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Require a Senior Graphic Designer in Delhi
🇮🇳 New Delhi, India
Testhiring 🇮🇳 New Delhi, India
Lead the development of client design briefs and execute high-end visual branding systems. Focus on advanced typography and sophisticated layout structures to ensure strategic alignment and brand consistency.
Sr Product Designer
🇵🇭 Biliran, Philippines
Sinch 🇵🇭 Biliran, Philippines
Lead UI/UX refinements and design end-to-end user journeys for self-serve funnels and new product features. Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams to translate wireframes into final deliveries.
Electrical Engineer, Data Center Electrical Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Meta 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Own the power system engineering and stability of next-generation high-power compute platforms within large-scale data centers. Lead critical safety design, electrical modeling, and advanced troubleshooting for HVDC distribution systems.
Manager Design Engineering
🇨🇭 8154 Oberglatt, Switzerland
Dover Corporation 🇨🇭 8154 Oberglatt, Switzerland
Lead the design engineering department, coordinating internal interfaces to ensure quality and deadlines are met. Responsible for capacity planning, product range development, and the technical approval of all design work.
Design Manager - Interiors - Senior Level
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead complex, large-scale corporate interior projects from concept to completion while serving as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders. Manage multidisciplinary teams, oversee project financial performance, and drive business growth through new opportunities and strategic account leadership.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇮 Gibraltar
Patrianna 🇬🇮 Gibraltar
Lead AI-powered design workflows to create high-performing player experience surfaces and monetization flows. Collaborate with Product and CRM teams to deliver production-ready specs and interactive prototypes that drive revenue.
Global UX Designer Senior Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Boston Consulting Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Define and design service experiences for employees by creating service design blueprints and conducting behavioral research. Collaborate with cross-functional global teams and senior leadership to implement value-creating service improvements.
Lead Product Designer
🇮🇳 India
Wati.io 🇮🇳 India
Lead end-to-end design for core product areas of a SaaS platform, from discovery to implementation. Own the evolution of the design system and mentor other designers to ensure consistency and quality across web and mobile experiences.
Senior Graphic Designer & Art Director (all genders)
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
About You Se & Co. Kg 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Develop and execute brand identities and visual guidelines across digital, print, and physical touchpoints. Lead creative campaigns from ideation to post-production, including art directing shoots and creating immersive visual experiences.
Senior Graphic Designer & Art Director (all genders)
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
About You Se & Co. Kg 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Develop and execute brand identities and visual guidelines across digital, print, and physical touchpoints. Lead creative campaigns from ideation to post-production, including art directing shoots and creating immersive visual experiences.
Senior UX Researcher
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Utility Warehouse 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end research for complex problem spaces to influence product vision and design requirements. Act as a strategic partner to Product, Design, and Engineering teams while mentoring junior researchers.
Lead UX Designer
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Morningstar 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Lead the end-to-end design process for workplace products, from discovery and research to delivery of scalable solutions. Collaborate with product owners and engineers to translate complex financial information into user-friendly digital experiences.
Lead Product Designer - Design System
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Bvnk 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Own the end-to-end design system roadmap, ensuring a tight integration between Figma, Storybook, and Zeroheight. Focus on scaling the system and optimizing it for AI consumption to reduce prototype-to-production drift.
Product Designer App H/F
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Paris, France
The role involves designing intuitive and high-performance mobile experiences for iOS and Android within a banking environment. You will lead the product reflection from discovery to delivery, collaborating with product and tech teams to translate business goals into fluid user journeys.
Principal Product Designer - Core Platform
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Bvnk 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
Own the end-to-end design for the Core Platform and Fincrime areas, focusing on onboarding, treasury, and compliance systems. Partner with product and engineering leaders to define long-range strategy and mentor other designers within the organization.
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.