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Lead Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Booksy 🌍 Remote
The Lead Product Designer will lead discovery work to understand user and business problems and own end-to-end design for significant features and experiences. They will collaborate with product managers and engineers to ship experiences that balance user needs with business strategy.
Lead Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Booksy 🌍 Remote
The Lead Product Designer will lead discovery work to understand user and business problems, and own end-to-end design for significant features and experiences. They will collaborate with product managers and engineers to ship experiences that balance user needs with business strategy.
Associate Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Navex 🇺🇸 United States
Conduct comprehensive mixed-method user research and design intuitive user interfaces for SaaS enterprise software. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality product experiences and contribute to the design system.
Product Designer
🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Apaleo 🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Lead the design process from understanding user needs to crafting intuitive experiences. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to shape new features and improve existing ones.
Lead Product Designer - Onboarding and Activation
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Experian 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead and mentor a team of designers while contributing to high-level design work. Shape the UX vision and roadmap for onboarding and activation, ensuring a positive user experience.
Lead UX Researcher
🇬🇮 Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Tombola 🇬🇮 Gibraltar, Gibraltar
The Lead UX Researcher will set the research strategy and drive research priorities across multiple squads. They will also mentor researchers and ensure that player needs are central to product decisions.
Lead Graphic Designer
🇵🇭 Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines
Personiv Career Site 🇵🇭 Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines
The Lead Graphic Designer will work closely with the team to develop cohesive event design concepts and create high-quality visual assets for various marketing platforms. Responsibilities also include updating websites and ensuring compliance with brand guidelines and ADA requirements.
Product Designer
🇵🇱 Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Boldare 🇵🇱 Gliwice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
The Product Designer will lead the development and maintenance of design systems, ensuring consistency across products. They will work closely with cross-functional teams to align design strategies and advocate for user-centered design principles.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Iqvia 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
The Senior Product Designer will lead the experience strategy and design execution for the Media OS Audience journey, creating user flows, wireframes, and prototypes. They will also conduct user research to inform design improvements and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design consistency and effectiveness.
Staff UX Designer - Acton, Mass. or San Diego, CA (Hybrid)
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States
Insulet Corporation 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States
The Staff UX Designer will lead and execute strategic and tactical design initiatives for Omnipod’s Mobile App Suite, ensuring a world-class product design. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create cohesive user experiences across various platforms.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Sambasafety 🇺🇸 United States
The UX Designer will lead the design process from concept to implementation, ensuring user needs are represented throughout. They will conduct user research, create wireframes and prototypes, and collaborate with product managers and engineers.
Senior UI/UX Designer (Shopify E-commerce) - A204
🌍 Remote
Pearl 🌍 Remote
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead design initiatives to improve user experience and conversion performance across Shopify storefronts. This includes creating conversion-focused experiences and maintaining design systems for multiple client projects.
Senior UI/UX Designer (Shopify E-commerce) - A204
🌍 Remote
Pearl 🌍 Remote
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead design initiatives to enhance user experience and conversion performance for Shopify storefronts. This includes creating visually compelling designs and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure effective implementation.
Senior UI/UX Designer (Shopify E-commerce) - A204
🌍 Remote
Pearl 🌍 Remote
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead design initiatives to improve user experience and conversion performance across Shopify storefronts. This includes creating conversion-focused experiences and maintaining design systems across multiple client projects.
Senior UI/UX Designer (Shopify E-commerce) - A204
🌍 Remote
Pearl 🌍 Remote
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead design initiatives to improve user experience and conversion performance across Shopify storefronts. This includes creating conversion-focused experiences and maintaining design systems across multiple client projects.
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.