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Senior Principal UX Designer, AI-forward Design Systems
Own and evolve foundational systems including design systems and AI workflows. Lead complex initiatives end-to-end, framing problems and driving execution.
Senior Principal UX Designer, AI-forward Design Systems
Own and evolve foundational systems such as design systems and AI workflows while leading complex initiatives end-to-end. Partner with product, engineering, and research leaders to shape product vision and act as a mentor to other designers.
Senior Principal UX Designer, AI-forward Design Systems
Own and evolve foundational systems including design systems and AI workflows. Lead complex initiatives end-to-end, framing problems and driving execution.
Senior Product Designer(Fixed Term Contract)
🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
Servicetitan 🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
The Senior Product Designer will lead the user experience strategy for Intelligent Support Automation and Identity/User Management, translating complex technical needs into intuitive and secure user experiences. Key tasks include architecting scalable workflows for SSO/MFA and leading the UX for AI-driven support tools like chatbots.
Senior Product Designer, Mobile App Experience
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Heidi 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Own the mobile experience across iOS and Android for key Heidi products, from concept to production. Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation and champion mobile-first thinking.
Senior Product Designer, Mobile App Experience
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Heidi 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Own the mobile experience across iOS and Android for key Heidi products, from concept to production. Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure pixel-perfect implementation and champion mobile-first thinking.
Senior UX Designer
🇵🇱 Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Technipfmc 🇵🇱 Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
The role involves working closely with developers, data analysts, and other product team members to ensure technical feasibility and effectiveness of designs. This includes conducting design reviews, handling handover for implementation, and supervising the quality and compliance with established UX standards.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States of America
Blueprint Technologies 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States of America
The role involves shaping next-generation calendar and time-management experiences by integrating AI-powered assistance into daily workflows, designing intuitive, end-to-end solutions for planning, scheduling, and collaboration across devices. Responsibilities include executing the design vision for conversational interfaces, exploring AI as a thought partner, and setting a high bar for design craft and usability.
Senior Product Designer & Researcher
🌍 Remote
Explore Careers At Netlify 🌍 Remote
This role involves leading design projects from initial research through to fully realized features and flows, ensuring solutions meet both user and business needs. The individual will collaborate extensively with Product and Engineering teams to drive the user experience forward and contribute to the design system and research practices.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Styleseat Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
As a Senior Product Designer, you will design high-quality experiences for Professionals and Clients on the StyleSeat platform, owning problem spaces from discovery to delivery. You will collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams to create intuitive product experiences and contribute to the design system.
Senior Product Designer, Omnicommerce
🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Petaling, Malaysia
Grab 🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Petaling, Malaysia
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead product design outcomes and ensure stakeholder alignment in creating user-centric experiences. You will apply design-thinking frameworks to guide exploration and document enhancements for the design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania
Endava 🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania
Lead end-to-end UX activities and facilitate alignment across stakeholders. Create user flows, wireframes, and prototypes while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇷🇴 Iași, Romania
Endava 🇷🇴 Iași, Romania
Lead end-to-end UX activities, from framing the problem space to delivering production-ready designs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, scalable solutions.
Senior Product Designer - Observability
Remote (🇪🇸 Spain)
Elastic Remote (🇪🇸 Spain)
The Senior Product Designer will partner with cross-functional teams to understand user needs and create innovative design solutions. They will conduct user research and synthesize findings into actionable insights to enhance product experiences.
Senior UI/UX Designer Creative Consultant
🇳🇱 Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sopra Steria 🇳🇱 Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands
The Senior UI/UX Designer will create intuitive and appealing user interfaces by collaborating with cross-functional teams and utilizing design tools. They will develop wireframes and prototypes, conduct user testing, and refine designs based on user feedback.
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.