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Director, SoC Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Intel Corporation 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Lead functional verification efforts for complex SoC designs to ensure first-pass silicon success. Architect end-to-end verification strategies and mentor technical leads and engineers.
LN Concerts, Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Mateo County, California, United States of America
Live Nation Entertainment 🇺🇸 San Mateo County, California, United States of America
Lead the design and construction of music venues by managing a portfolio of development projects to meet business objectives. Coordinate with external consultants and internal stakeholders to oversee project documentation, budgets, and on-site construction progress.
Senior Staff Physical Design Manager
🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Marvell Technology 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Provide technical direction, coaching, and mentoring to the physical design team to ensure successful project outcomes. Lead the physical design and methodology for next-generation high-performance processor and data center chips.
Senior UX Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Zynga 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior UX Designer will architect the player experience for a new mobile game, defining user flows and maintaining a scalable Figma design system. They will lead the end-to-end design process from discovery to post-launch iteration while mentoring junior staff.
Lead UX Designer (Financial Services)
🇲🇽 Guadalajara, Carbó, Mexico
Wizeline 🇲🇽 Guadalajara, Carbó, Mexico
Lead the design of end-to-end, omni-channel digital experiences for B2B2C financial services products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user insights and business goals into actionable design strategies and high-fidelity prototypes.
Staff Product Designer, Growth & SaaS Platform
Remote (🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
Mwdn Remote (🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
Lead the design of growth and activation strategies to improve onboarding and monetization for a U.S.-based eLearning SaaS platform. Collaborate with product and data teams to execute A/B tests and maintain a scalable design system across admin and learner journeys.
Staff Product Designer, Growth & SaaS Platform
Remote (🇧🇬 Sofiya, Bulgaria)
Mwdn Remote (🇧🇬 Sofiya, Bulgaria)
Lead the design of growth and activation strategies to improve onboarding and feature adoption for a U.S.-based B2B SaaS eLearning platform. Collaborate with product and data teams to run experiments and maintain a scalable design system across admin and learner journeys.
Staff Product Designer, Growth & SaaS Platform
Remote (🇨🇾 Nicosia, Nicosia Muncipality, Cyprus)
Mwdn Remote (🇨🇾 Nicosia, Nicosia Muncipality, Cyprus)
Lead the design of growth and activation strategies to improve onboarding and feature adoption for a B2B SaaS eLearning platform. Collaborate with product and data teams to execute A/B tests and maintain a scalable design system for U.S. market users.
Staff Product Designer, Growth & SaaS Platform
Remote (🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
Mwdn Remote (🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
Lead the design of growth and activation strategies to improve onboarding and feature adoption for a U.S.-based B2B SaaS eLearning platform. Collaborate with product and data teams to run UX experiments and maintain a scalable design system across admin and learner journeys.
Staff Product Designer, Growth & SaaS Platform
Remote (🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal)
Mwdn Remote (🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal)
Lead the design of growth and activation strategies to improve onboarding and monetization for a U.S.-based B2B SaaS eLearning platform. Collaborate with product and data teams to execute A/B tests and maintain a scalable design system across admin and learner journeys.
Staff Product Designer, Growth & SaaS Platform
Remote (🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania)
Mwdn Remote (🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania)
Lead the design of growth and activation strategies to improve onboarding and feature adoption for a U.S.-based eLearning SaaS platform. Collaborate with product and data teams to run UX experiments and maintain a scalable design system across admin and learner journeys.
Staff Product Designer, Growth & SaaS Platform
Remote (🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
Mwdn Remote (🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
Lead the design of growth and activation strategies to improve onboarding and feature adoption for a U.S.-based eLearning SaaS platform. Collaborate with product and data teams to execute A/B tests and maintain a scalable design system across admin and learner journeys.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Epsilon3 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of mission-critical interfaces, focusing on human-AI interaction and complex service blueprints for aerospace operations. Own the full design cycle from user research and discovery to high-fidelity prototyping and developer handoff.
Mechanical Project Engineer, Design Engineering Quality
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Oversee the mechanical design and implementation of large-scale automated fulfillment center projects from concept to completion. Lead cross-functional engineering teams, manage stakeholders, and mentor junior engineers to ensure high-quality, safe, and efficient logistics solutions.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Jackson County, West Virginia, United States of America
Constellium 🇺🇸 Jackson County, West Virginia, United States of America
Lead and direct all aspects of design services for capital and expense projects to improve safety, productivity, and reliability. Oversee the design process from concept to completion while managing the engineering drawing system and providing mentorship to the team.
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.