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Design Engineering Specialist IV
🇨🇱 Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Fluor Corporation 🇨🇱 Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
The role serves as an Area Lead or Lead to perform complex engineering assignments and apply cost-competitive execution techniques. Responsibilities include developing specifications, performing calculations, and reviewing vendor documentation to ensure project compliance.
1016329 - UX Designer
🇧🇷 Brazil
Dexian 🇧🇷 Brazil
The UX Designer is responsible for applying user-centered design methods to create unified system-level components across the digital ecosystem. This includes leading design workshops, collaborating with stakeholders, and providing front-end code support when necessary.
Senior Product Designer (UX/UI)
🌍 Remote
Mouts Ti 🌍 Remote
Lead the conception and evolution of digital interfaces to ensure usability and value for the user. Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering teams to create wireframes, prototypes, and user flows.
Design Manager (MCF/ Data Centres)
🇳🇱 Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Haskoning 🇳🇱 Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Manage the scope, budget, and contract documents for mission-critical data centre projects while coordinating multidisciplinary teams. Lead design solutions and communicate innovative ideas to clients across the EMEA region.
Senior Product Designer
🇫🇷 France
Pigment 🇫🇷 France
Lead the design of high-impact first experiences and strategic initiatives across multiple areas of the platform. Collaborate with stakeholders and engineers to create end-to-end user flows, mockups, and scalable design system components.
Sr. UX Designer
🇨🇦 Canada
Novoed, Inc. 🇨🇦 Canada
You will lead design initiatives from exploration through implementation for scalable, social online learning experiences. You will also partner with product management and engineering teams to conduct user research and define strategic design solutions.
Lead Product Designer, AI for the Planet
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
The Allen Institute For Artificial Intelligence 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
You will own the design for AI-driven environmental products, working closely with researchers, engineers, and product managers to build intuitive, high-impact software. This involves conducting user research, building prototypes, and establishing design systems to support maritime conservation and climate solutions.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Hmh 🇺🇸 United States
The Lead Product Designer will oversee the visual design and development of high-quality print and digital learning materials, including Teacher Guides and Student Editions. They will establish visual identities, create scalable design systems, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure instructional goals are met.
Graphic Designer (part time)
🇲🇽 Mexico
Hpo Outsourcing Professionals - Agency 🇲🇽 Mexico
Lead the creation of high-quality visual content for digital and print mediums to bring the brand to life. Collaborate with marketing teams to produce on-brand assets including logos, email marketing, and advertising materials.
Design Manager
🇨🇦 Canada
Ehvert Mission Critical - A Salas O'brien Company 🇨🇦 Canada
Lead multidisciplinary design teams in the delivery of complex hyperscale and enterprise data center projects from proposal through construction support. Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, and client relationships while ensuring high-quality technical standards.
Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Anori 🌍 Remote
Lead the end-to-end design function, focusing on user research, UI/UX polish, and the evolution of the Figma design system. Collaborate with engineering and GTM teams to streamline the design-to-code workflow for developer and city compliance surfaces.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Etsy 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the end-to-end design of high-impact buyer experiences across the shopping journey, from discovery to checkout. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to drive product strategy, establish design standards, and iterate based on experimentation and data.
Lead Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Circle 🌍 Remote
Own a product area end-to-end by identifying opportunities, framing problems, and shipping complex multi-step product flows. Collaborate with engineering and product management to drive the craft standard and influence overall product strategy.
Lead Product Designer, Marketplace
🌍 Remote
Circle 🌍 Remote
Own the end-to-end design of the Discover marketplace, focusing on AI-driven discovery experiences for both creators and consumers. You will identify opportunities, set design direction, and prototype rapidly to build trust and engagement at scale.
Design Manager - Water/Wastewater
🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Lead multi-discipline design teams in the complete lifecycle of industrial wastewater treatment projects from conceptualization to construction. Manage project scope, schedule, and budget while ensuring technical excellence and regulatory compliance.
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.