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Senior Product Designer, APAC
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Clio 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Clio is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join their global team, focusing on user-centered design and transforming the legal experience.
Senior Product Designer (UX/UI) (all genders)
🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Enopai 🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
We are looking for a Senior Designer to join our team, responsible for turning complex energy optimization logic into a product that EMS partners and facility managers enjoy using.
シニアUXデザイナー / リサーチャー [Senior UX Designer/Researcher]
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Tektome 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Tektome is a startup that develops AI co-pilots for architectural design. The company is looking for a UX Designer/Researcher to lead the experience design of AI-utilized workflows in the AEC field.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States
Hodess Cleanrooms 🇺🇸 Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the visual development of marketing materials and brand initiatives. They will manage multiple projects, ensuring all deliverables meet deadlines and quality standards.
Sr Motion Graphic Designer
🌍 Remote
Coxhealth 🌍 Remote
The Senior Motion Graphic Designer conceptualizes, designs, and produces impactful motion graphics and animations that elevate CoxHealth’s brand. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop visual content that aligns with marketing and communication objectives.
Senior UX Designer
🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital, Denmark
A.p. Moller - Maersk 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital, Denmark
As a Senior UX Designer, you will work across the design cycle, generating a detailed understanding of user needs and creating conceptual and detailed designs. You will collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team to create user flows and solutions that support user tasks on a global scale.
Senior UX Designer
🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Capgemini 🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
The Senior UX Designer will collaborate with the design team to localize digital designs for Arabic users. This includes ensuring that design elements resonate culturally and linguistically with the target audience.
Senior Product Designer, Parental Leave Cover (d/f/m)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Adevinta 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
As a Product Designer, you will shape engaging experiences for professional sellers on Kleinanzeigen, working across the entire product lifecycle. You will conduct user research, create design artifacts, and collaborate closely with various teams to optimize product experiences.
Senior Digital Product Designer (Contractor Conversion)
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Fifth Third Bank 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Senior Digital Product Designer is responsible for designing and user testing best-in-class digital experiences while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role also involves leading user-centered discovery and evaluative design research processes.
Senior Product Designer (all genders) AI
🇦🇹 Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
Teamviewer 🇦🇹 Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
As a Senior Product Designer, you will design user experiences for AI-powered features, ensuring they are intuitive and trustworthy. You will also communicate design visions and collaborate with engineering and product management teams.
Senior UX Designer
🇸🇪 Solna, Sweden
Saab 🇸🇪 Solna, Sweden
Lead design activities end-to-end for mission-critical systems while contributing to the design system. Collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure a consistent and high-quality user experience across digital products.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Infomediji D.o.o. 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will create visually attractive and intuitive user interfaces for web, mobile, and VR applications. They will also develop interactive prototypes and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of design into the final product.
Senior Product Designer
🇫🇮 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland
Finnplay 🇫🇮 Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland
The Senior Product Designer will drive the overall user experience quality across web, mobile, and back-office systems. They will define user flows, create design artifacts, and collaborate closely with product and development teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
The Senior Product Designer will be responsible for understanding stakeholder needs and creating an experience design strategy. They will collaborate with PMs and Engineers to implement product features and ensure alignment with user requirements.
Senior Product Designer - Supply
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Stubhub 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Product Designer will drive the evolution of existing features and spearhead innovative solutions for ticket brokers. They will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to shape priorities and elevate team processes.
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.