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[Elsevier Health] Senior UX Designer

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan

Lead end-to-end UX activities for Japan-specific healthcare digital solutions, from discovery and research to UI design and implementation. Collaborate with global teams and stakeholders to translate Japanese user needs into actionable product experiences.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer (Night Shift)

🇵🇭 Makati, Southern Manila District, Philippines

Lead and manage a team of designers by delegating tasks, overseeing day-to-day operations, and ensuring alignment with business priorities. Act as the subject matter expert in graphic design while collaborating with global stakeholders to deliver high-quality visual assets.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America

Drive the vision and execution of complex, AI-native product experiences for Snowflake's data catalog and marketplace. Collaborate with engineering and product partners to design trustworthy, scalable, and high-quality intelligent workflows.

Onsite$173,000 - $248,400Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 Sparta, Illinois, United States of America

Own end-to-end design execution for product areas across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to translate roadmap priorities into intuitive, scalable user experiences.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior UX-designer - Oslo

🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway

The Senior UX Designer is responsible for creating user-friendly digital solutions by translating insights into concrete interaction designs and prototypes. They collaborate closely with developers and product managers to ensure high-quality implementation and consistency through design systems.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Greylabs Ai

Senior Product Designer

🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India

Architect the interaction layer for agentic AI within the BFSI sector, owning the design function from conceptualization to execution. Build and scale a design system to simplify complex, data-heavy financial workflows into intuitive interfaces.

Onsite$80,000 - $120,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Visual Designer

🇺🇸 United States of America

The Senior Visual Designer will shape the company's visual identity across all products to ensure consistency and creativity. This includes creating high-quality visual assets and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet business objectives.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

Remote (🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America)

Own the end-to-end product design process from problem definition to launch and iteration. Use AI tools to prototype flows and Figma to polish validated concepts for production readiness.

Remote$147,000 - $202,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 United States of America

Own the end-to-end visual experience including product design, branding, and physical touchpoints. Collaborate with the founding team to refine the Figma component library and drive new product features from concept to production.

$105,000 - $125,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America

The Senior Product Designer will create end-to-end experiences for multiple complex healthcare products, including AI-assisted interfaces and operational platforms. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate ambiguous requirements into scalable, user-centered designs and maintain a robust design system.

Hybrid$85 - $100ContractSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Lead the design vision and strategy for an AI-powered platform, transforming complex generative AI workflows into intuitive user experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop scalable design systems and high-fidelity prototypes.

Onsite$125,000 - $160,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer (UI-Focused) - Robusta

🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt

The role involves designing intuitive and visually appealing interfaces for web and mobile platforms through user research and high-fidelity prototyping. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable design systems and ensure accurate implementation during developer handoff.

OnsiteFull-timeMid-level
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Senior Visual Designer

🇺🇸 City of Rochester, New York, United States of America

Lead the design and production of confidential visual materials across digital and print platforms for a Fortune 50 client. Manage daily intake, project coordination, and vendor communication while serving as the primary client point of contact during assigned shifts.

Hybrid$70,000 - $90,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer (UI-Focused) - Robusta

🇪🇬 Egypt

The role involves designing intuitive and visually appealing interfaces for web and mobile platforms through user research and prototyping. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable design systems and ensure a seamless design handoff to developers.

OnsiteFull-timeMid-level
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Senior Product Designer - UI/UX

🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America

The role involves defining information architecture and conducting user research to create high-impact solutions for an AI-powered data intelligence platform. The designer will collaborate with engineering and product teams to refine the user experience based on direct user feedback.

Onsite$150,000 - $180,000Full-timeSenior
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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.