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Mechanical Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Meta 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and assist in the design of new data center products, focusing on mechanical systems strategies from concept through construction. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs are optimized for cost, efficiency, and sustainability.
Mechanical Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Meta 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Lead and assist in the design of new data center products, focusing on mechanical systems strategies and infrastructure designs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure holistic product designs optimized for cost and efficiency.
Design Manager EMEA
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Yondr Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the full design lifecycle for hyperscale data centre projects, managing BIM and coordinating with consultants and vendors. Ensure design deliverables meet global standards and compliance requirements while driving continuous improvement in design processes.
Staff Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Airwallex 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Staff Product Designer will partner with cross-functional teams to define problems, map user flows, and launch new products. They will also lead the work of designers and product managers, ensuring consistency with the brand and product architecture.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Besix Watpac 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The Senior Design Manager will provide design leadership to the project team and ensure that all project, commercial, and time targets are met regarding design and documentation outputs. This includes collaborating with stakeholders, managing consultants, and overseeing compliance and documentation submissions.
Digital Design Manager (In-house, with a great team culture)
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Got The T-shirt 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Digital Design Manager will lead the creative output of the organization, overseeing the development and delivery of high-quality digital design projects. This includes managing a team of designers and videographers while ensuring all projects align with brand guidelines and strategic objectives.
Product Designer mid senior
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Zapiens Design 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead the end-to-end product design process, including research, information architecture, flows, wireframes, visual design, and handoff. Collaborate closely with the design team and other disciplines to generate value at every stage of the process.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇹🇼 Taiwan
Positive Grid 🇹🇼 Taiwan
The Senior UI/UX Designer will own projects from brief to ship, ensuring quality and execution detail at every stage. They will lead the design of various digital experiences and collaborate closely with the creative and engineering teams.
CMF Design Manager (m/f/d)
🇩🇪 65428 Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany
Opel 🇩🇪 65428 Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany
Define Opel’s Color, Material, and Finish (CMF) vision and strategy, ensuring coherence across all vehicle lines. Lead and mentor the CMF team while building partnerships with other design and engineering teams.
Product Designer - Agent+
🇦🇷 Argentina
Tempo (yc S23) 🇦🇷 Argentina
As a Product Designer, you will lead the design of user interfaces and experiences for an AI-powered visual IDE. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform ideas into elegant design solutions.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇱 Poland
Bolt 🇵🇱 Poland
Lead design efforts for the SuperApp/Checkout product, creating user-centered experiences. Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to define the vision and improve the product.
Lead/ Staff Product Designer - KICK
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Gamblingcareers.com 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the full design process from discovery to delivery, creating scalable experiences for KICK’s platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define priorities and ensure alignment with business objectives.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Big Corridor Sdn Bhd 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Senior Graphic Designer will assist in developing design concepts and deliverables while leading projects and mentoring junior designers. They will ensure alignment with brand guidelines and client objectives while maintaining high-quality outcomes.
Senior Product Designer, AI Experiences
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Checkbox Technology 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the design of an AI-powered legal service management platform by conducting user research and driving UX/UI work. Collaborate cross-functionally to develop scalable design systems and refine the product vision for attorneys and legal admins.
EMAT Energy Management Efficiency Synthesis Design Manager
🇺🇸 Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States of America
Stellantis 🇺🇸 Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States of America
The Energy Management Efficiency Synthesis Design Manager leads the integration and delivery of Energy Management simulation and validation activities across vehicle programs. This role involves overseeing a team of engineers and ensuring vehicles meet performance and efficiency targets.
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.