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Senior Interaction Designer
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Intuitive 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Design world-class physical and digital interfaces for complex robotic surgical systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Define system behaviors and create detailed specifications to ensure safe, effective, and intuitive user experiences.
Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Apple 🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining robust design system components, patterns, and tokens for Media Tools and Infrastructure. The role requires collaborating with senior-level stakeholders to deliver high-quality, consistent, and efficient product experiences under tight deadlines.
Senior Graphic Designer.
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Drink Ocany 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Develop creative concepts, key visuals, and brand identity guidelines for marketing campaigns and product communication. Design a wide range of marketing materials including packaging, POSM, and digital assets while integrating AI tools to optimize the creative process.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Microsoft 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
The designer will own end-to-end design execution for complex product areas, from problem definition to high-fidelity delivery. They will partner with engineering and product management to shape feasible solutions while leveraging AI tools to improve design outcomes.
Staff/Senior Product Designer
🇦🇷 Argentina
Ryz Labs 🇦🇷 Argentina
Lead the design of an AI-powered platform for heavy civil contractors, translating user needs into buildable specifications. Collaborate closely with engineers in Linear and conduct weekly customer onboarding sessions to validate design decisions.
Senior Design Build Design Manager
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Lead the pursuit, planning, and execution of complex vertical building projects using alternative delivery models like Design-Build and CMAR across California. Manage integrated teams of architects and engineers while maintaining strategic relationships with contractors and clients to optimize cost, schedule, and design excellence.
Senior Design Build Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the pursuit, planning, and execution of complex vertical building projects using alternative delivery models like Design-Build and CMAR across California. Manage integrated teams of architects and engineers while maintaining strategic relationships with contractors and developers to drive growth.
Senior Design Build Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Lead the pursuit, planning, and execution of complex vertical building projects using alternative delivery models like Design-Build and CMAR across California. Manage integrated teams of architects and engineers while maintaining strategic relationships with contractors and developers to drive growth.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Calm 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own end-to-end product design initiatives for consumer mobile and web experiences, focusing on visual, interaction, and motion design. Partner with cross-functional teams to build intuitive, high-quality experiences that drive user acquisition and retention.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Abby Care 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for complex product initiatives, from discovery and user research to high-fidelity prototyping. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to build scalable design systems and AI-driven experiences for family caregivers.
4 Senior Product Designer
🇨🇴 Medellín, Valle de Aburrá, Colombia
Katapult Labs 🇨🇴 Medellín, Valle de Aburrá, Colombia
Design the core visual identity and user experience for an early-stage consumer product. Partner with the product lead to translate decisions into polished designs with a focus on virality and social content.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Wolfe, Llc 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of intuitive experiences across consumer, corporate, and merchant platforms. This includes conducting user research, creating high-fidelity prototypes, and maintaining a scalable design system.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Fanatics 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Execute high-quality design solutions for trading cards, branding, and marketing assets from concept to final production. Coordinate with pre-production partners and internal teams to ensure technical accuracy and brand consistency across various materials.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Wall Township, New Jersey, United States of America
Ruxlo 🇺🇸 Wall Township, New Jersey, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end product design for Ruxlo's mobile and web platforms, creating intuitive interfaces for complex, data-dense workflows. Additionally, you will lead usability research, maintain the cross-platform design system, and collaborate closely with engineering to ensure high-quality implementation.
Senior Web Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Sao Paulo)
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
The role involves building and owning client design systems, focusing on token architecture and core component libraries. You will document these systems to ensure seamless execution by developers or automated pipelines across multiple brands.
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.