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Senior Product Designer, Connect
🌍 Remote
Chess.com 🌍 Remote
Lead the end-to-end design of high-impact product experiences across web and mobile platforms while partnering with cross-functional teams. You will shape product direction, maintain design ownership through implementation, and contribute to the team's craft quality.
Senior UX Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Generac Power Systems 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior Product Designer will lead design efforts for the energy technology platform, focusing on creating coherent and purposeful user experiences across mobile and AI-powered products. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive user research, contribute to design systems, and ensure visual consistency across all product surfaces.
System Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Elkhart, Indiana, United States
Spheros Group 🇺🇸 Elkhart, Indiana, United States
Lead a design team in developing HVAC systems based on project requirements and customer specifications. Coordinate development testing, release system components, and provide technical expertise to production and quality teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Curate Partners 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the end-to-end product design strategy for complex digital platforms, translating user needs and business goals into thoughtful experiences. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to develop prototypes and evolve scalable design systems.
Sr Lead UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Cox Enterprises 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
The Senior Lead User Researcher will architect enterprise-level research systems, governance, and strategy to inform product investments. They will lead multi-portfolio research programs, develop AI-native research tools, and influence executive-level decisions through evidence-based insights.
Lead UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Cox Enterprises 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
The Lead UX Researcher will define portfolio-level research strategies and guide multi-team research programs to influence long-term product direction. They will also implement agentic AI techniques to build repeatable insight systems and partner with Research Operations to ensure methodological consistency.
Sr Lead UX Researcher - Operations
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States
Cox Enterprises 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States
The Senior Lead defines and owns the long-term Research Ops strategy, operating model, and capability roadmap to align with business and product priorities. They lead enterprise-level transformation initiatives, including AI enablement and governance, while partnering with executive leadership to drive measurable business outcomes.
Product Designer (H/F)
🇫🇷 Fontenay-le-Comte, Pays de la Loire, France
Horanet 🇫🇷 Fontenay-le-Comte, Pays de la Loire, France
The Product Designer will lead the redesign and optimization of software solutions to improve user experience. Key tasks include gathering client needs, creating UX/UI mockups, and collaborating with developers to implement features.
Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Primark 🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
The role involves leading end-to-end packaging projects from initial concept to final print production to enhance the Primark brand and customer experience. You will collaborate with buying teams and stakeholders to ensure designs align with brand guidelines and commercial objectives.
Director of Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States
Lhh 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States
Establish and lead a global organization focused on engineering infrastructure, development platforms, and process automation. The role involves defining long-term strategies for digital transformation and managing strategic partnerships to enhance organizational productivity.
Magnetic Motor Design Manager
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States
Parker Hannifin 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States
Lead the electromagnetic systems development team as the chief technical authority for magnetic design and motor innovation. Oversee the full lifecycle from concept through production, including supplier management, test validation, and cross-functional system integration.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Current 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will lead the design system strategy, including foundational tokens, component libraries, and documentation to ensure consistency across the platform. Additionally, you will own the end-to-end user experience for a primary banking workflow while collaborating with product and engineering teams.
Network Design Manager
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Tria 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The role involves managing the design of new IDNO electricity networks across EHV, HV, and LV projects. Key duties include leading design approvals, reviewing POC applications, and partnering with ICPs and developers to ensure successful network adoption.
Textile Design Manager
🇺🇸 Aston Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Fxi 🇺🇸 Aston Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Lead the creative and technical direction of mattress cover and textile portfolios from concept through commercialization. Manage the full textile design cycle, including technical specifications, quality standards, and compliance testing.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Linktree 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead and develop a team of senior designers while remaining hands-on with high-leverage and ambiguous design problems. Set the design vision and craft standards while partnering with Product, Engineering, and Marketing leaders to align with business priorities.
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.