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Senior Road Design Manager- Southeast
🇺🇸 Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America
Weston & Sampson Engineers Inc 🇺🇸 Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America
Lead road and highway design projects from concept through construction for DOT and local government clients. Oversee technical teams, ensure regulatory compliance, and mentor junior engineers while supporting business growth.
Senior Bridge Design Manager- Southeast
🇺🇸 Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America
Weston & Sampson Engineers Inc 🇺🇸 Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America
Lead bridge design and project delivery for transportation infrastructure projects, managing the process from concept through construction. Oversee technical teams, ensure compliance with standards, and serve as the primary client liaison.
Senior/Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Pulley 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process from concept to launch, creating compelling user flows and high-fidelity prototypes. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to evolve the design system and advocate for user needs based on direct customer feedback.
Traveling Design Manager - MSG - Pharmaceutical
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Turner Construction Company 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The Design Manager leads the design process from schematic design through execution, ensuring client requirements are met. They also manage communication between design teams and construction teams, and oversee the timely delivery of design documents.
Senior Web Designer (d/f/m)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Personio 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Web Designer will own end-to-end design for web surfaces and digital experience touchpoints, ensuring high-quality design and user experience. They will also lead user research and help architect systems and workflows to enhance design efficiency.
Senior Web Designer (d/f/m)
🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
Personio 🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
The Senior Web Designer will own end-to-end design for web surfaces and digital experience touchpoints, ensuring high-quality design and user experience. They will also lead user research and help architect systems and workflows to enhance the design process.
Senior Web Designer (d/f/m)
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Personio 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
The Senior Web Designer will own end-to-end design for web surfaces and digital experience touchpoints, ensuring high-quality design and user experience. They will also lead user research and help architect systems and workflows to enhance the design process.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Blue J 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior Product Designer will lead the creation and maintenance of a scalable design system and craft intuitive user experiences for a generative AI tax solution. They will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate user insights into high-fidelity designs and front-end code.
Electrical Design Engineering Manager 2 (AHT)
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Northrop Grumman 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead a multidisciplinary team of electrical engineers in the design, development, and integration of complex electrical subsystems for missile systems. Manage department budgets, resource allocation, and technical roadmaps while ensuring compliance with performance and security standards.
Senior Product Design Manager - Germany (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Germany
Pennylane Sas 🇩🇪 Germany
Lead the development of the financial operating system for the German market by solving real user problems and designing complex B2B digital products. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate user research and business goals into high-fidelity prototypes and scalable solutions.
SR UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
General Dynamics Information Technology 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will provide subject matter expertise in UX design, guiding teams in Human-Centered Design methodologies. They will lead the design and development of user interfaces, ensuring applications are user-friendly and visually appealing.
Staff UX Researcher
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Honeybook 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead complex, multi-method research initiatives to shape product direction and align cross-functional priorities. Generate actionable insights and compelling narratives to influence executive decision-making and business strategy.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Neural Earth 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of a geospatial intelligence platform, focusing on map-based risk dashboards and AI-assisted workflows. Collaborate with engineering and data science teams to translate complex spatial data into intuitive interfaces for non-technical users.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Revel 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process from discovery to delivery, creating wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and prototypes. Collaborate with engineers and product managers to build scalable design systems and intuitive interfaces for hardware control software.
Magnetic Motor Design Manager
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Parker Hannifin 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Lead the electromagnetic systems development team, ensuring designs are manufacturable at scale while meeting aerospace requirements. Engage with customers to capture requirements and translate them into actionable specifications.
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.