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Senior Project Manager - Design Engineering + Construction
🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Cybercoders 🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Lead complex capital projects from concept to handover within the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage sectors. Coordinate multidisciplinary design engineering and construction management to deliver compliant, on-time, and on-budget facilities.
Senior Systems Design Manager
🇺🇸 Arden Hills, MN 55112, United States of America
Boston Scientific 🇺🇸 Arden Hills, MN 55112, United States of America
The Senior Systems Design Manager will provide technical and people leadership to a team of engineers responsible for the system-level design of active implantable devices. This role involves managing the product lifecycle, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering cross-functional partnerships to drive innovation and high-quality deliverables.
ASIC and Logic Design Engineering Manager (Compute Test, North Reading)
🇺🇸 North Reading, MA 01864, United States of America
Teradyne 🇺🇸 North Reading, MA 01864, United States of America
The Logic Design Manager leads a team of 4-6 engineers in designing and verifying FPGAs for next-generation compute test products. This role involves project planning, resource management, cross-functional collaboration, and hands-on technical contributions to ensure successful product delivery.
Sr. Design Technologist , eShop Content Services
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Amazon 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the development and training of Generative AI-powered tools and foundational models for design and creative production. Architect production-grade GenAI platforms and define the technical roadmap for AI-driven content generation at scale.
Product Designer Sênior
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Itaú Unibanco 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Lead high-complexity design initiatives to create user-centered digital solutions aligned with strategic business goals. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to translate customer needs and technical constraints into high-impact experiences while mentoring junior designers.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Fieldguide Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Lead the end-to-end design of complex audit workflows and partner with Product and Engineering to shape strategy and roadmaps. Own significant product areas and integrate AI-assisted workflows to modernize audit processes.
ASIC Design Manager, Silicon and Systems Group
🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Amazon Lab126 🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Lead and manage a team of ASIC design engineers to create semiconductors for Amazon devices. Oversee the front-end design process from micro-architecture and RTL design through to implementation and silicon delivery.
Lead Graphic Designer
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Snappycx 🇳🇬 Nigeria
The Lead Graphic Designer will personally create and deliver visual assets including email campaigns, landing pages, and product packaging. They will also provide creative direction, coordinate with external vendors, and ensure brand consistency across all materials.
Lead Graphic Designer – Consumer Goods Brand
🇬🇭 Ghana
Snappycx 🇬🇭 Ghana
The Lead Graphic Designer will personally create and deliver visual assets including email campaigns, landing pages, and product packaging while providing creative direction to freelancers. They will collaborate with developers and vendors to ensure brand consistency and high-quality execution across all digital and print materials.
Lead Graphic Designer – Consumer Goods Brand
🇵🇭 Philippines
Snappycx 🇵🇭 Philippines
The Lead Graphic Designer will personally create visual assets for email, web, social media, and packaging while providing creative direction to freelancers. They will collaborate with developers and vendors to ensure brand consistency and high-quality production across all materials.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Lithgow NSW 2790, Australia
Mycareer - Nsw Government 🇦🇺 Lithgow NSW 2790, Australia
You will lead the end-to-end design process for digital products, including research, wireframing, and prototyping while ensuring accessibility and alignment with business objectives. Additionally, you will provide expert guidance to project teams and assist with UI/UX business analysis and requirement gathering.
Product Design Manager, Growth - Consumer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Openai 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and develop a team of product designers to create cohesive, intuitive experiences across the entire customer journey. Partner with cross-functional leaders in product, engineering, and data science to drive growth and product quality.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 Offham, Lewes, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Ancient + Brave | B Corp 🇬🇧 Offham, Lewes, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
The role involves leading graphic design efforts to support a mission-driven wellness brand. The designer will create visual assets that align with the brand's identity and support its growth in the wellness sector.
Senior UX Researcher
🇨🇴 Colombia
Agileengine 🇨🇴 Colombia
Lead mixed-method research to evaluate AI-enabled self-service experiences and enterprise IT operations tooling. Maintain a jobs-to-be-done framework to provide actionable, decision-ready recommendations for product and operational stakeholders.
Design Manager (Owners Representative) - Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid)
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Kalcon 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Lead multi-disciplinary design coordination for hyperscale data center builds as an Owner's Representative from concept through construction. Serve as the primary liaison between project management and A/E teams to ensure timely, cost-aware delivery and design clarity.
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.