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(Senior) Product Designer (UI)

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

The Product Designer will collaborate with product, development, and design teams to create visually appealing and user-friendly interfaces. They will design production-ready screens, user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity mockups while keeping up-to-date with industry trends.

OnsiteFull-timeMid-level
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Senior Product Designer (DEX)

🇮🇱 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.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇵🇱 Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Build high-quality game assets and collaborate with various team members to implement game content. Adapt to changes and provide creative visual solutions while maintaining excellent file organization.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇫🇮 Hyvinkää, Uusimaa, Finland

The Senior Graphic Designer will lead and elevate the creative output across print and digital channels, overseeing a small team of designers. Responsibilities include managing the creative process from concept to execution and ensuring brand alignment across all touchpoints.

Hybrid$95,000 - $100,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer: B2C Web

🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The role involves designing B2C web applications and collaborating with Product Owners and Engineering teams to balance product and user needs. Additionally, the designer will conduct user research, communicate insights, and contribute to the evolution of design systems.

Hybrid$71,925 - $119,875Full-time
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Senior UI/UX Designer

🇧🇷 São Paulo, Southeast, Brazil

Lead the design of AI-powered features and translate complex model capabilities into user-centered solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that AI interactions are intuitive and trustworthy.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🌍 Remote

The Senior Product Designer will lead end-to-end design initiatives, collaborating closely with engineering and other teams to deliver impactful projects. They will create mockups, prototypes, and high-quality visuals while communicating design decisions clearly.

RemoteFull-time
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 United States

The Senior Product Designer will develop and execute customer experience solutions for online applications and websites, collaborating with cross-functional teams. They will design, test, and refine prototypes while ensuring compliance with standards and guidelines.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer, Commerce and Lifetime Value

🌍 Remote

Design critical member touch points that drive long-term customer value through data-driven interventions. Collaborate with various teams to ensure a unified experience across platforms.

Remote$120,000 - $515,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer

🇫🇮 Central Finland, Finland

The Senior Digital Experience Designer leads design work streams to solve complex business challenges while advocating for users. This role involves hands-on design responsibilities including journey mapping, design research, wireframing, and high-fidelity visual design.

Onsite$92,700 - $185,400Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer

🇺🇸 York, Pennsylvania, United States

The Senior Digital Experience Designer leads design work streams to solve complex business challenges while advocating for users. This role involves hands-on design responsibilities including journey mapping, design research, wireframing, and high-fidelity visual design.

Onsite$101,970 - $203,940Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer

🇦🇷 Municipio de San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina

The Senior Digital Experience Designer leads design work streams to solve complex business challenges while advocating for users. This role involves hands-on design responsibilities including journey mapping, design research, wireframing, and high-fidelity visual design.

Onsite$111,240 - $222,480Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer - 4-6 Month Contract

🇨🇦 Canada

The Senior Product Designer will design and refine user experiences for consumer-facing healthcare products, focusing on responsive web and mobile experiences. They will collaborate closely with Product Management and Engineering to support product delivery and iteration.

ContractSenior
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WWBPR UX Designer

🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States

The Senior UX Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for complex BI solutions, ensuring a consistent, high-quality user experience across all platforms. This includes understanding operational workflows, identifying pain points, and developing innovative UX solutions.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer

🇳🇴 Oslo, Oslo, Norway

The Senior UX Designer will lead significant projects from conception to implementation, ensuring that user needs and company goals are met. They will also conduct user research and collaborate across teams to enhance the customer experience.

OnsiteFull-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.