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Lead Product Designer - AI Coach
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Culture Amp 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Lead Product Designer will shape the product vision for the Coach area, focusing on creating engaging and intuitive user experiences. They will also lead AI-driven discovery and drive design excellence across the product.
Product Designer II, Minecraft
🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
The Product Designer II will partner with design leadership to execute design efforts from concept through implementation and collaborate with product managers and developers to define innovative solutions. They will create design artifacts, conduct user research, and champion accessibility in all design decisions.
Lead UX Designer
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Ef Education First / Hult 🇨🇭 Switzerland
Lead the UX strategy and governance of the design system for EF's global businesses. Ensure exceptional, accessible, and consistent user experiences through Figma libraries and Site Builder tool.
Staff Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Origin 🌍 Remote
Origin is seeking a Product Designer to design intuitive, AI-driven experiences that turn user insights and financial data into actionable recommendations. The role involves leading an end-to-end design process and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-driven, insights-focused user experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Israel
Redis 🇮🇱 Israel
Lead design for core product areas from problem definition to final UI. Collaborate closely with PMs, engineering, and data to shape product decisions.
Staff Product Designer (Core UX)
🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
Coupang 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
The Staff Product Designer will lead design projects by collaborating with business, engineering, and product teams to address customer problems. They will also be responsible for establishing product vision and roadmap, as well as mentoring junior designers.
Senior UX Designer – Insurance Platforms
🇺🇸 Boston, MA
Hiscox 🇺🇸 Boston, MA
Corix, a Hiscox Company, is seeking a Senior UX Designer to lead the design of user experiences for insurance technology workflows. The role involves creating intuitive, scalable, and component-driven design systems.
Staff Product Designer, CRM & Mobile
🇺🇸 United States
Juniper Square 🇺🇸 United States
Juniper Square is seeking a highly experienced and autonomous Staff Product Designer to join their team, driving standards across their mobile application and holding a key leadership role within their CRM product domain.
Lead UX Designer H/F
🇫🇷 Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
The Lead UX Designer will oversee the overall UX vision of digital products and guide a team of UX/UI designers. They will ensure the quality of user journeys from research to prototype validation.
Lead Product Designer – Workspace Design System
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lseg 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Lead Product Designer will contribute to the design, documentation, and maintenance of reusable UI elements for LSEG Workspace. This role involves cross-functional collaboration to ensure the design system supports diverse workflows and drives adoption across the organization.
Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Nerdwallet 🌍 Remote
The Product Designer will lead the design ideation and delivery for one of the User Engagement pods, working closely with various team members to evolve the NerdWallet App experience. Responsibilities include defining and evolving the design language, scaling design through systems, and crafting a world-class mobile experience.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Standard Template Labs 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the UX strategy and vision for an AI-first enterprise product while designing intuitive workflows that integrate human decision-making with AI assistance. Conduct user research and usability testing to inform design decisions and advocate for user needs.
Senior UX Designer – Design, Manufacturing
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Relex Solutions 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
The Senior UX Designer will translate abstract concepts into concrete design requirements and lead end-to-end research initiatives to understand user and business needs. They will collaborate with product and tech teams to create intuitive designs and influence product strategy.
Senior Product Designer - Pay Ecosystem
🌍 Remote
Remote 🌍 Remote
Influence strategy for the product team and identify opportunities for impact in collaboration with stakeholders. Craft high-fidelity user interfaces and lead vision initiatives for the team while ensuring scalability and usability.
Product Designer II
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lightspeed Commerce 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The Product Designer II will own and lead full design cycles for features or product areas, translating requirements into clear, usable product features. They will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to ensure designs balance usability with business goals.
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.