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Senior UX Designer, Design

🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India

The Senior UX Designer will facilitate processes in ambiguous product strategies and requirements, guiding stakeholders in design exercises to shape user stories. They will also generate design documents that communicate recommendations and trade-offs to leaders across the organization.

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Govtech Singapore

Senior / UX Designer, Managed Agencies

🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore

GovTech is seeking a senior UX Designer to lead the design work for products or projects, maintaining a strategic outlook and ensuring deliverables are aligned with organizational goals.

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Lead Product Designer, Integrity

🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

As a Lead Product Designer, you will create user-centric solutions for internal and enterprise web tools and mobile applications. You will drive the design process and influence strategic decisions to enhance user experience.

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Senior UX Designer H/F

🇫🇷 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

As a Senior UX Designer, you will lead user research to identify pain points and opportunities for improvement, translating insights into intuitive user journeys. You will collaborate closely with Product Owners and developers to ensure the quality and feasibility of solutions across all platforms.

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Senior Product Designer

🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal

Lead end-to-end product design across complex journeys and systems, ensuring high-quality and accessible experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive clarity and quality throughout the product lifecycle.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Product Design Engineering Manager

🇺🇸 South Boston, Virginia, United States

Lead and inspire a team of engineers to deliver innovative product designs while overseeing the design and development of new or existing products. Collaborate with customers to negotiate technical solutions and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

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Silicon Design Engineering Manager

🇹🇼 Taiwan

Lead a high-performance engineering team and manage the Silicon Engineering group. Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to innovate and meet IP delivery schedule commitments.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Staff Engineer, Analog Design Engineering

🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan

The Staff Engineer will lead architecture definition and technical decision-making for high-speed analog front-end ICs, overseeing the full design cycle from specification to tape-out. They will also engage with customers to understand system requirements and mentor junior engineers.

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Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

The Graphic Designer will conceptualize, develop, and execute print and digital marketing initiatives while ensuring brand consistency. They will manage multiple projects, collaborate with leadership, and produce high-quality designs across various mediums.

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Creative Team Graphic Designer - Full Time

🇺🇸 Ozark, Missouri, United States

The Graphic Designer will produce high-quality graphic designs for the Lead Pastor’s office and church-wide departments, ensuring alignment with the James River Church brand. Responsibilities include creating visual elements for weekly services and assisting in special event design.

Full-timeMid-level
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Senior Product Designer (d/f/m)

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape the end-to-end experience for users to buy and sell successfully. You will lead user research, create customer journeys, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive and reliable experiences.

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UX Designer

🇷🇸 Serbia

The UX Designer will partner with various teams to define and deliver user-centered product experiences, leading UX efforts from discovery through delivery. They will translate complex technical workflows into intuitive experiences and advocate for user-centered design principles.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer

🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

The Senior UX Designer will lead research and design activities to balance user needs with mission requirements and technical constraints. They will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and data scientists to create intuitive user experiences and improve AI retrieval accuracy.

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Product Designer UX/UI - Team Lead

🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel

As a UX Team Lead, you will lead a team of UX/UI designers while combining hands-on work and strategic leadership responsibilities. You will define the product design strategy and mentor a talented group of UX professionals.

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Product Designer, Design Systems

🌍 Remote

The Product Designer will lead the creation of an AI-compatible design system and product blueprint, focusing on building a unified design language and component library. They will audit existing design assets, define foundational elements, and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and scalability.

Remote$95 - $105ContractMid-level
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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.