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Design Manager - Water Sector
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Stantec 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver water sector projects from initial concept to detailed design. Act as the technical lead collaborating with Project Managers to ensure service excellence and best value for major UK clients.
Senior UX Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hellofresh 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design of critical growth journeys including acquisition, conversion, and checkout across the HelloFresh brand portfolio. Partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities, drive experimentation, and integrate AI-native workflows into the design lifecycle.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States
Activision 🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States
Lead UX ideation and direction for Call of Duty: Mobile by translating player insights and data into experience concepts and prototypes. Collaborate with Product Managers and external partners at Tencent to define and implement high-impact UX improvements.
Head of Design, Creative Studio
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
The Head of Design will define design excellence and build the practice, systems, and culture across Adobe's creative, content, and experiences. They will lead design teams, set art direction for global campaigns, and integrate AI-native workflows into the creative process.
Product Designer, Growth
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Stripe 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Design industry-leading onboarding experiences to reduce friction for new users and contribute to growth initiatives like acquisition and retention. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to launch user-facing experiences while leveraging data and research to inform design strategy.
Lead Product Designer, Marketplace
🇧🇷 Brazil
Jobgether 🇧🇷 Brazil
Own the end-to-end design direction for a two-sided discovery marketplace, focusing on AI-driven personalization and trust. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to prototype and ship high-quality, scalable experiences while mentoring other designers.
Senior Civil/Structural Substation Design Engineer, Design Engineering
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Amazon 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The Senior Civil/Structural Substation Design Engineer will lead the design, permitting, and construction oversight of HV/MV substations and grid connections for global data centers. This role involves managing external design consultants, ensuring project quality and budget adherence, and providing technical expertise for civil and structural design components.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States
Mckesson 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States
Execute end-to-end design for AI-enabled product experiences across pharmacy management and clinical service platforms. Drive consistency and scalability by defining cross-portfolio design systems and collaborating with product and engineering leadership.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Orlando, Florida, United States
Mckesson 🇺🇸 Orlando, Florida, United States
Execute end-to-end design for AI-enabled, user-centric experiences across pharmacy management and clinical service products. Drive consistency and scalability by defining cross-portfolio design systems and collaborating with product and engineering leadership.
DC Design Manager for Region (AMER), DCDE - AMER
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Lead project teams to deliver high-quality, globally consistent data center designs within budget and schedule constraints. Manage design consultants, coordinate cross-disciplinary decisions, and drive standardization and automation across global infrastructure projects.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Vetcove 🇺🇸 United States
Lead end-to-end design for core product areas, taking ideas from early concept to final implementation. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define roadmaps and ensure high-quality design execution.
Lead Visual Designer (Apps & Marketing)
🇳🇱 Uden, North Brabant, Netherlands
Koek 🇳🇱 Uden, North Brabant, Netherlands
The Lead Visual Designer is responsible for creating intuitive web-app interfaces and driving the company's own marketing and brand identity. They provide creative direction to the marketing team while ensuring visual quality and technical feasibility across all digital products.
Lead Product Designer, Marketplace
Remote (🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates)
Jobgether Remote (🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates)
Own the end-to-end design direction for a two-sided discovery marketplace, focusing on AI-driven personalization and trust. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to prototype and ship high-quality, scalable experiences.
Lead Product Designer, Marketplace
Remote (🇦🇹 Austria)
Jobgether Remote (🇦🇹 Austria)
Own the end-to-end design direction for a two-sided discovery marketplace, focusing on AI-driven personalization and trust. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to prototype and ship high-quality, scalable user experiences.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Saic 🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will create innovative production concepts and compelling visuals for an Intelligence Community customer. Responsibilities include developing tailored communication products for senior leadership and supporting graphics for the Mission Center.
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.