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Senior Product Designer (Inbox)
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Proton 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Senior Product Designer will tackle complex privacy challenges and generate new concepts for privacy products. They will collaborate closely with the design team, product managers, and developers to continuously improve the product suite.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Ocean Infinity 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute growth initiatives, leading the design process from concept to implementation. Additionally, you will advocate for user needs through user research and usability activities.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Ocean Infinity 🇬🇧 Southampton, England, United Kingdom
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute growth initiatives, leading the design process from concept to implementation. Additionally, you will advocate for user needs through user research and usability activities.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Adaptive Security 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a senior-level Product Designer, you will lead the design of new products and features from concept to completion. You will collaborate with PMs and Engineering Leads to build innovative solutions while shaping design systems and processes.
Senior Experiential Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Mirror Nyc 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Experiential Graphic Designer will lead the development of environmental graphics and large-scale visual moments while creating new brand identities for activations. This role involves collaborating with various teams to craft immersive environments that effectively communicate brand stories.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Podium 🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Lead the design of AI employees and interaction patterns for local businesses, simplifying complex enterprise AI systems. Partner with PM and engineering to drive product direction based on direct customer research and high craft standards.
Senior Agentic Product Designer - Remote - Latin America
Remote (🇩🇴 Dominican Republic)
Fullstack Remote (🇩🇴 Dominican Republic)
As a Senior Agentic Product Designer, you will integrate directly into the client's team and collaborate with existing designers and engineers. You will be responsible for leading end-to-end product design initiatives.
Senior Product Designer (Figma + Cloud Cursor) - Remote - Latin America
Remote (🇩🇴 Dominican Republic)
Fullstack Remote (🇩🇴 Dominican Republic)
As a Senior Product Designer, you will integrate directly into the client's team and collaborate with existing designers and engineers. You will be responsible for designing complex digital products from concept to delivery.
Senior UX Designer
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Bnp Paribas 🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
The Senior UX Designer is responsible for designing user experiences for websites and mobile apps, conducting user research, and translating insights into design recommendations. They will collaborate with stakeholders to improve product design and present findings to various audiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Ocean Infinity 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute growth initiatives while leading the design process from concept to implementation. Advocate for user needs through research and usability activities to ensure cohesive product experiences.
Product Designer Senior - F/H
🇫🇷 Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Niji 🇫🇷 Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Lead the end-to-end product design process from strategic framing and discovery to delivery and quality assurance. Use AI tools to accelerate prototyping and iteration while ensuring high-fidelity interfaces and strong business alignment for major clients.
Senior Technical Advisor / Senior Water Facilities Design Engineering / Hydraulics / Conveyance Systems / Pump Stations
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Bge, Inc. 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the design and engineering efforts of water engineering design needs for major client projects. Serve as the technical expert for complex water infrastructure projects and mentor emerging talent.
Senior Project Architect & Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Serve as a Senior Project Architect and Design Manager on complex architectural projects, ensuring compliance with building codes and leading multidisciplinary teams. Oversee project design schedules and deliverables while mentoring junior architects and managing design risks.
Senior Product Designer / UX Lead
🇺🇸 Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
Ledgent Technology 🇺🇸 Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will create intuitive and visually engaging user experiences while optimizing the customer journey to improve conversion rates. This role involves collaborating with engineering and marketing teams to implement designs and leveraging data for continuous improvement.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Asurion 🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Lead experience outcomes across major partners and own end-to-end design for partner customer journeys. Drive cross-functional alignment and influence leaders to define quarterly experience direction for customer domains.
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.