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Product Designer, Identity
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Openai 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the design direction for identity, account security, permissions, and administrative experiences across OpenAI’s consumer and enterprise products. Define mental models and interaction patterns for human-to-agent and agent-to-agent identity, authorization, and trust.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary design teams to deliver coordinated and buildable infrastructure for major UK water and wastewater programmes. Manage design scope, technical interfaces, and client relationships while ensuring technical soundness and commercial deliverability.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇪 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Jacobs 🇮🇪 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Lead multidisciplinary detailed design teams for major water and wastewater infrastructure programs to ensure buildable and effective outcomes. Manage design scope, technical interfaces, and assurance while fostering trusted client relationships and mentoring staff.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
Legend 🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada
Lead end-to-end product design for the Covers experience across web and mobile platforms. Partner with product managers and engineers to simplify complex betting data into intuitive user interfaces while mentoring other designers.
Design Manager II
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Modis Architects, Llc 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Lead and coordinate the architectural design process from concept through construction documentation, ensuring technical accuracy and alignment with project goals. Manage project teams, collaborate with clients and consultants, and oversee regulatory compliance and quality assurance.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Plaid 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design of Plaid's consumer-facing surfaces, from problem definition to pixel-perfect polish. Partner with product and engineering leads to set the visual quality bar and build prototypes to test ideas.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Plaid 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design of Plaid's consumer surfaces, from problem definition to pixel-perfect polish. Partner with product and engineering leads to build prototypes and set the visual and interaction quality bar for direct-to-consumer experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Nubank 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Lead the design strategy and execution for adapting Nubank's lending products for the US market. Partner with cross-functional teams to conduct discovery and research while building scalable frameworks for global expansion.
Manager, Design - Systems & Infrastructure
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Figma 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and grow a team of designers focused on internal design systems, infrastructure, and tooling to ensure product coherence and quality. Partner with cross-functional leaders to set strategy, drive adoption, and evolve the operating model for design systems at scale.
Product Designer (Temporary Full Time Position)
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Tidepool 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Lead design projects for automated insulin dosing systems and data management platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ensure design outputs meet safety, regulatory, and quality standards while advocating for user needs across mobile and web platforms.
Mechanical Design Engineering Manager | Gas Turbines | Derby/ Bristol
🇬🇧 Derby, England, United Kingdom
Infosys 🇬🇧 Derby, England, United Kingdom
Lead and develop a team of mechanical design engineers to deliver aero engine components and assemblies across the product development life cycle. Manage delivery governance, stakeholder communication, and technical integration to ensure quality, safety, and manufacturability.
Sr. UX Designer
🇬🇧 Tottenham, England, United Kingdom
Mckesson 🇬🇧 Tottenham, England, United Kingdom
The role is responsible for leading user research and translating insights into wireframes, prototypes, and user flows to guide product direction. It also involves designing UX for AI-powered features and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure evidence-based development.
Head of Design & Development
🇧🇪 2300 Turnhout, Belgium
Biotalent 🇧🇪 2300 Turnhout, Belgium
Lead the design and development team for implantable infusion pumps, ensuring full compliance with global medical device regulations. Manage the product lifecycle from design input and verification to manufacturing transfer and regulatory submissions.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
Babel Street 🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of complex product experiences while driving UX strategy and product roadmap decisions. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate user needs and business goals into intuitive, scalable design solutions.
Product Designer, Stablecoin
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stripe 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design process for a global money management suite, focusing on stablecoin and fiat on-ramp/off-ramp experiences. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to create intuitive interfaces for complex blockchain and treasury workflows.
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.