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Senior Manager, Hardware Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead a team in the design and development of advanced thermal cooling solutions for AI servers, switches, and accelerators. Manage project planning, financials, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure products meet customer requirements and performance targets.
BIM Designer - MEP, DC Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The BIM Designer will create and maintain detailed electrical, telecom, and security BIM models for data center facilities using Revit. They will lead clash detection, coordinate cross-discipline models, and produce construction documentation to meet project schedules.
Assoc Manager Product Designer
🇺🇸 El Segundo, CA 90245, United States of America
Mattel 🇺🇸 El Segundo, CA 90245, United States of America
The Product Design Associate Manager will lead and inspire a team of designers to create innovative Hot Wheels licensed entertainment products. They will oversee the design-development process, manage cross-functional partnerships, and ensure products align with consumer insights and brand strategy.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Stairwell 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will lead end-to-end design projects, collaborating with product and engineering teams to create intuitive user experiences. Additionally, you will establish scalable design processes and contribute to the quality of customer-facing AI features.
Staff Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Vetcove Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Lead end-to-end design for core product areas, taking ideas from early concept to final implementation. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define roadmaps and ensure high-quality implementation of design intent.
UX Researcher III
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ebay 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead end-to-end mixed methods user research to inform product improvements and define customer experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Design, Product, and Engineering to drive UX strategy and ensure research insights are actionable.
Senior Product Designer - Senior Associate
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead and execute design workstreams for complex enterprise banking products while collaborating with cross-functional teams. They are responsible for creating concepts, prototypes, and detailed specifications to deliver user-centric solutions within an interconnected ecosystem.
Product Designer
Remote (🇮🇹 Milan, Italy)
Mdotm Remote (🇮🇹 Milan, Italy)
You will lead end-to-end product design, from UX research and prototyping to high-fidelity UI creation for AI-driven investment solutions. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain a scalable design system and translate complex data into intuitive visualizations.
Senior Product Designer - Payments
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Jane Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
You will design cohesive, end-to-end payment experiences that simplify financial management for clinics of all sizes. This involves leading user research, managing stakeholders, and applying systems thinking to turn ambiguous problems into intuitive, trustworthy solutions.
Senior Graphic Designer (SCADA)
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Hoffman & Hoffman Inc 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the design of complex, data-rich SCADA/HMI operator interfaces while defining and maintaining core design standards and style libraries. Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure design feasibility, conduct usability research, and mentor junior designers on best practices.
Senior Engineer, Analog Design Engineering
🇵🇭 Cavite, Philippines
Analog Devices 🇵🇭 Cavite, Philippines
The Senior Analog Design Engineer will design and develop advanced analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, including sensor interfaces and data converters. The role involves leading architectural development, performing circuit simulations, and providing technical mentorship to junior engineers.
Senior Product Designer (Remote)
🇪🇬 Egypt
Gathern 🇪🇬 Egypt
Lead UX research, journey mapping, and usability testing to create user-centered, culturally accurate designs for Arabic-speaking audiences. Collaborate with cross-functional product squads to develop scalable design systems and high-fidelity prototypes using AI-powered tools.
Senior Product Designer
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Gathern 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Lead UX research, journey mapping, and usability testing to create user-centered designs for Arabic-speaking audiences. Develop high-fidelity prototypes and scalable design systems while collaborating with cross-functional product squads.
Product Designer
🇩🇪 Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
St Engineering Group 🇩🇪 Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
You will lead user-centred design across the full product lifecycle, from generative research to post-launch iteration. Additionally, you will coach client design teams and facilitate workshops to drive alignment and build design capability.
Product Designer (HK)
China, Hong Kong, Southern District, Sassoon Road 6A, R.C. Lee Hall
Kody China, Hong Kong, Southern District, Sassoon Road 6A, R.C. Lee Hall
You will lead the product design process from conceptualization to implementation, ensuring user-friendly solutions through research and data-driven insights. Additionally, you will collaborate with engineering, sales, and customer success teams to deliver high-quality UI designs and maintain the product design system.
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.