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Roads & Highways Design Manager
🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lead the design management and delivery of major highways and road infrastructure projects across Western Australia and ANZ. Manage multidisciplinary teams and act as the primary client interface for Main Roads WA and other key stakeholders.
Design Manager - Ports
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the design management and delivery of complex ports and maritime infrastructure projects, including expansions and waterfront developments. Act as the primary client interface while coordinating multidisciplinary teams globally to ensure technical integration and industry compliance.
Technical Design Manager - Bridges, Structures + Ports
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the delivery of design packages for major infrastructure projects including bridges, ports, and marine structures. Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs and serve as the primary interface between design, construction, and client teams.
Design Manager
The Whiting-turner Contracting Company
Lead comprehensive design services to ensure design is fully integrated into project execution from inception through completion. Coordinate between clients, design teams, and construction teams to maintain program requirements, budget, and quality standards.
Principal Design Manager - Rail
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the design management of complex rail infrastructure projects from feasibility through to delivery. Manage high-performing design teams and maintain strong relationships with transport authorities and partners.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
The Whiting-turner Contracting Company 🇺🇸 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Lead comprehensive design services by integrating design excellence into construction delivery contracts from inception to completion. Coordinate between clients, design consultants, and builders to ensure projects meet budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Towson, Maryland, United States of America
The Whiting-turner Contracting Company 🇺🇸 Towson, Maryland, United States of America
Lead comprehensive design services to ensure design is fully integrated into project execution from inception through completion. Coordinate between design and construction teams to maintain program requirements, budget, schedule, and quality standards.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mable 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead end-to-end design within a cross-functional squad, from initial problem framing and research to high-fidelity execution. Collaborate with product, data, and engineering teams to deliver user-centric solutions using the company's design system.
Sr. Design Manager
🇹🇼 Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Super Micro Computer 🇹🇼 Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Lead the strategic planning and execution of coolant-related initiatives, including the design and optimization of chemical blending processes. Oversee quality assurance, material compatibility, and supply chain sourcing to support AI data center cooling infrastructure.
Product Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ferocia 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Product Designer will own projects from ideation to shipment, creating interactive prototypes and solving complex financial problems to improve user empowerment. They will collaborate with creative, engineering, and leadership teams to shape the product roadmap and ensure a high-quality user experience across all touchpoints.
Product Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Up 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Product Designer will own projects from ideation to shipment, creating interactive prototypes and solving complex financial problems. They will collaborate with creative, engineering, and leadership teams to shape the product roadmap and enhance the user journey.
Sr. Design Manager, Chemistry / Materials - Liquid Cooling
🇹🇼 Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Super Micro Computer 🇹🇼 Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Lead the strategic planning and execution of coolant-related initiatives, including the design of chemical blending processes and the establishment of in-house laboratory infrastructure. Act as the subject matter expert to ensure material compatibility and hardware reliability for AI data center liquid cooling deployment.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Wfnqafr44d 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The UX Designer will lead the design process from research to prototyping to create intuitive and accessible digital products. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into elegant user journeys.
Sr. UX Researcher, Amazon Device Sales & Customer Experience
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead end-to-end user research studies to understand how customers discover and purchase Amazon Devices across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate research insights into actionable product visions and business strategies.
Instructional Design Manager
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Ninjaone 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Establish and lead the instructional design practice by creating standards, SOPs, and quality benchmarks for training content. Design high-quality learning materials and manage the authoring tool strategy to support onboarding and technical certification programs.
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.