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Senior Design Manager
🇮🇪 Leinster, Ireland
Rkd 🇮🇪 Leinster, Ireland
The Senior Design Manager will lead and manage the delivery of multiple projects and project teams, engaging with clients throughout various project stages. They will also guide consulting partners to achieve successful project outcomes and report on project status to senior management.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Maintainx 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lead end-to-end design for complex AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to simplify workflows for frontline users and contribute to the scalable design system.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Maintainx Remote (🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Lead the end-to-end design process for AI-powered maintenance and asset management surfaces across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to simplify complex workflows and contribute to the scalability of the company's design system.
Senior Staff Product Designer (x/f/m)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Doctolib 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Set the design vision across all product surfaces and tackle complex AI-first design problems to improve healthcare provider and patient experiences. Partner with leadership to shape multi-quarter design strategies and mentor other designers to elevate craft capability.
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Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Nubank 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the creation of 0-1 product experiences and define the global visual identity and interaction patterns for the Nu homepage. Act as a strategic advisor to leadership and mentor senior designers to ensure a cohesive global design language.
Senior Web Designer, Developer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Coefficient Solutions 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Senior Web Designer, Developer will be responsible for creating and maintaining visually appealing and user-friendly websites. They will collaborate with other team members to deliver better customer experiences.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Everlane 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will design and produce creative assets across various channels while maintaining a consistent visual identity. They will partner with the Creative Director and other teams to develop and execute campaigns and product launches.
Senior Product Designer, AI & Emerging Technology Focus
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Whoop 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of AI-first product experiences, translating complex data into intuitive and trustworthy interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create human-centered workflows and prototypes for health and performance tracking.
Senior Product Designer (Growth)
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Whoop 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of digital experiences focused on acquisition, conversion, and retention within ecommerce journeys. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement data-driven experiments and scalable platform architectures.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Skilled Careers 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will take ownership of the electrical design review process and manage external MEP design consultants to ensure high technical standards. They will also provide technical leadership and identify value engineering opportunities to optimize project costs.
Senior Graphic Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Courtyard Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
The Senior Graphic Designer will ideate and execute graphic design creatives for various channels to drive conversion, retention, and engagement. They will partner with internal stakeholders to translate project visions into compelling art and support marketing and product initiatives.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Home, Marshall County, KS 66438, United States of America
Yashify.studio 🇺🇸 Home, Marshall County, KS 66438, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the creation of high-quality visual assets for branding, digital, and print projects. Responsibilities include developing design concepts from brief to final execution and ensuring brand consistency across all touchpoints.
Senior Ui Designer
🇺🇸 Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
Actalent 🇺🇸 Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
The role involves designing and developing user interfaces with a focus on user-centric design, collaborating with cross-functional teams. Responsibilities also include writing efficient code, troubleshooting existing UI components, and mentoring less experienced engineers.
Senior Graphic Designer (Diseño editorial-Sector moda)
🇪🇸 46800 Xàtiva, Spain
Ysabel Mora 🇪🇸 46800 Xàtiva, Spain
The main responsibility is to design and layout graphic materials for the company, aligning with the brand image. This includes creating catalogs, advertising materials, and preparing graphics for various channels.
Senior UX Researcher
🇨🇿 Czechia
Sentinelone 🇨🇿 Czechia
As a Senior UX Researcher, you will plan and execute user research activities to gain insights into user behavior and needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide actionable insights that drive the development of user-centric solutions.
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.