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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.
Senior Web Designer
🇺🇸 Canada, Kentucky, United States
Polyai 🇺🇸 Canada, Kentucky, United States
The Senior Web Designer will own and evolve the website design system while leading end-to-end design initiatives across all web-facing surfaces. They will collaborate with engineers and marketing stakeholders to deliver high-performing, accessible web experiences that drive engagement and pipeline.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Bechtel Corporation 🇦🇺 City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lead a technical team to coordinate engineering aspects of complex aviation infrastructure projects, ensuring they remain within scope and budget. Oversee design reviews, manage requests for information, and facilitate technical discussions between stakeholders and contractors.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Taskforce 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the visual strategy and creative execution for high-impact campaigns across digital, print, and experiential touchpoints. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex narratives into bold visual designs that drive public engagement and action.
Staff Product Designer, Monetization
🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Duolingo 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
You will define and evolve user experiences across monetization surfaces while playing a leadership role in shaping the product roadmap. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and designers to execute both long-term strategy and tactical product features.
Engineering Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Brentwood Borough Council 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead and support civil and structural engineering design teams to deliver infrastructure improvements and consultancy services for the council. Manage the delivery of the Lead Local Flood Authority duties and oversee major regeneration and asset management projects.
Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Aecom 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will lead the design function by developing strategic plans, overseeing design operations, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals. They will also mentor team members and collaborate across departments to deliver high-quality design solutions that meet customer expectations.
Senior Principal UX Designer | Shared Technology (FTC to Mar 2027)
🇸🇪 Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden
Xbox Media Solutions (formerly Activision Blizzard Media) 🇸🇪 Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden
Lead research into existing CI workflows to identify pain points and unmet needs for developer teams. Collaborate with engineers and product partners to design, prototype, and implement efficient, intuitive end-to-end developer journeys.
Principal Product Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
New Relic 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Principal Product Designer will lead complex design initiatives across the UX platform and design system, focusing on AI-native experiences and workflows. They will act as a senior design authority, mentoring team members and partnering with engineering and product leadership to drive strategic outcomes.
Design Manager - Water / Wastewater Design
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Brown And Caldwell 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The Design Manager will lead complex water and wastewater design projects while providing technical leadership and ensuring high-quality project outputs. They will collaborate with project managers to manage design scope, schedules, budgets, and cross-functional team coordination.
12 month Fixed Term Contract Marketing Design Manager
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Mountain Warehouse 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead the creative direction and delivery of retail print campaigns across three brands and nine international markets. Manage a team of designers to ensure in-store communications are commercially effective and aligned with brand strategy.
Design Manager
🇯🇵 Japan
Dayone 🇯🇵 Japan
The Design Manager oversees the successful design and implementation of data center facilities through close collaboration with engineers, contractors, and clients. Key duties include providing technical leadership, ensuring quality control, and managing design documentation to meet industry standards.
Head of Design – Japan Data Center Development & Delivery
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Sovereign Ai 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
The Head of Design will lead the technical direction and full-lifecycle engineering of high-density AI data centers in Japan. This includes managing A&E partners, ensuring regulatory compliance, and building a multidisciplinary engineering team.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Walmart 🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Lead the development of user experience strategies through comprehensive research, interaction design, and prototyping to align business goals with user needs. Collaborate with stakeholders to create scalable, user-centered design systems across digital and physical touchpoints for Walmart's services.
Principal, UX Designer
🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Walmart 🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Lead the development of user experience strategies through comprehensive research, prototyping, and usability testing to create seamless digital and physical experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align UX solutions with business goals and mentor team members to drive continuous improvement.
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.