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Industrial Design Engineer, Worldwide Engineering & Innovation's (WWEI) Design Engineering team
🇺🇸 Cleburne, Texas, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Cleburne, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design and innovation of next-generation sortation and transportation systems, focusing on material flow and site layout. Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to deliver cost-effective, high-quality engineering solutions for distribution centers.
Lead Product Designer, Family Experience
🇺🇸 United States of America
A Place For Mom 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead design for Consumer Experience and own end-to-end product design for various consumer workstreams. Partner with multiple teams to define problem framing, success criteria, and design intuitive workflows for families navigating senior care decisions.
Senior UX Researcher
Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Pulse Labs Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Lead and execute research projects while ensuring sound research methodology and analysis. Collaborate with customers to plan and deliver research projects, analyze data, and present findings.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Elliptic 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design process within a cross-functional team to solve complex problems in the crypto industry. Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs while validating solutions through user research and testing.
Design Manager, Interaction Design Lead - LEGO® DESiGN
🇩🇰 7190 Billund, Denmark
The Lego Group 🇩🇰 7190 Billund, Denmark
Lead the design vision and lifecycle for interactive products that blend digital and physical play experiences. Manage project milestones, guide multidisciplinary teams, and advocate for interaction design culture within the organization.
Senior Design Manager
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chanel 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead all phases of design coordination, construction project management, and procurement for luxury retail and corporate offices in Canada. Manage budgets, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and ensure brand image standards are maintained across all sites.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Fountain Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Lead the design of Fountain’s CRM product from discovery through delivery, focusing on creating user-driven product experiences. Conduct user research to understand user needs and collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver impactful features.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Teleskope 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design process for products, balancing user experience, feasibility, and business needs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product direction and ensure high-quality design implementation.
Lead Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Apron 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Lead Product Designer will own the design process end-to-end for the core payments product, enhancing user experience and driving innovation. They will also coach other designers and maintain a design system for consistency across the product.
Sr. Design Manager,Chemistry/ Materials
🇹🇼 Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Super Micro Computer Spain, S.l. 🇹🇼 Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Lead the strategic planning and execution of coolant-related initiatives while ensuring quality and compliance with environmental regulations. Oversee the development of chemical processes and manage supplier relationships to support data center growth.
Sr. Design Manager,Chemistry/ Materials
🇹🇼 Taoyuan City, Taiwan
美超微 🇹🇼 Taoyuan City, Taiwan
The Sr. Design Manager will lead the strategic planning and execution of coolant-related initiatives while overseeing the development of chemical blending processes and quality assurance standards. They will also manage supplier relationships and ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
Senior Product Designer (Clinical Education Platform)
🇲🇦 85450 Tandilte, Morocco
Fullscript 🇲🇦 85450 Tandilte, Morocco
The Senior Product Designer will shape the future of clinical education on Fullscript Academy by designing experiences that help providers understand and retain clinical knowledge. They will lead UX research and testing to validate ideas and refine solutions in a fast-moving environment.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Teleskope 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for 0->1 products, translating complex technical problems into intuitive user experiences. Collaborate with PMs and Engineering to define product roadmaps and maintain the company's design system.
Staff Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
Omada Health Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
Lead product and experience design for AI-supported member experiences across key moments in the health journey. Shape how AI and human care teams work together across digital and service touchpoints.
Staff Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Omada Health Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Lead the design of AI-supported member experiences, defining interaction models for intelligent guidance and human-in-the-loop support. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex AI capabilities into trustworthy, clinically appropriate digital and service touchpoints.
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.