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Graphic Designer
🇨🇴 Bogota, Capital District, RAP (Especial) Central, Colombia
Xploy Solutions 🇨🇴 Bogota, Capital District, RAP (Especial) Central, Colombia
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the visual identity by creating high-impact digital and print assets across various channels. They are responsible for maintaining brand consistency, mentoring junior designers, and collaborating with marketing and product teams.
MEP Design Manager
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Skanska Costain Strabag Joint Venture 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead the completion of Stage 5 MEPH design for the London Tunnels, acting as the primary contact for the subcontract supply chain. Oversee design deliverables, manage interfaces between suppliers and integrators, and ensure compliance with CDM regulations and safety standards.
senior associate creative director, Brand & Design Systems - Global Creative Studio
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Starbucks 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Lead and mentor a team of creatives to develop and direct the Starbucks brand expression, design systems, and packaging. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency and push creative boundaries across global channels.
Sr. UX Researcher - Patient (Remote)
🌍 Remote
Rula 🌍 Remote
You will lead end-to-end research focused on the patient experience to improve the journey from discovery to booking. You will collaborate with product, design, and data teams to translate patient insights into actionable recommendations that drive product decisions.
UX Design Manager
🇨🇭 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Google 🇨🇭 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Lead the development of innovative design solutions and define product strategy to simplify complex workflows. Manage and mentor a team of designers while collaborating with Engineering and Product Management to align business goals with design innovation.
Product Designer Senior H/F
🇫🇷 Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Lille, Hauts-de-France, France
You will lead a team of UX/UI designers to develop optimized solutions and oversee the design strategy in collaboration with product teams. Your role involves conducting user research, managing testing, and ensuring the consistency of the user experience through wireframes and prototypes.
Design Manager - Water / Wastewater Design
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Brown And Caldwell 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Provide design delivery leadership for complex water and wastewater projects, focusing on planning, execution, and resource management. Collaborate with project managers to meet milestones and ensure high-quality design deliverables through QA/QC management.
Senior Product Designer, Search and Conversational AI
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Linkedin 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the end-to-end design of conversational AI, content discovery, and search interfaces to transform LinkedIn Search into an AI-powered partner. Partner with engineering and AI research scientists to turn complex technical architectures into intuitive and transformative user experiences.
UX Designer – Data Visualization & AI
🇺🇸 Arizona, United States
Rtx 🇺🇸 Arizona, United States
Lead the design of next-generation data and AI experiences by translating complex technical insights into intuitive, actionable user interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create high-fidelity prototypes and visual narratives that demystify AI outputs and support data-driven decision-making.
Sr. Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Achieve 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
You will lead design for consumer acquisition and zero-to-one product innovation, shaping the future of the company's prequalification platform and new product bets. You will collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams and senior executives to deliver high-impact, data-driven design solutions.
Senior Product Designer, Search and Conversational AI
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Linkedin 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the end-to-end design of conversational AI, content discovery, and search interfaces while bridging the gap between design, engineering, and AI research. Drive vision through systems thinking and rapid interactive prototyping to transform complex AI capabilities into intuitive user experiences.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Ghd 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary design teams through all phases of water and wastewater projects from optioneering to construction support. Coordinate technical interfaces, manage design risks, and ensure high standards of quality and sustainability are met.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Ghd 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary design teams through all phases of water and wastewater projects from optioneering to construction support. Coordinate technical interfaces, manage design risks, and ensure high standards of quality and sustainability are met.
Design Manager - 100% (m/f)
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Arx | Smart Minds 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Lead a multidisciplinary design team to ensure technical coherence and integrity across all project stages from concept to close-out. Act as the principal technical counterpart for clients and coordinate with subconsultants, contractors, and authorities.
Manager, Electrical Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States
Celestica 🇺🇸 Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States
Lead the design and development of complex electrical systems and products across multiple industries. Manage a team of engineers, overseeing project scheduling, technical direction, and department performance goals.
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.