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UX Lead / Senior Product Designer, WarMatrix
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Code Metal 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX for a complex geospatial and simulation platform, conducting user research and translating technical requirements into intuitive workflows. Own the design system and collaborate closely with the frontend engineering team to ensure design fidelity.
UX Lead / Senior Product Designer, WarMatrix
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Code Metal 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end UX for a complex geospatial and simulation platform, conducting user research and translating technical requirements into intuitive workflows. Collaborate closely with the Product Manager and frontend engineers to ensure design intent is executed correctly.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Ef World Journeys 🇺🇸 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead product design end-to-end within a cross-functional pod, focusing on enhancing the digital experience for travel brands. Responsibilities include user research, designing solutions, prototyping, and collaborating with engineering to ship products.
Lead Product Designer, Provider Experience
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
A Place For Mom Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Lead the end-to-end product design for the Provider Experience, creating intuitive workflows for provider-facing products and internal systems. Partner with cross-functional leaders to translate complex marketplace needs into scalable design patterns while leveraging AI to accelerate the design process.
Design Manager - Thailand
🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
Kent Data Centres 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
The Design Manager will lead and manage multidisciplinary design teams for data centre projects, overseeing the full design lifecycle from concept to construction. They will act as the primary technical liaison with various stakeholders and ensure compliance with local regulations and industry standards.
Design Manager
🇫🇮 Finland
Vallum Associates 🇫🇮 Finland
The Design Manager will lead and manage the design delivery process across multiple disciplines, ensuring compliance with project specifications and standards. They will coordinate design activities among various stakeholders and oversee design change management and technical issue resolution.
Product Designer Senior H/F
🇫🇷 Lille, Nord, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Lille, Nord, France
The Senior Product Designer will lead a team of designers, supervise user research, and direct design strategy with product teams. They will ensure user experience consistency and provide recommendations for improvements.
Product Designer - F/H - Paris – CDI
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Spartes 🇫🇷 Paris, France
As a Product Designer, you will own a solution end-to-end, leading the discovery, design, and delivery processes. You will work closely with an IC Engineer to ensure high product quality and drive business metrics.
Design Manager
🇸🇪 Göteborg, 905 94 Umeå kommun, Sweden
Tbg Consult 🇸🇪 Göteborg, 905 94 Umeå kommun, Sweden
The Design Manager will lead and oversee the design process, ensuring high-quality engineering solutions are delivered according to client requirements. Key responsibilities include managing design teams and collaborating with project stakeholders.
Senior UX Designer
🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Agile Defense 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
As a Senior UX Designer, you will lead research and design activities that balance user needs, mission requirements, and technical constraints. You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and data scientists to transform complexity into clarity.
TikTok Content Design Manager
🇸🇬 Singapore
Tiktok 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead and mentor a global content design team focused on TikTok LIVE, ensuring exceptional content creation for a diverse audience. Define and execute the strategic content vision for LIVE campaigns while collaborating with various teams.
Lead Product Designer (Canada)
Remote (🇨🇦 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Dutch Remote (🇨🇦 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
The Lead Product Designer will create wireframes, prototypes, and customer flows for both customer-facing and vet-facing platforms. They will develop a cohesive design system and collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing teams to iterate on the telemedicine experience.
Hyundai Design Center - Interior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (hatci) 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Manage the development of automotive interior design programs from concept to production while overseeing project timing and budget. Lead a team of designers and collaborate with engineering and suppliers to ensure design feasibility and alignment with corporate direction.
Staff Product Designer, Document Cloud Mobile Ecosystem and Strategy
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the mobile design strategy for Document Cloud by unifying design languages and patterns across iOS and Android. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to define the future of AI-powered productivity and mobile document experiences.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Talenthawk 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Design Manager will act as the primary point of contact for the design organization, leading oversight and governance of design deliverables across all RIBA stages. They will ensure design outputs align with programme objectives and operational needs while collaborating closely with senior programme stakeholders.
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.