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Lead UX Designer, Digital Program
🇺🇸 Florida, United States of America
Ascensus 🇺🇸 Florida, United States of America
Lead the user experience design for web and mobile solutions, driving UX strategy and execution on complex initiatives. Collaborate across teams to create user-centered designs that align with business goals and enhance customer experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Asurion 🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Lead experience outcomes across major partners and own end-to-end design for partner customer journeys. Drive cross-functional alignment and influence leaders to define quarterly experience direction for customer domains.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Panorama Education 🇺🇸 United States of America
As a Lead Product Designer, you will lead design efforts across product areas, creating experiences that connect educators and students with data and insights. You will also define AI-powered features and contribute to the design system while championing accessibility and inclusive design.
Aerodynamic Test Capability Design Manager
🇺🇸 Tukwila, Washington, United States of America
Boeing 🇺🇸 Tukwila, Washington, United States of America
Manage teams within the Aerodynamic Test capability to design test hardware and develop methods for measurements and data reporting. Oversee the fabrication of wind tunnel models and lead process improvements while maintaining stakeholder partnerships.
Staff Product Designer, AI Search
🇨🇦 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Clio 🇨🇦 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Lead the end-to-end experience design and strategy for AI Search, establishing foundational design patterns and interaction models for AI across the platform. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to create scalable, trustworthy AI experiences while mentoring other designers.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Panorama Education 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the design of core product experiences and AI-powered features for educators and students in the K-12 space. You will evolve the design system, mentor other designers, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to turn complex data into actionable insights.
Lead Product Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Impress 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Lead Product Designer will own the design strategy for web surfaces that attract millions of patients, while also raising the quality of design across the team. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance user experiences and drive growth.
Technical Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Falcon Green 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and manage the development and delivery of design aspects of a major residential project, ensuring compliance with design briefs and relevant legislation. They will also oversee the production of Contractors Proposals and manage the design program and information schedule.
Senior Agentic Product Designer - Remote - Latin America
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Fullstack Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
As a Senior Agentic Product Designer, you will integrate directly into the client's team and collaborate with existing designers and engineers. You will lead end-to-end product design initiatives and contribute to the development of AI-powered products.
Technical Program Manager, Fiber Design Engineering
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Google 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and execute global data center fiber designs and capacity planning, ensuring infrastructure efficiency and scalability. Manage complex technical programs related to fiber design engineering and network capacity planning.
Orchard - Senior UI / UX Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Enero 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the creation of visually compelling, user-friendly interfaces across various digital platforms while ensuring a holistic user experience. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients to translate research and wireframes into polished, production-ready designs.
Design Manager - (Delivery - New & Renewal)
🇦🇺 Richmond VIC 3121, Australia
Endeavour Group Careers 🇦🇺 Richmond VIC 3121, Australia
Lead the end-to-end design and delivery of new and refurbished store environments for Dan Murphy's and BWS. Manage external partners and internal stakeholders to ensure construction aligns with brand standards and regulatory requirements.
Senior UX Designer (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Netzstrategen Jobs 🇩🇪 Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Build and scale the UX design discipline by establishing methods, standards, and patterns while leading UX discovery and research. Execute end-to-end UX work in client projects and internal initiatives, integrating AI tools into the design process.
Lead UI Designer
🇨🇦 Quebec, Canada
Frima Studio 🇨🇦 Quebec, Canada
Lead the UI team in determining interface requirements and ensuring high-quality visual execution across projects. Coordinate with interdisciplinary departments and manage the professional development of direct reports through coaching and feedback.
F35 System Design Manager
🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
Lockheed Martin 🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
As a F35 System Design Manager, you will lead the System Design team for Air System and Mission Systems Design. This includes design and decomposition from Customer Requirements to CSCI and Software Behavior Documentation.
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.