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Principal Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Commonwealth Bank 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
As a Principal Product Designer, you will lead the design for a complex operations platform, shaping how operational processes are experienced and improved. You will partner with cross-functional teams to define strategy and translate it into high-quality, scalable experiences.
Sr. Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Transcat, Inc. 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the development of visual concepts and deliver design solutions across digital and print channels to elevate the brand. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage projects from ideation through final production and ensure visual consistency.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Nampa, Idaho, United States of America
Gymreapers 🇺🇸 Nampa, Idaho, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for hardgoods, accessories, and gear, from initial concept and prototyping to production handoff. Collaborate with sourcing and manufacturing teams to ensure products meet performance, durability, and brand standards.
CHK CBG Design Manager
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
3m 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Lead the mid-to-long term design strategy and brand governance for CBG brands across China and Hong Kong. Translate consumer insights into differentiated brand experiences across packaging, digital, and retail touchpoints while managing the design budget and local team.
Senior Staff Engineer Design Engineering
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Infineon 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Provide technical leadership and strategy for IP and full-chip verification of Automotive Ethernet products. Develop verification infrastructures, execute multi-level verification strategies, and lead root-cause analysis for complex simulation failures.
Assistant Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
Houchens Food Group Inc 🇺🇸 Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
The role focuses on producing graphic design assets for print and digital marketing across various retail formats. Additionally, the position serves as the internal lead for shooting, editing, and post-production of video content.
UX Researcher II, Global Procurement Technology
🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX research and design for global procurement tools, focusing heavily on how users interact with AI systems. Translate research insights into interaction concepts, prototypes, and design artifacts to simplify complex procurement workflows.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Redwood Materials 🇺🇸 Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Lead and drive design and engineering efforts for construction and infrastructure development from concept to production. Coordinate between process engineering, manufacturing, and construction teams to ensure alignment with company priorities and project schedules.
Director Silicon Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Provide technical leadership for Adaptive & Embedded Computing Group device programs from conception through manufacturing release. Coordinate across architecture, RTL, physical design, and validation teams to resolve complex technical issues and ensure product feasibility.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Richardson, Texas, United States of America
Realpage, Inc. 🇺🇸 Richardson, Texas, United States of America
The Product Designer leads the user experience lifecycle from discovery and strategy to development and general availability. They are responsible for synthesizing user pain points into actionable design solutions and collaborating with product managers and engineers to ensure successful implementation.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Material 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design process for experiential platforms, apps, and websites while managing multiple workstreams to deliver high-quality client results. Responsibilities include building Design Language Systems, facilitating design sprints, and integrating AI capabilities into digital products.
Senior Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Epicor Software Corporation 🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Lead and develop design managers and senior contributors to drive organizational strategy and design excellence across multiple product areas. Partner with executive leadership to align design priorities with business outcomes and scale design operations.
Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America
Disher 🇺🇸 Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America
Lead and manage the design engineering team through new product development, iterative improvements, and OEM projects. Drive projects from concept to production while ensuring quality, accuracy, and alignment with company objectives.
Manager, Design Engineering Structures
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Archer 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead the advanced composite structures design team in the development and certification of critical components for eVTOL aircraft. Manage talent recruitment, performance reviews, and collaborate with product teams to ensure program objectives are met.
Designed Sisterhood Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Ozark, Missouri, United States of America
James River Church 🇺🇸 Ozark, Missouri, United States of America
Create and develop high-quality graphic designs for church events, websites, and social media under the vision of the Lead Pastor. Maintain brand consistency for James River Church while developing resource products and apparel.
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.