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Building Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lone Tree, Colorado, United States of America
Kiewit 🇺🇸 Lone Tree, Colorado, United States of America
The Building Design Manager leads the building project team and serves as the primary interface with project management and engineering discipline leads. Responsibilities include managing project performance, monitoring metrics, and ensuring successful project execution from concept to construction.
Building Design Manager
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Kiewit 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The Building Design Manager leads the building project team and serves as the primary interface with project management and engineering discipline leads. They are responsible for setting expectations for productivity and quality, monitoring project metrics, and ensuring successful project execution.
Senior Product Designer | Data & AI
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Epicor 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for major features and product initiatives, ensuring design outcomes reflect real user needs. Collaborate closely with Product Management and Engineering while mentoring other designers and advancing design craft.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Nex 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the design process for the OS, focusing on user needs and usability. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to create engaging experiences for users.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Cushman & Wakefield 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead marketing projects from concept to completion, ensuring high-quality deliverables and timely execution. They will serve as the primary marketing resource for the team, coordinating closely with brokerage professionals and centralized marketing teams.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Cushman & Wakefield 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead the development of professional marketing materials and visual communications to showcase commercial properties for sale. Coordinate marketing projects from concept to completion while collaborating with brokerage professionals and corporate marketing teams.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Nex 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead the design and user experience for the Playground OS and web-based account management features. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to create engaging, family-friendly interfaces and maintain a consistent design system.
Senior UX Designer - Health
🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Apple 🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Lead the design of next-generation health and health research experiences, shaping product direction and establishing design standards. Collaborate with clinicians, engineers, and data scientists to transform complex health concepts into simple, human-centric user experiences.
Visual Designer Sr.
🇩🇴 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Pagés Bbdo 🇩🇴 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Lead and execute high-impact visual solutions. Transform big ideas into graphic pieces to strengthen brand identity.
Graphic Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Salt Lab Pty Ltd 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Graphic Designer will design high-quality digital marketing assets and lead packaging design from concept to production. They will collaborate with marketing and product teams to create compelling visuals that maintain brand consistency.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Bill 🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Own design strategy and execution for product areas, leading work from discovery through delivery. Drive cross-functional alignment and elevate design quality by establishing strong patterns and contributing to the design system.
Senior Software Engineer - Design Systems
🇺🇸 United States of America
Netflix 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will work on a portfolio of productivity tools and automations designed to accelerate the product design lifecycle at Netflix. This includes leading projects, collaborating with designers and engineers, and maintaining the integrity of the Design System portfolio.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Nex 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the design process for the OS, focusing on user needs and usability. Collaborate with product leaders and engineers to deliver innovative design solutions.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles County, CA 90292, United States of America
Dr. Squatch 🇺🇸 Los Angeles County, CA 90292, United States of America
Lead user research, usability testing, and information architecture to ensure an intuitive and consistent digital experience. Partner with Product Management, Design, and Engineering to define interaction models and maintain UX patterns across the e-commerce platform.
Design Manager Proyectos Industriales
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Aecom 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead and manage industrial projects from conceptual design through execution and commissioning. Ensure effective collaboration among multidisciplinary teams and maintain communication with clients and stakeholders.
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.