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Nuclear Physical Security Design Manager
🇺🇸 Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
Enercon Services, Inc. 🇺🇸 Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
Lead engineering efforts and technical discussions to deliver innovative physical security solutions for nuclear power plants. Manage project execution, resolve cross-disciplinary technical issues, and maintain strong relationships with internal teams and external clients.
Senior Product Designer I (Remote Eligible)
🌍 Remote
Smartsheet 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will conceptualize and create intuitive user experiences for web and mobile apps, focusing on scalable enterprise and platform design. They will collaborate with product leadership and engineering to translate user insights into elegant solutions while mentoring junior team members.
Product Designer, Accessibility
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Openai 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead OpenAI's company-wide accessibility program by defining strategy, roadmaps, and governance. Design and ship inclusive experiences by integrating accessibility standards into the design system and conducting participatory research with disabled users.
Design Engineering Manager - East Region
🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States
Schneider Electric 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States
Lead technical teams of design engineers through the full project lifecycle from tendering to delivery. Oversee technical solutions across digital, electrical, and mechanical domains to ensure cost, time, and quality standards are met.
Design Engineering Manager - East Region
🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States
Schneider Electric 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States
Lead technical teams of design engineers through the full project lifecycle from tender to delivery. Oversee technical solutions to ensure they meet cost, time, and quality standards while driving operational excellence.
Retail Concept Design Manager – Storytelling
🇩🇰 Billund, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
The Lego Group 🇩🇰 Billund, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Lead the creation of immersive, narrative-driven retail concepts and spatial experiences that strengthen the LEGO brand connection. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate brand stories into scalable customer journeys and innovative destination experiences.
Staff Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jobber 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the evolution of Jobber's design system across multiple platforms to ensure consistency and high-quality user experiences. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to establish governance models and integrate AI-backed design workflows.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jobber 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the creation and refinement of design system components, interaction patterns, and tokens across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure high-quality implementation and improve design-to-code workflows.
Senior Design Manager, Industrial Manufacturing Construction
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States
Je Dunn Construction 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States
The Senior Design Manager leads the design process and participants from the initial business development phase through project completion for industrial manufacturing projects. They are responsible for managing design consultants, budgets, schedules, and technical deliverables to ensure project goals are achieved.
Staff Product Designer, Console Experience
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Digitalocean 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Own the end-to-end design of the console experience, focusing on navigation, cross-product patterns, and the overall information architecture. Lead the development and roadmap of the design system, component library, and visual standards to ensure consistency across all product teams.
Nuclear Physical Security Design Manager
🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Enercon Services, Inc. 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Lead engineering efforts and technical discussions to deliver innovative physical security solutions for nuclear power plants. Manage project execution, resolve inter-disciplinary technical issues, and maintain strong relationships with internal teams and external clients.
Senior Design Engineer, North America AMZL Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States
The Senior Design Engineer will lead the design, development, and deployment of delivery station infrastructure and process improvements across the North American network. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize material flow, site layouts, and equipment integration to meet safety, quality, and productivity goals.
(Section) Manager Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Milpitas, California, United States
Diodes Inc 🇺🇸 Milpitas, California, United States
Lead and develop a team of engineers focused on applying AI and automation to accelerate semiconductor design and verification. Guide the team through complex technical challenges while fostering a collaborative environment and influencing engineering strategy.
Senior Apparel Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Fanatics Commerce 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Designer leads the design and development of seasonal sports apparel graphics while mentoring junior team members. They manage multiple projects autonomously and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet brand and licensing standards.
Senior Apparel Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States
Fanatics Commerce 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States
The Senior Designer leads the creation and development of seasonal sports apparel graphics while mentoring junior team members. They partner with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet licensing standards and align with overall product strategy.
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.