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Senior Water Design Manager
🇺🇸 Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America
Lead the technical execution and design management of water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure projects, including treatment plants and pump stations. Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and clients while mentoring junior engineers and performing quality assurance reviews.
Senior UX Researcher
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Elekta 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Lead and deliver hands-on user research and usability testing for medical hardware and software products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory compliance and excellent user experiences.
Design Manager
🇮🇩 Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia
Dayone 🇮🇩 Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia
The Design Manager oversees the successful design and implementation of data center facilities. This includes coordinating with stakeholders, providing technical leadership for electrical systems, and managing vendor equipment selection.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Semgrep 🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end experience of the Semgrep platform, focusing on complex security workflows like detection and remediation. Partner with product and engineering leads to shape the roadmap and scale design operations within the company.
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 automated fulfillment center projects from concept to completion. Lead cross-functional engineering teams, manage stakeholders, and mentor junior engineers to ensure high-quality logistics solutions.
Visual Design Manager
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Accenture 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Lead the visual design direction and narrative for client engagements from concept to delivery, ensuring high craft standards across all touchpoints. Manage and mentor a team of visual designers while integrating AI tools to optimize creative workflows and business development.
Digital Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Accenture 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Lead end-to-end digital product design programs, translating user needs and business strategy into scalable, high-quality product experiences. Manage client relationships, mentor design teams, and integrate AI-powered workflows into the design practice.
Product Designer
Remote (🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt)
Scale Army Careers Remote (🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt)
The Product Designer is responsible for creating production-ready packaging, labels, and instructional materials that align with brand standards and regulatory requirements. This includes collaborating with Product and Compliance teams to ensure manufacturability and executing design revisions based on leadership feedback.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Phia 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end product design vision and execution for Phia's AI shopping agent. Build and scale high-impact design teams while partnering with leadership to turn ambiguous problems into shipped products.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Trimble Inc. 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design of AI-driven product solutions from concept to launch, focusing on complex workflows and user experiences for the construction industry. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to maintain the design system and mentor other design team members.
Senior Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Onsemi 🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Lead the creation of compelling, scalable visual designs for global campaigns, immersive events, and digital experiences. Collaborate with global teams to shape a cohesive and modern brand experience for onsemi.
Head of Design Bureau
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Ismg Careers 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Lead and scale the APAC-based global Design Bureau, overseeing the delivery of high-quality creative services across multiple regions. Manage a team of designers while optimizing workflows and maintaining brand consistency across all business units.
Senior Visual Designer - (Advanced English) - Chile
Remote (🇨🇱 Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile)
Referrals Only Remote (🇨🇱 Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile)
Lead the end-to-end visual strategy and architectural decisions for complex product design systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-fidelity UI elements while mentoring junior designers and ensuring WCAG compliance.
Lead Visual Designer - (Advanced English) - Chile
Remote (🇨🇱 Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile)
Referrals Only Remote (🇨🇱 Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile)
Lead the visual direction and scalability of product aesthetics across multiple teams while mentoring senior designers. Create and evolve accessible design systems and conduct UX research to transform insights into high-fidelity digital products.
Lead Product Designer (LMTS), AI Products
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Qualified 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the design of Piper, an AI agent, focusing on its reasoning brain and conversational presence across chat and video. Define new design patterns for autonomous agents in enterprise sales through rapid prototyping and close collaboration with engineering.
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.