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Principal UX Researcher
🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ocean Infinity 🇧🇷 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Lead and shape the user research strategy across technology platforms, products, and operational systems. Define problems to solve and translate complex technical workflows into actionable insights to inform product strategy.
Principal UX Researcher
🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Ocean Infinity 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Define and lead the UX research strategy across Ocean Infinity’s software and operational platforms. Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to inform product design and improve user experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Ocean Infinity 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute growth initiatives while leading the design process from concept to implementation. Advocate for user needs through research and usability activities to ensure cohesive product experiences.
Product Designer Senior - F/H
🇫🇷 Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Niji 🇫🇷 Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Lead the end-to-end product design process from strategic framing and discovery to delivery and quality assurance. Use AI tools to accelerate prototyping and iteration while ensuring high-fidelity interfaces and strong business alignment for major clients.
Senior Technical Advisor / Senior Water Facilities Design Engineering / Hydraulics / Conveyance Systems / Pump Stations
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Bge, Inc. 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the design and engineering efforts of water engineering design needs for major client projects. Serve as the technical expert for complex water infrastructure projects and mentor emerging talent.
Senior Project Architect & Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Serve as a Senior Project Architect and Design Manager on complex architectural projects, ensuring compliance with building codes and leading multidisciplinary teams. Oversee project design schedules and deliverables while mentoring junior architects and managing design risks.
Orchard - Senior UI / UX Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Enero 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the creation of visually compelling, user-friendly interfaces across various digital platforms while ensuring a holistic user experience. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients to translate research and wireframes into polished, production-ready designs.
Lead UI Designer
🇨🇦 Quebec, Canada
Frima Studio 🇨🇦 Quebec, Canada
Lead the UI team in determining interface requirements and ensuring high-quality visual execution across projects. Coordinate with interdisciplinary departments and manage the professional development of direct reports through coaching and feedback.
Sr. Interaction Designer — Ion
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Intuitive 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Lead the interaction design and product innovation for minimally invasive lung care robotic systems. Drive the end-to-end design process from early concepting and user research to final UI specifications and implementation.
Manager, Endoscope Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Intuitive 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Lead a team of mechanical and biomedical engineers in developing endoscope hardware for a novel robotic surgical platform. Manage the full design cycle from early prototypes through clinical trials and product launch, including budget and schedule execution.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
City Of New York 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of resident-facing products, from initial problem framing and user research to high-fidelity prototyping and launch. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate complex city regulations into accessible, user-friendly digital services.
Senior Road Design Manager- Southeast
🇺🇸 Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America
Weston & Sampson 🇺🇸 Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America
Manage and lead road design projects from concept through construction while overseeing technical design teams. Serve as the primary client liaison for project delivery, quality, and performance.
Senior Bridge Design Manager- Southeast
🇺🇸 Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America
Weston & Sampson 🇺🇸 Fort Myers, Florida, United States of America
Manage and lead bridge design projects from concept through construction while overseeing technical design teams. Serve as the primary client liaison for project delivery, quality, and performance.
Principal Product Designer
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Nice 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
You will own the overall design quality and coherence of NiCE-Cognigy’s product ecosystem, defining and driving the design vision and experience standards. You will lead the completion and governance of the internal design system while ensuring consistency across multiple product areas.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barclays 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Create user-centered and visually appealing designs for digital banking products through research, UI/UX design, and stakeholder collaboration. Lead the design process from discovery to delivery, ensuring accessibility and alignment with brand identity.
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.