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Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Sandy, Utah, United States
Mountain America Credit Union 🇺🇸 Sandy, Utah, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating high-quality design solutions from conception to completion while ensuring brand consistency. This role also involves directing junior designers and managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇹 Portugal
Uphold 🇵🇹 Portugal
Lead design initiatives across features and journeys while anticipating challenges and proposing solutions. Coach and mentor designers at multiple levels and drive the evolution of design systems and patterns.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Cuvva Limited 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
As a Senior Product Designer, you will own and shape the end-to-end design process within your product area, collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers. You will design and prototype high-quality UI solutions, contribute to the design system, and use research and analytics to continuously improve products.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Rapyd 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Senior Product Designer will simplify complex workflows and features in internal backoffice tools while conducting user interviews to understand needs. The role focuses on designing dashboards and tools that enhance speed and accuracy, directly impacting business efficiency.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Wave 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will work closely with product managers, researchers, and engineers to create high-quality designs and prototypes for mobile applications. They will also contribute to the design system and communicate design decisions effectively.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Spoton: Product 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape design strategy, mentor teammates, and deliver product excellence. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create thoughtful and scalable design solutions.
Senior UX designer, AVP
🇮🇳 India
Deutsche Bank 🇮🇳 India
As a Senior UX design lead, you will create functional applications and collaborate with teams to define a product vision for Operational Risk. You will support user research, assist in producing UX documents, and present design concepts to stakeholders.
Senior UX designer, AVP
🇮🇳 India
Deutsche Bank 🇮🇳 India
As a Senior UX design lead, you will create functional applications and collaborate with teams to define a product vision for Operational Risk Management. You will also support user research, assist in producing UX documents, and present design concepts to stakeholders.
Senior UX Designer
🇱🇰 Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Robotic Assistance Devices 🇱🇰 Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
The Senior UX Designer will lead user experience design across web and mobile applications, focusing on improving usability and consistency. They will collaborate with engineering, product, and QA teams to advocate for user-centered thinking throughout the product lifecycle.
Senior UX designer, AVP
🇮🇳 India
Deutsche Bank 🇮🇳 India
As a Senior UX design lead, you will create functional applications and collaborate with teams to define a product vision for Operational Risk Management. You will support user research, assist in producing UX documents, and present design concepts to stakeholders.
Senior UX designer, AVP
🇮🇳 India
Deutsche Bank 🇮🇳 India
As a Senior UX design lead, you will create functional applications and collaborate with teams to define a product vision for Operational Risk Management. You will also support user research, assist in producing UX documents, and advocate for design trends.
Senior Product Designer - Enterprise UX
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Target 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape the future of work for team members in Target's supply chain by designing intuitive tools for inventory management. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to create high-quality end-to-end experiences.
Senior Product Designer, ScaledOps (Market Intelligence)
🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Grab 🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
The Senior Product Designer will collaborate with various teams to develop solutions that empower internal teams to make data-driven decisions. They will innovate marketplace intelligence capabilities and ensure the design solutions are user-centric and impactful.
Senior Product Designer, ScaledOps (Market Intelligence)
🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Grab 🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
The Senior Product Designer will collaborate with various teams to develop solutions that empower internal teams to make data-driven decisions. They will innovate marketplace intelligence capabilities and design solutions that enhance the experience of customers and driver-partners.
Senior Product Designer (DEX)
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Sysaid Technologies 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Lead the full design process from discovery to polished UX and UI, focusing on Product Led Growth-driven experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define user journeys and optimize design decisions using data and 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.