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Sr. Athlete Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Revelyst Outdoor 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
The Athlete Graphic Designer will create compelling graphics and apparel for MTB, MX, UTV, and lifestyle categories while managing the full design process from concept to tech pack delivery. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure brand alignment and developing innovative designs that reflect the company's leadership in action sports.
Senior UX Designer, Google Cloud Business Platform
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will lead the design strategy for the GCBP Transact Platform, influencing end-to-end user journeys across enterprise deals. They will partner with product managers and engineers to translate business requirements into intuitive, industry-leading design solutions.
Staff Product Designer - Financial Tools and Infrastructure
🇺🇸 United States of America
Coinbase 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will lead the end-to-end design of internal financial infrastructure tools, including ledgers, treasury systems, and reconciliation platforms. You will partner with cross-functional teams to define product strategy and establish scalable design patterns for complex enterprise workflows.
Sr. Product Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Jerry.ai 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
You will lead end-to-end product design, creating intuitive user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity visuals for core mobile and web products. You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and data scientists to solve complex problems and improve the car ownership experience.
Mechanical Engineering Manager / Design Engineering Mgr.
🇺🇸 Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
Lexair, Inc. 🇺🇸 Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
The Mechanical Engineering Manager will lead the engineering department, mentor the design team, and manage project completions. They are also responsible for designing, testing, and enhancing pneumatic and hydraulic products while ensuring project objectives are met within budget.
Senior Industrial Design Engineer, World Wide Engineering & Innovation Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Hesperia, California, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Hesperia, California, United States of America
Lead strategic design initiatives for global sortation and transportation networks, focusing on optimizing equipment, material flow, and site layouts. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to deliver cost-effective, scalable engineering solutions while managing multiple concurrent projects.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER SENIOR
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Arizona Department Of Administration 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead and execute creative initiatives, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on production across various marketing channels. They are responsible for maintaining brand consistency, managing project workflows, and mentoring junior design staff.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Walt Disney Company 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will lead high-priority initiatives for the Ad Platforms team, driving complex projects from strategy to execution. They will also mentor other designers, define team roadmaps, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to improve design standards and culture.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Draper, UT 84020, United States of America
Bill 🇺🇸 Draper, UT 84020, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for expanding the BILL brand design system and delivering high-quality marketing assets across various channels. They will lead projects from concept to production while acting as a creative consultant to stakeholders and mentoring junior team members.
Senior Product Designer, Visual
🇺🇸 United States of America
R/ga Careers Page 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead design projects, create visual languages, and develop wireframes and interactive prototypes for digital products. They will also collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior designers to ensure high-quality creative output.
Principal Product Designer, Sports
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Nbcuniversal 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Define the vision, strategy, and design direction for live content and playback experiences on the Peacock platform. Lead and mentor a team of designers while collaborating cross-functionally to deliver high-quality, data-driven user experiences.
Vice President of Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Tualatin, OR 97062, United States of America
Industrial Electric Manufacturing 🇺🇸 Tualatin, OR 97062, United States of America
The Vice President of Design Engineering will provide strategic leadership for the design-to-order organization, overseeing a large team of engineers to deliver customized switchgear solutions. This role involves transforming engineering workflows to standardized, repeatable processes while ensuring designs meet industry standards and operational performance goals.
Vice President of Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Franklin, Tennessee, United States of America
Industrial Electric Manufacturing 🇺🇸 Franklin, Tennessee, United States of America
The Vice President of Design Engineering will provide strategic leadership for the design-to-order organization, overseeing a team of electrical and mechanical engineers. They are responsible for driving operational improvements, ensuring on-time delivery of customized switchgear solutions, and standardizing engineering workflows.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Enlyte 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will lead projects to identify UX improvement opportunities and develop research plans to define clear goals. They will also create wireframes, build prototypes, and partner with stakeholders to implement intuitive design solutions.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Vcheck 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Lead Product Designer will own end-to-end design execution and strategy while managing and developing a product design team in Pune. They will partner with Product and Engineering leadership to drive design vision and ensure high-quality, production-ready deliverables.
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.