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Product Designer (PT-based)
🇵🇹 Braga, Portugal
Nutrium 🇵🇹 Braga, Portugal
Own the end-to-end design process for new features and product improvements while collaborating with Product Managers and Engineers. Lead user research and maintain the design system to ensure visual consistency and scalability across products.
Head of Design
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Capcade 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Establish and lead the design discipline, setting the craft bar and building a design system from the ground up. Own the end-to-end user experience for complex B2B workflows, focusing on AI-powered features and onboarding.
UI/UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Netapp, Inc. 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the design of complex enterprise product experiences and themes across a global team. Leverage responsible AI tools to improve productivity, quality, and innovation in the UX process.
Lead Product Designer, Core
Remote (🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America)
Bubble Remote (🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America)
Serve as the Lead Product Designer for Bubble’s core platform visual editor, shaping the design vision and execution for the foundational capabilities that power the entire builder experience. Drive cross-functional alignment by partnering closely with PMs, engineers, and other designers to integrate new interaction patterns, workflows, and technologies.
Product Designer (Social) - TikTok
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Tiktok 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead the design of TikTok's social product features, focusing on enhancing user interactions and connections. Translate user needs into product direction and collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to deliver high-quality experiences.
Assistant Design Manager
🇰🇼 Kuwait City, Qibla, Kuwait
United Real Estate Company (urc) 🇰🇼 Kuwait City, Qibla, Kuwait
The Assistant Design Manager assists the Design Manager in coordinating various design disciplines and managing technical coordination with consultants. They lead design meetings, track milestones, and ensure compliance and quality in design submissions.
Electrical Design Manager
🇬🇧 Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Electus Recruitment Solutions 🇬🇧 Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Lead electrical and civil design coordination across complex infrastructure programmes and guide engineering teams through design development. Ensure designs meet technical standards and manage design schedules, resources, and budgets across multiple workstreams.
Senior E-commerce Design Manager
🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Goliath 🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lead the creation of high-quality product imagery, pack shots, and Amazon A+ content to enhance digital shelf presence and conversion. Manage the end-to-end creative process from concept and art direction to final QA and asset delivery across global markets.
Sr. Experiential Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Design Observer 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The candidate will assist in leading a team of designers through all phases of projects, from visioning to implementation. Proven project management experience is required to ensure successful project execution.
Senior UX Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America)
Workato Remote (🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America)
The Senior UX Designer will lead design end-to-end for complex features, collaborating with product and engineering teams to create intuitive interfaces for technically complex workflows. They will also navigate ambiguity and work with researchers to validate design decisions.
Junior Mechanical Product Designer
🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan
Ubiquiti 🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan
Collaborate with Industrial Design to translate concepts into manufacturable mechanical designs using 3D CAD and 2D drawings. Lead the product development lifecycle from prototyping and validation through to mass production and tooling.
Instructional Design Manager
🇮🇳 Noida, Dadri, India
Infopro Learning, Inc 🇮🇳 Noida, Dadri, India
The Instructional Design Manager will design and build high-quality learning solutions while leading a small team of instructional designers. Responsibilities include creating learning strategies, developing various learning formats, and mentoring team members.
Design Engineering Architect ( Analog Design)
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Cadence System Design And Analysis 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Lead Analog Design Engineer will design high-speed D2D and SERDES products and develop analog/mixed signal IC circuit blocks from concept to verification. The role involves collaboration with layout design engineers and technical team leads across global teams.
Senior Design Manager
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Neo International Partners 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead multidisciplinary design management and coordination activities across major infrastructure projects. Oversee design review processes and ensure effective management of design information across project teams.
Freelance Principal Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Red Badger 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Principal Product Designer is responsible for delivering client outcomes across multiple teams and programmes while consulting on product strategy. They will lead design strategy from discovery through to delivery, ensuring quality and value in digital product development.
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.