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Principal Product Designer (NetSec)
🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, United States
Palo Alto Networks 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, United States
As a Principal Product Designer, you will craft cohesive and intuitive experiences for Network Security within Strata Cloud Manager. You will lead the design process, mentor team members, and collaborate with senior leadership to deliver data-driven experiences.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
Xai 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
As a Graphic Designer, you will lead the creative development and execution of visual design projects aimed at inspiring and educating the public. You will partner with various teams to produce assets across multiple platforms and maintain the visual aesthetic of the brand.
Lead Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Jll 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
As a Lead Product Designer, you will own the end-to-end design of AI-powered portfolio tools, leading design activities across multiple products. You will mentor junior designers and elevate design practices while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Sensat 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Translate complex geospatial and project data into intuitive designs that enhance decision-making. Lead research and discovery efforts while collaborating closely with product, engineering, and leadership teams.
Senior Product Designer - ZEOS Design and Research (all genders)
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Zalando 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
You will lead the design of complex customer journeys and drive the design vision for ZEOS Logistics service offerings. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create engaging solutions for merchants and their end customers.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Funding Circle Uk 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will autonomously lead end-to-end design projects, ensuring that user experience designs meet both user needs and business goals. They will collaborate closely with engineers and other team members to create intuitive and engaging product experiences.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States
Elicit 🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States
As a Product Designer, you will own product design end-to-end, leading projects from problem definition through to shipped product. You will collaborate with engineers and PMs to shape what is built and how it is built.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Anthology 🌍 Remote
As a Senior Product Designer, you will define and evolve the design system and design language while leading design projects that combine research insights and rapid iteration. You will advocate for the user and work collaboratively with product teams to bring ideas to life.
Senior Product Designer (12 Mesi - Tempo Determinato) - Moneyfarm
🇮🇹 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Product Heroes 🇮🇹 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
You will lead the end-to-end design process for web and mobile applications, ensuring user-centric solutions based on research and feedback. Additionally, you will own the design system, creating and maintaining component libraries and style guides.
Product Designer Senior H/F
🇫🇷 Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
The Senior Product Designer will lead a team of designers and oversee user research while defining and evolving design strategies in collaboration with product teams. They will analyze user testing data to identify friction points and make relevant improvement recommendations.
Coordenação de UX Designer - Campinas/SP
🇧🇷 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Agibank 🇧🇷 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Lead and develop the UX team, ensuring continuous feedback and career growth. Manage qualitative and quantitative research to inform design decisions and prioritize tasks effectively.
Senior Product Designer
🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Trm Labs 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Lead the end-to-end design process, ensuring high-quality user experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric solutions that drive business impact.
Senior UX Researcher (H/F)
🇫🇷 Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Once For All 🇫🇷 Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
You will lead user research to guide product decisions and optimize the experience on a B2B SaaS platform. Your role includes conducting qualitative and quantitative studies, analyzing data, and collaborating with various teams to enhance user experience.
Senior UX Researcher - Contract
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Toyota Connected Europe 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Senior UX Researcher will lead independent research projects focusing on quantitative surveys and support foundational projects as they evolve. They will also contribute to the global research playbook and ensure alignment with UX metrics and standards.
Senior UX Researcher, Growth
🌍 Remote
Cookunity 🌍 Remote
Lead user research initiatives using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to guide decision-making with user-backed evidence.
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.