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Staff Product Designer, Listing & Inventory
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Etsy 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead end-to-end design projects for inventory and listing tools, from early concepts through to launch. Partner with cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and research to simplify complex workflows and integrate AI.
Data Center Facilities: Assess, Engineer & Design Manager
🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Accenture 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Lead data center facilities assessments, engineering design, and rationalization programs for large enterprise clients. Collaborate with IT infrastructure teams to bridge physical and IT infrastructure worlds while developing sustainability and consolidation plans.
FPGA Design engineering manager with high speed protocols ( Pcie / Ethernet / USB )
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Amd 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Lead and nurture a high-performance silicon engineering team to create next-generation computing technologies. Collaborate with multi-functional leaders and external partners to meet schedule commitments and support customers.
Senior Graphic Designer
🌍 Remote
Provido Global 🌍 Remote
Lead the development of high-quality visual assets for digital and print media while shaping the company's creative direction. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide mentorship to junior and mid-level designers to ensure brand consistency.
Senior UX Designer
🇬🇧 Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Atkinsréalis 🇬🇧 Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
The Senior UX Designer will lead UX design strategies across the full lifecycle, providing guidance on interaction, accessibility, and service design. They will also manage client relationships, mentor multidisciplinary teams, and ensure all designs meet business objectives and user needs.
Senior UX Designer
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Sharkninja 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end UX design process for global direct-to-consumer websites, from research and wireframing to high-fidelity UI and engineering handoff. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve conversion, engagement, and customer satisfaction through data-driven design and experimentation.
Design Manager - Civil Engineering - Northern Ireland
🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Graham Group 🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate the multi-disciplinary design process for civil engineering projects from concept through to construction and handover. Act as the central interface between design, commercial, and delivery teams to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective solutions.
Design Manager - Civil Engineering - Hereford
🇬🇧 Hereford, England, United Kingdom
Graham Group 🇬🇧 Hereford, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams from concept through to construction and handover for a major highways development. Act as the central interface between design, commercial, and delivery teams to ensure safe, compliant, and cost-effective project outcomes.
Senior Product Designer
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cyberowl 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead the end-to-end research and design process for the Medulla maritime cybersecurity monitoring platform. Translate complex data and user evidence into buildable interfaces, focusing on reducing cognitive load and optimizing information hierarchy.
Interaction/ UX Designer (Permanent) - £55,000- 60,000 per annum
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Create/change 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead user-centered design across complex digital service projects from discovery through to live delivery. Facilitate workshops, manage stakeholder engagement, and provide design assurance for multidisciplinary teams.
Product Designer ($90k-$150k + Equity) at Aios Medical
🇩🇪 Germany
Jack & Jill 🇩🇪 Germany
Lead the end-to-end design of customer-facing mobile apps for GLP-1 treatments and optimize internal clinical tools. Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to balance user needs with regulatory and commercial constraints.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Anglian Water @one Alliance 🇬🇧 Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary engineering team to deliver design solutions for water non-infrastructure projects. Oversee project planning, health and safety compliance, and team development while driving innovation and continuous improvement.
Senior Interaction Designer
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Crown Commercial Service 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end design of complex, high-impact transactional services while mentoring team members and ensuring inclusive digital experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate policy and technical constraints into intuitive, evidence-based user journeys.
Product Designer (UX/UI) - London
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Apple 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The designer will lead the user experience evolution for a suite of messaging platform products across Apple Services. They are responsible for translating complex business requirements into functional, high-fidelity web interfaces while collaborating with engineering and product teams.
MGR DESIGN ENGINEERING 2
🇺🇸 Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
Huntington Ingalls 🇺🇸 Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States
The role involves designing major components for shipbuilding operations and leading quality assurance functions to ensure technical accuracy. You will oversee the development and review of technical drawings while collaborating with engineering and design teams to maintain compliance standards.
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.