboarding, payments, transfers, and account management, leading efforts to drive retention and platform preference. Responsibilities include serving as the primary design lead, owning journey maps, collaborating with cross-functional partners, creating high-fidelity mockups, and leading the evolution of the design system.
Product Designer - Associate
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Product Designer will define product strategy and drive the delivery of user-centered design solutions for complex business problems, shaping next-generation private banking platforms. Responsibilities include delivering design artifacts across all project phases and leading research initiatives such as stakeholder workshops and user studies.
Staff Product Designer (They/She/He)
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Delivery Hero 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Staff Product Designer will act as a strategic partner to define team strategy, influence major product decisions, and shape roadmaps for complex initiatives while defining the long-term user experience vision. This role involves leading the entire design process from concept through high-fidelity implementation and serving on the UX leadership team.
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.