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Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Cyncly 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior UX/UI Designer will lead the creation and stewardship of a unified design language across Cyncly's global product portfolio. Responsibilities include owning the design system, collaborating with product designers and engineers, and advocating for design system adoption.
Tooling Design Engineering Supervisor
🇺🇸 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States of America
Framatome North America 🇺🇸 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States of America
Lead a team of tooling engineers to ensure successful execution of special projects and tooling development for the PWR and BWR fleet. Ensure effective performance of engineering assignments and compliance with established policies and standards.
Senior Product Designer, Engagement
🇺🇸 United States of America
Nerdwallet 🇺🇸 United States of America
Own end-to-end design for product pods to create high-quality user experiences that drive engagement and financial decision-making. Lead the transition toward AI-native design workflows, integrating personalized recommendations and conversational interfaces into the product.
Tooling Design Engineering Supervisor
🇺🇸 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States of America
Framatome North America 🇺🇸 Lynchburg, Virginia, United States of America
Lead a team of tooling engineers to develop and execute special projects for PWR and BWR nuclear fleets. Ensure engineering activities comply with government, organizational, and customer standards while maintaining strong client relationships.
Staff Product Designer, Marketing Ideation
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the design of AI-native collaborative strategic ideation experiences for enterprise marketing teams. Translate complex user needs into practical design solutions while collaborating with product and engineering partners.
Senior UX Designer, Monetization
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Twitch 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead design work for the Monetization program to help streamers monetize through viewer engagement. Collaborate with cross-functional partners and mentor junior designers to improve product patterns and strategy.
Senior UX Designer, Monetization
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Twitch 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead design work for the Monetization team to help streamers monetize through viewer engagement. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to develop hypotheses, iterate on designs, and mentor junior designers.
Senior UX Designer, Monetization
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Twitch 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Lead design work for the Monetization program to help streamers monetize through viewer engagement. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop hypotheses and mentor junior designers on best practices.
UX Researcher - Ads - USDS
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Tiktok Usds Joint Venture 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The UX Researcher will explore user behavior across the advertising experience and post-ad purchase journey, using data analysis and user research to identify friction points. They will lead end-to-end user research and translate findings into actionable recommendations for business strategy.
Senior UX Designer, Amazon Fuse
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end UX design process for Amazon Fuse products, creating intuitive digital experiences for partners and customers. Integrate generative AI into the design lifecycle to accelerate research, ideation, and documentation while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Cyncly 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the creation and stewardship of a unified, scalable design language and token-driven system across a global product portfolio. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to define component specifications, ensure accessibility compliance, and establish governance processes.
Graphic Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Bytedance 🇸🇬 Singapore
The Graphic Designer will lead visual design for employer branding initiatives and develop engaging external-facing content. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing projects from concept to execution.
Design Manager - Interiors - Senior
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead complex, large-scale corporate interiors projects while ensuring alignment between client goals and design excellence. Act as a trusted advisor to clients, driving project success and business growth.
Design Manager - Critical Facilities
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Design Manager will implement client projects by leading project teams and managing schedules, budgets, and staffing. They will also resolve complex technical and design issues to ensure project success.
Senior UX Researcher, Human Care
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Ōura 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead user research for the software team connecting members to healthcare partners. Plan, conduct, and analyze a range of user research studies to gather both qualitative and quantitative data.
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.