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Product Design Manager
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Moniepoint, Brm 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Lead and manage a small team of product designers, ensuring project prioritization and timely execution of high-quality design work. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to create user-friendly design solutions that align with business goals.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Moniepoint, Brm 🇳🇬 Nigeria
As a Senior User Experience Designer, you will lead the design process for financial products, ensuring they are intuitive and effective. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior designers while advocating for user-centered design principles.
Senior Product Designer (UX).
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Moniepoint, Brm 🇳🇬 Nigeria
As a Senior Product Designer, you will execute high-quality designs for financial products and collaborate with cross-functional teams. You will lead the design process from research to final execution while mentoring junior designers.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Echobox 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will work closely with various teams to create intuitive product experiences for publishers. They will lead design work from discovery to delivery, turning complex problems into simple workflows.
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Graphic Designer | Bellandur, Bengaluru
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
N Human Resources & Management Systems [ Nhrms ] 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Graphic Designer will develop engaging digital and print marketing creatives for a leading real estate firm. This role requires creativity and the ability to produce high-quality designs.
Product Designer Pleno (Presencial)
🇧🇷 Brazil
Sults 🇧🇷 Brazil
The Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process, creating wireframes, prototypes, and user interfaces. They will collaborate with product and development teams to enhance user experiences based on metrics and feedback.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 City of White Plains, New York, United States of America
Veterinary Emergency Group (veg) 🇺🇸 City of White Plains, New York, United States of America
Lead user research and design the end-to-end experience for employee and customer-facing applications. Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to create mockups, prototypes, and design system guidelines.
Staff Mobile Product Designer, Firefly
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Staff Product Designer will craft AI-powered creative experiences on mobile platforms, focusing on iOS, Android, and mobile web. This role involves collaboration with engineers, scientists, and product leaders to develop intuitive AI experiences that enhance creativity.
Staff Engineer, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Signal Integrity Engineer will lead the design and development of complex technical solutions, ensuring robust and high-quality product development. They will also provide technical leadership and collaborate with cross-functional teams to address signal integrity issues and enhance designs.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Aqua Finance, Inc. 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the design of user-centered web and mobile applications while collaborating with various teams to translate complex business requirements into user-friendly solutions. Advocate for usability and accessibility throughout the design process and stay current on design trends to enhance customer satisfaction.
Senior Product Designer, (Senior Consultant, Experience & Design)
🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Fearless 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Lead the evolution and governance of the organization's design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, accessibility, and usability across products. Collaborate across product workstreams to define shared interaction models and design cohesive experiences that span multiple applications.
Lead Graphic Designer (Graphic Artist 3) - 29431
🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
Mission Technologies, A Division Of Hii 🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
The Lead Graphic Designer will provide multimedia, graphic design, and web development support, acting as the main point of contact for all visual products. Responsibilities include creating visual materials, coordinating with project teams, and managing print lab operations.
Senior Product Designer, (Senior Consultant, Experience & Design)
🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Fearless 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Lead the evolution and governance of a scalable design system to ensure consistency and accessibility across digital products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design cohesive user experiences and shared interaction patterns for enterprise applications.
Stage de fin d'études - Product Designer F/H
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Deloitte 🇫🇷 Paris, France
The Product Designer Intern will conduct user research and lead co-creation workshops to define digital product experiences. They will create wireframes, prototypes, and functional specifications for web and mobile applications while integrating AI tools.
Senior Director, Design Engineering 1
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Senior Director will lead technical engagement with a key customer, ensuring alignment with their business needs and technical challenges. They will also drive engineering excellence by mentoring teams and overseeing the software development lifecycle.
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.