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Mechanical (Piping & HVAC) - Design Engineering - Virtual Drive 12th and 13th Sept 2026 - Jamshedpur
🇮🇳 Golmuri-Cum-Jugsalai, Jharkhand, India
Tata Consulting Engineers Limited 🇮🇳 Golmuri-Cum-Jugsalai, Jharkhand, India
The role involves managing discipline-specific design requirements and delivering 2D drawings and 3D models for various projects. You will lead a team of 20-25 people, ensuring quality, timeline adherence, and process compliance.
Lead Inflatable Product Designer & Technical Specialist
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Giant Inflatables Australia 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the design and technical development of custom inflatable products, translating client briefs into manufacturable concepts. Manage the end-to-end process from visual conceptualization and 3D modeling to supplier communication and quality control.
Sr. Associate – UX Designer – Design Systems-DS
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Amgen 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
The UX Designer will lead brand onboarding into the Amgen Design System and manage roadmaps, timelines, and migration plans across multiple workstreams. They will also collaborate with global marketing, product, and engineering teams to ensure consistent, accessible, and high-quality digital experiences.
Enterprise Design Manager
🇺🇸 Fremont, California, United States
Everon 🇺🇸 Fremont, California, United States
Lead a team of Sales Engineers to develop and support enterprise technology solutions and design specifications. Act as a technical expert to bridge the gap between business requirements and technical implementation for customers and internal teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mable 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You will lead end-to-end design within a cross-functional squad, owning the quality of work from problem framing to high-fidelity execution. You will also facilitate user research, manage stakeholders, and contribute to the overall design culture and strategy of the team.
Sr. Graphic Designer
🇪🇸 Dénia, Valencian Community, Spain
Luxehouze 🇪🇸 Dénia, Valencian Community, Spain
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the conception and execution of large-scale integrated marketing campaigns across various media. They will collaborate with the marketing team to maintain brand consistency and improve the quality of visual assets.
Senior Graphic Designer - Accent Group
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Accent Group Limited 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Develop and deliver creative concepts and campaigns across print, digital, and retail touchpoints for various brands. Lead and mentor the design team while overseeing artwork accuracy and maintaining brand guidelines.
Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, United States
Palo Alto Networks 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, United States
Lead end-to-end product design for complex cybersecurity workflows and platform integrations for Strata Cloud Manager. Drive UX strategy and champion consistency across the product ecosystem while mentoring other designers.
Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 India
Fetchjobs.co 🇮🇳 India
Lead the development of high-quality static, video, and carousel advertising assets for platforms like Meta, Google, and TikTok. Collaborate with marketing leadership to translate strategic briefs into performance-driven visual narratives for the US market.
Regional Design Manager
🇳🇱 Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands
Sisk Group 🇳🇱 Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead and manage the regional design function for data center projects, ensuring design solutions meet client expectations and strategic objectives. Oversee technical governance, resource planning, and the integration of sustainability and digital standards across the business unit.
Quantitative UX Researcher
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Gusto 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Drive the quantitative research roadmap to inform high-stakes product investments and AI experience improvements. Partner with senior leadership and data science to combine behavioral and attitudinal data into actionable customer insights.
Quantitative UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States
Gusto 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States
Drive the quantitative research roadmap to inform high-stakes product investments and AI experience improvements. Partner with senior leadership and data science to combine behavioral and attitudinal data into actionable customer insights.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Lightspeed Commerce 🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Lead the design and optimization of the onboarding funnel for various retailer profiles to reduce friction and increase user adoption. Collaborate with engineers and product managers to transform complex workflows into simple, user-friendly customer journeys.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Cgi 🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Lead user-experience design efforts for cloud-based applications and mission-critical interfaces within a federal modernization program. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex workflows into intuitive, accessible, and secure user-centered designs.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Australian Naval Infrastructure (ani) 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Manage the planning and design process for complex infrastructure projects and programs up to $5bn AUD, ensuring technical requirements and quality standards are met. Lead multidisciplinary teams and administer design consultancies while managing technical inputs throughout the construction lifecycle.
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.