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Senior Product Designer, Craft & Systems
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Tastytrade 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead the creation and maintenance of the design system foundations, including token architecture and component standards, across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. Drive high-quality design execution and mentor other designers to ensure visual consistency and scalability across the core platform.
Senior Product Designer, Craft & Systems
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Tastylive 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead the creation and maintenance of the design system, including token architecture and component standards across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. Drive high-quality design execution and mentor other designers to ensure scalability and visual coherence across the core platform.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Bakery Agency 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Oversee the creation and production of multi-medium design solutions and marketing campaigns for high-profile lifestyle brands. Lead the design team in executing brand identities and innovating visual looks while managing rapid project timelines.
Design Manager - Structural
Nova By Korn Ferry
Lead and manage structural design coordination and technical engineering activities for projects in Abu Dhabi. Ensure all deliverables comply with local authority regulations, international design codes, and project specifications.
Senior Product Designer
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Timeleft 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Own end-to-end design across the mobile app, web surfaces, and design system to translate product goals into high-quality UX. Lead design discovery and execution while partnering with product managers and engineers to balance user needs and business goals.
Senior Workplace Design Manager
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Applied Materials 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Drive project design solutions for office, lab, and amenity spaces across North America in alignment with global guidelines. Partner with cross-functional teams and business leaders to deliver high-quality workplace experiences and manage design consultants.
Principal Product Designer, Facilities
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Veho 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design strategy and execution for warehouse and facility operations tools, including the Warehouse Management System and mobile scanning apps. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to optimize workflows and drive the overall design system.
Senior Staff UX Designer
🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Ge Healthcare 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Drive end-to-end design decisions for digital healthcare products by partnering with engineering and product teams. Lead user research, synthesize findings, and create structured solution roadmaps and prototypes to improve patient and provider outcomes.
Senior Product Designer – Inventory
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Nory 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end design of an intelligent inventory management system, focusing on AI assistants and operational workflows for restaurants. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to reduce time-on-task and evolve the company's design system, Bento.
Senior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Parsons Corporation 🇸🇦 Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager provides strategic and technical leadership for multi-disciplinary design across major infrastructure programs and asset portfolios. They are accountable for design governance, technical assurance, and managing the end-to-end delivery from strategic planning to construction documentation.
UX Designer - Sector Financiero / Bancario
Remote (🇪🇨 Quito, Quito Canton, Ecuador)
Devsu Remote (🇪🇨 Quito, Quito Canton, Ecuador)
Lead and collaborate on full UX design processes, including user research, ideation, prototyping, and validation for digital banking products. Facilitate co-creation workshops and present findings to stakeholders to drive digital transformation in the financial sector.
AI Product Designer
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Resq 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Lead the design of AI-first, customer-centric experiences by translating complex AI capabilities into intuitive workflows. Own the end-to-end design process from discovery and prototyping to launch and continuous iteration.
EHV/HV Substation Design Lead (Data Centers), Design Engineering EMEA
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Amazon 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Design and manage high and medium voltage substation systems across multiple geographical regions for data center infrastructure. Collaborate with vendors and utility providers to specify equipment and support the project lifecycle from site selection to commissioning.
Visual Merchandising Design Manager
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Polène Paris 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Lead the creative and technical translation of Visual Merchandising concepts for international deployment, including window displays and experiential spaces. Manage the VM design team while coordinating with internal departments and external suppliers to ensure brand consistency.
Principal Product Designer | UX/UI & AI Experience Design
🇵🇭 Philippines
Human Intelligence 🇵🇭 Philippines
Lead the UX/UI strategy and complete product design lifecycle for AI-powered platforms across healthcare, education, and wellbeing. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform complex AI technology into intuitive, human-centered digital experiences.
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.