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Lead- UI & UX designer
🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
Golden Opportunities 🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
The role involves designing end-to-end user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and interaction flows for AI training platforms. Collaboration with AI engineers, product managers, and trainers is essential to define UX requirements and develop intuitive interfaces.
Design Manager (f/m/d)
🇮🇳 Ahmedabad, India
Db Cargo Hungária 🇮🇳 Ahmedabad, India
Lead and manage the overall design development for civil, architectural, and system components of the project. Coordinate with consultants, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure integrated and optimized designs.
Senior Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Delivery Hero 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead the design of customer and agent-facing service products to bridge the gap between Help Centers and HeroCare. Focus on elevating product quality through motion and micro-interaction design while collaborating with global teams to build scalable solutions.
Lead Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Driva 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Lead Product Designer will own and elevate design across the business, impacting customer experiences and internal tools. They will partner with product teams and stakeholders to define problems and deliver high-quality design solutions.
Head of Design - Decarbonisation
🇬🇧 Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Alternative Heat 🇬🇧 Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Lead a multi-disciplinary design team to develop commercially viable decarbonisation and net zero solutions for large-scale commercial and public sector buildings. Oversee the full project lifecycle from initial assessment and options appraisal through to detailed design and technical assurance.
Head of Design - Decarbonisation
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Alternative Heat 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead a multi-disciplinary design team to develop commercially viable decarbonisation and net zero solutions for large-scale commercial and public sector buildings. Oversee the full project lifecycle from initial assessment and options appraisal through to detailed design and technical assurance.
Head of Design - Decarbonisation
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Alternative Heat 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Lead a multi-disciplinary design team to develop commercially viable decarbonisation and net zero solutions for large-scale commercial and public sector buildings. Oversee the full project lifecycle from initial assessment and options appraisal through to detailed design and delivery.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Stash 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will lead the design process from research to launch, ensuring a human-centered approach throughout. They will also mentor other designers and influence product direction through strong storytelling and strategic thinking.
Senior Front-End Developer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Bny 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the development and evolution of the design system, focusing on reusability, scalability, and maintainability. Collaborate closely with design, product, and engineering teams to translate design principles into technical solutions.
Senior Technology Design Manager - White Space Fit Out
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Coreweave 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
The Senior Technology Design Manager will lead and manage the design process for Data Center Fit Outs, ensuring designs meet CoreWeave's project requirements. This role involves collaboration with internal teams and external consultants to maintain high-quality standards throughout the design and construction phases.
Design Manager - Critical Facilities
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
As a Design Manager, you will lead project teams and manage client relationships while ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. You will oversee the full project lifecycle, from estimating and bidding to project close-out.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Storm3 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design process from research and ideation through launch, creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs. Collaborate with Product and Engineering to define requirements and workflows while establishing design standards across products.
Senior Graphic Designer - Corporate Marketing (Kansas City)
🇺🇸 Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Burns & Mcdonnell 🇺🇸 Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the creative development of integrated marketing campaigns and translate complex ideas into compelling visual stories. This role involves collaborating with marketing teams to shape brand initiatives and drive business growth.
Design Manager (MCF/ Data Centres)
🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Haskoning 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
As a Design Manager, you will manage project scope, budgets, and schedules while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams. You will also lead design solutions and communicate innovative ideas to clients.
Technical Design Manager
Lead all aspects related to power system network design and support various project teams. Ensure technical queries are assessed and responded to while performing engineering tasks and implementing best practices.
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.