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Head of Design – High-End Residential Architecture (NY / South Florida Focus)
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Talent Harbor 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead high-level psychological discovery sessions with clients to ensure design alignment. Protect the integrity of a proprietary lifestyle blueprint while focusing on high-impact spatial design.
Senior Brand Product Designer
🇺🇸 California, United States of America
General Motors 🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Lead complex design explorations to define future-facing digital experiences across web and mobile platforms. Translate broad opportunities into clear design strategies and high-fidelity artifacts that teams can evaluate and implement.
Senior Brand Product Designer
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
General Motors 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Lead complex design explorations to define future-facing digital experiences across web and mobile platforms. Translate broad opportunities into clear design strategies and high-fidelity artifacts that teams can evaluate and implement.
Senior Brand Product Designer
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
General Motors 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Lead complex design explorations to define future-facing digital experiences across web and mobile platforms. Translate ambiguous opportunities into clear design strategies and high-fidelity artifacts to influence senior stakeholders.
Senior UX_UI Designer
🇺🇸 Westminster, Colorado, United States of America
Caterpillar Inc. 🇺🇸 Westminster, Colorado, United States of America
Lead the experience vision and coordinate customer-centric design excellence across eCommerce product teams. Deliver high-quality UX/UI solutions by collaborating with product and engineering partners through design workshops and iterative prototyping.
Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead design projects by combining craft expertise and leadership to co-create innovative solutions for complex banking problems. Mentor junior designers and collaborate with cross-functional partners to influence product strategy and drive business advantage.
Manager, Manufacturing Design Engineering - Brittles
🇺🇸 Cupertino, California, United States of America
Apple 🇺🇸 Cupertino, California, United States of America
Lead the development and optimization of mechanical manufacturing processes across a global supply base to meet design and operational requirements. Collaborate with Industrial and Product Design teams to implement end-to-end process solutions, including equipment selection and automation.
Head of Design
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Aspora 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead and scale all three design functions: product design, brand design, and marketing design. Establish design quality standards and ensure visual and tonal consistency across all markets and channels.
Technical Program Manager, Fiber Design Engineering
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Google 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead global data center fiber designs and capacity planning to improve infrastructure efficiency and scalability. Manage complex technical programs, overseeing ISP/OSP inventory and coordinating with cross-functional partners and external vendors.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Jamestown, North Dakota, United States of America
Agri-cover, Inc. 🇺🇸 Jamestown, North Dakota, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for executing marketing strategies and designing promotional materials. This includes providing leadership to junior designers, collaborating on projects, and overseeing the quality of final outputs.
UX Researcher
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Pyramid Consulting, Inc 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design and execution of user-centered research and usability studies to provide actionable insights for design and development. Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to influence product, system, or application development.
Head of Design – High-End Residential Architecture (NY / South Florida Focus)
🇺🇸 Florida, United States of America
Talent Harbor 🇺🇸 Florida, United States of America
Lead high-level psychological discovery sessions with clients to ensure design alignment. Protect the integrity of a proprietary lifestyle blueprint while focusing on high-impact spatial design.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Findigs 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of product features from discovery and research to shipping for renters and property managers. Co-own the Figma design system and integrate AI-assisted tools into the standard design workflow.
Design Technologist / BIM Lead - Product Platform
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The American Housing Corporation 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The role involves owning the digital production flow and design automation for a prefabricated residential product platform. Key duties include maintaining BIM libraries, automating BOM generation, and coordinating between architecture, engineering, and manufacturing teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Matillion 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end design processes across various stages, from discovery to high-fidelity delivery. Translate complex AI behaviors into intuitive interactions for data teams.
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.