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Senior Product Designer at $20M Series A AI-native workforce infrastructure startup
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jack & Jill 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead a core product area from initial conception through to launch, ensuring every detail aligns with the broader business vision. Define the product's visual language and interaction model, creating a cohesive aesthetic across typography, color, and layout.
Lead Product Designer (banking)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Zebra People | B Corp™ 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the product design efforts for a banking app while managing a small team of designers. Collaborate within various squads to ensure innovative and user-centered design solutions.
Healthcare Planning and Design Manager, Infection Control (Northeast)
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Getinge 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
The Healthcare Planning and Design Manager is responsible for building and supporting the sales process for project-based opportunities in infection control. This includes managing sales leads, generating customer presentations, and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders.
UX Researcher – Digital Experience (Corporate & Institutional Banking)
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
U.s. Bank 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX research and discovery efforts to inform digital initiatives for Corporate and Institutional Banking. Partner with product and design teams to translate user behavior into actionable insights and business strategies.
Transportation Design Manager
🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
Sundt 🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
Provides technical leadership across engineering, design, and operations while managing both in-house and contracted design services. Oversees personnel functions, budget monitoring, and ensures adherence to design standards and governmental regulations.
HV/MV Electrical Design Manager
🇮🇪 Ireland
Linnk Group 🇮🇪 Ireland
Lead the delivery of HV/MV substation and grid connection design packages across multiple projects while managing external design consultants and stakeholders. Ensure compliance with IEC standards and oversee project governance activities.
Temporary Works Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bam Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Temporary Works Design Manager will lead the design of temporary railheads and all temporary works required for the HS2 Track infrastructure project. This includes ensuring compliance with HS2 standards and managing interfaces with civil works and various stakeholders.
Temporary Works Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Bam Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Temporary Works Design Manager will lead the design of temporary railheads and all temporary works required for the HS2 Track infrastructure project. This includes ensuring compliance with HS2 standards, managing interfaces with civil works, and coordinating with designers and suppliers.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Andover, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Simplyhealth 🇬🇧 Andover, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will shape end-to-end product experiences for new ventures, leading design for validation efforts. They will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and research teams to ensure design decisions balance user needs, technical feasibility, and commercial constraints.
Sr Visual / UI Designer (All Genders)
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Zooplus 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
The Senior UI/Visual Designer will improve customer experience through scalable design work and lead the design system and core design libraries. They will collaborate with stakeholders and use data-driven insights to enhance digital touchpoints.
Staff Product Designer, Prediction Markets
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Robinhood 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Define and drive the design vision and strategy for Prediction Markets, focusing on trading flows and engagement features. Own complex design problems end-to-end and influence product direction by collaborating with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
Lead UX Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Havas Cx Canada 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
As a UX Lead, you will oversee the delivery of UX design and strategy projects, contributing to planning the overall approach and conceptualizing UX strategies. You will work with a multi-disciplinary team to bring your ideas to fruition across various project types.
Staff Product Designer, Knowledge Graph
Remote (🇮🇪 Ireland)
Gitlab Remote (🇮🇪 Ireland)
Lead design for cross-cutting platform experiences and drive the end-to-end design process for features impacting users across the product. Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to shape priorities and ensure design intent is maintained through development.
Staff Product Designer, Knowledge Graph
Remote (🇬🇧 United Kingdom)
Gitlab Remote (🇬🇧 United Kingdom)
Lead design for cross-cutting platform experiences and drive the end-to-end design process for features impacting users across the product. Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to shape priorities and ensure design intent is maintained through development.
Staff Product Designer, Knowledge Graph
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Gitlab Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Lead design for cross-cutting platform experiences and drive the end-to-end design process for features impacting users across the product. Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to ensure design intent is maintained through development.
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.