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Product Designer
🇵🇹 Portugal
Naviu 🇵🇹 Portugal
Lead end-to-end product design for a diverse client portfolio, from discovery workshops and user research to high-fidelity UI and handoff. Design AI-first product patterns and collaborate closely with PMs and engineers to ensure high design quality from kickoff to launch.
Staff Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering (UVM, System Verilog) with 8 to 12 years of experience
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Sandisk 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Lead the development of comprehensive test plans, verification strategies, and infrastructure for complex IP blocks and SoC designs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive functional coverage-driven verification closure and perform root-cause analysis of design failures.
Lead Water Systems Engineer, DC Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
The Lead Water Systems Engineer will oversee the design, documentation, and implementation of water treatment systems for global data centers. This role involves coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with design standards, local codes, and operational requirements.
Senior Design Manager - Data Center & Mission-Critical Projects
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Arup 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead the technical delivery and design strategy for complex data center and mission-critical projects from concept through construction. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams of architects and engineers while acting as the primary technical interface for clients and stakeholders.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇱 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Inspace 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Lead the redesign of the internal InSpace Hub and client-facing NOVA App by translating complex logic into clear user flows and interactions. Collaborate with product leads and engineers to ensure design choices are usable, buildable, and aligned with user value.
Senior Product Designer B2B SaaS
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Haddock 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Senior Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process, from discovery to shipping features for both the system of record and AI agents. They will also build the design system from scratch and collaborate closely with engineers to ensure high-quality implementation.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇱 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Inspace 🇳🇱 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
You will lead the redesign of the InSpace Hub and the client-facing NOVA App by translating complex product logic into clear user flows and interactions. You will collaborate closely with product leads and engineers to ensure design quality, usability, and buildability throughout the product lifecycle.
Product Designer (Growth)
🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Eldorado.gg 🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
You will own the end-to-end design process for the Boosting and Currency categories, collaborating with product and tech leads to drive product direction. Additionally, you will plan and analyze A/B tests to improve conversion rates and enhance user experiences across buyer and seller flows.
Product Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nbcuniversal 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Oversee end-to-end creative and product development for Toys and Hardlines categories to ensure brand integrity and commercial success. Lead design programs and collaborate with internal teams and external licensees to deliver market-ready products.
Project Manager / Design Manager - Transport
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Mott Macdonald 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Project Manager will lead the full lifecycle of complex highway and road infrastructure projects, overseeing design, procurement, and construction. They are responsible for managing multidisciplinary teams, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring projects meet scope, budget, and quality standards.
Head of Design - Menswear, ASOS Design
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Asos 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Head of Design is responsible for leading the menswear design team to create commercially successful, trend-led product ranges that align with global brand strategy. They work collaboratively with buying, merchandising, and technical teams to drive product innovation and ensure the business meets its growth objectives.
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.
Senior Product Designer — AI Startup
🇬🇷 Athens, Attica, Greece
-workethix 🇬🇷 Athens, Attica, Greece
Take end-to-end ownership of product design across a portfolio of AI products, from problem definition to shipping polished experiences. Collaborate with engineering and leadership to turn ambiguous ideas into intuitive products and evolve design systems.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Community Phone 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the end-to-end design strategy across physical unboxing, mobile apps, web dashboards, and AI voice interfaces. Drive adoption metrics and build the foundational design language and research habits for a growing organization.
Product Designer
🇩🇪 München, Brandenburg, Germany
Zero To One Search | Recruitment Agency 🇩🇪 München, Brandenburg, Germany
The Product Designer will lead self-driven discovery and onsite research to bridge the gap between field workers, office managers, and project leads. They will synthesize research using AI tools and create rapid prototypes to improve a SaaS platform for field professionals.
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.