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Product Designer, Instagram
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Instagram 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead and deliver high-impact design projects across Instagram's ecosystem, transforming conceptual ideas into user-friendly interfaces for billions of users. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to oversee the product lifecycle from conception to launch while championing design craft and quality standards.
UX Designer - Marketing Technology
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
On.energy 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
The UX Designer will lead the design of the company's public website, campaign pages, and internal business applications to ensure a cohesive brand experience. They will collaborate with IT and marketing teams to simplify complex processes, document requirements, and maintain reusable UI patterns.
Principal Design Manager
🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Lead and manage project delivery for municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater projects in West Florida. Collaborate with area leaders and technical experts to win new projects and ensure high-quality design and construction execution.
Principal Design Manager
🇺🇸 Orlando, Florida, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Orlando, Florida, United States of America
Lead and manage the delivery of municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater projects in West Florida while fostering strong client relationships. Oversee the preparation of construction documents, perform QA/QC reviews, and mentor junior engineering staff to ensure project compliance and quality.
Principal Design Manager
🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Lead and manage the delivery of municipal water, wastewater, and stormwater projects in West Florida. Collaborate with area leaders and technical experts to win new projects and ensure high-quality design and construction execution.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Brasfield & Gorrie, Llc 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
The Design Manager leads project teams by facilitating collaboration between owners, designers, and trade partners to ensure scope, schedule, and budget alignment. They are responsible for mentoring team members and guiding the design process from preconstruction through to construction operations.
Senior Design Manager (Industrial)
🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Brasfield & Gorrie, Llc 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager leads project teams through the design and preconstruction phases to ensure alignment on scope, schedule, and budget. They facilitate collaboration between owners, design teams, and trade partners while mentoring staff to ensure effective project execution.
Instrumentation & Controls Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Lake Mary, Seminole County, Florida, United States of America
Enercon Services, Inc. 🇺🇸 Lake Mary, Seminole County, Florida, United States of America
The Engineering Manager oversees a unit of engineers, directing projects to ensure quality, budget, and schedule adherence while fostering staff development. They also lead business development efforts, manage resource allocation, and provide technical leadership to resolve complex engineering challenges.
Senior Product Designer - Aviation Web/Mobile
🇺🇸 Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
Garmin International, Inc. 🇺🇸 Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead design direction for aviation web and mobile applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams to create intuitive user experiences. Responsibilities include mentoring junior designers, conducting user research, and managing the end-to-end feature development process.
Product Designer 2 - Wearables
🇺🇸 Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
Garmin International, Inc. 🇺🇸 Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
The Product Designer will research, design, and prototype user experiences for new features across Garmin's wearable product line. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams including software engineers, product managers, and design leadership to ensure high-quality, usable design solutions.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Frisco, Texas, United States of America
The Project Design Manager leads and inspires design teams to execute projects from the proposal phase through closeout, with a specific emphasis on process engineering. They are responsible for managing project schedules, financial performance, and ensuring compliance with contract requirements.
Senior Product Designer - Harmony AI
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Monday.com 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Lead the end-to-end design of AI voice agent experiences, from vague business goals to shipped solutions. Partner with Product and Engineering to define strategic priorities and create intuitive interfaces for agent configuration and reporting.
Product Design Manager - Casino
🇺🇸 United States of America
Hard Rock Digital 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the design and delivery of user experiences and workflows for the Casino product, focusing on player discovery and engagement. Manage and mentor a team of product designers while collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Marketing stakeholders.
Product Design Manager - Casino
🇺🇸 Florida, United States of America
Hard Rock Digital 🇺🇸 Florida, United States of America
You will lead and mentor a team of product designers to create intuitive, mobile-first user experiences for casino products while driving cross-functional collaboration. The role involves defining design strategy, optimizing user flows, and championing the adoption of AI-assisted workflows to enhance player engagement.
Sr. UI/UX Designer (DES-2-082026)
🇮🇳 India
Koru Ux Design Llp 🇮🇳 India
Lead end-to-end UI/UX design processes for web and mobile applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centered solutions. Mentor junior designers and oversee the development and maintenance of design systems to ensure consistency and quality.
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.