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Lead Product Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Spendesk 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
You will lead complex design initiatives across multiple squads to shape the future of AI-powered financial operations. You will also establish design standards and coach other designers to improve the overall quality and effectiveness of the team.
Mid Product Designer | Manila
🇵🇭 Makati, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Lawadvisor Ventures Ltd. 🇵🇭 Makati, Southern Manila District, Philippines
You will lead end-to-end product design initiatives, tackling complex challenges within the legal tech domain while collaborating cross-functionally to align on product vision. Your role involves creating high-fidelity mockups, maintaining accessibility standards, and driving design strategy to improve user outcomes.
Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Assembled 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead the development of the next generation of Assembled's design system by defining visual language, interaction foundations, and reusable patterns. Additionally, you will partner with engineering to pioneer AI-assisted design workflows and ensure the system scales effectively across the product.
Senior Product Designer
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Alternative Payments 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Lead the end-to-end discovery and design process, from conducting user research and synthesizing insights to creating high-fidelity interfaces. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to build visually refined, accessible web applications for a financial operating system.
Senior UX Designer, Meteorological Services (NEA)
🇸🇬 Singapore
Govtech Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead end-to-end UX design for consumer and business weather platforms to create intuitive, unified user experiences. Translate complex meteorological data into clear interfaces while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to evolve UX standards.
Design Manager – Hospitality
🇸🇦 Abha, 'Asir Province, Saudi Arabia
Parsons Corporation 🇸🇦 Abha, 'Asir Province, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will lead the architectural and interior design process for luxury hospitality projects, acting as the primary liaison between clients, consultants, and contractors. They are responsible for ensuring design excellence, project integration, and adherence to luxury standards throughout the entire project lifecycle.
Design Manager – Hospitality
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Parsons Corporation 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager will lead the architectural and interior design process for luxury hospitality projects, acting as the primary liaison between clients, consultants, and contractors. They are responsible for ensuring design excellence, managing project budgets and timelines, and maintaining rigorous quality control throughout the project lifecycle.
Manager, Manufacturing Design Engineering - Electric Motor
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Archer 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead the Manufacturing Design Engineering team responsible for the specification, design, and ramp of electric motor and drive unit production lines. Manage end-to-end capital equipment execution, supplier relationships, and production capacity planning to meet throughput and yield targets.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Yendo 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for the Growth Team, creating everything from low-fidelity flows to high-fidelity prototypes for the application process and consumer app. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to evolve the design system and implement AI-supported product development workflows.
Product Design Engineering Program Manager - Apple Vision Pro
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Apple 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
You will lead the mechanical enclosure and assembly program life-cycle from architecture definition through mass production. This involves driving cross-functional progress, managing manufacturing timelines, and presenting status updates to leadership.
Manager, Manufacturing Design Engineering - Electric Motor
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Archer 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Manufacturing Design Engineering Manager will lead the team responsible for the production lines of electric motor and drive unit assemblies. They will oversee capital equipment execution, manage vendor relationships, and ensure production capacity targets are met through effective DFM and process optimization.
Senior Product Designer, Redesign
🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Robinhood 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
You will execute high-craft visual updates and rapid experimentation across core mobile product surfaces. You will also partner with product managers and engineering teams to deliver user experiences while defending design decisions to executive leadership.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Brainstation 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will lead large-scale digital innovation projects by connecting design, business, and technology for global clients. Responsibilities include conducting design research, creating interfaces across platforms, and collaborating with teams to deliver high-quality digital experiences.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Aligned Remote (🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
The Senior Product Designer will lead end-to-end design processes from discovery to delivery while acting as the primary design voice for their Squad. They will partner with clients and internal teams to build intuitive product experiences, maintain design systems, and ensure high-fidelity execution.
Building Design Manager
🇮🇩 Mall of Indonesia, Jalan Boulevard Barat, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta 14240, Indonesia
Atoms Careers Page 🇮🇩 Mall of Indonesia, Jalan Boulevard Barat, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta 14240, Indonesia
The Building Design Manager is responsible for overseeing multiple concurrent design projects, managing consultant relationships, and ensuring design accuracy. They will lead a small team, manage regional standards, and coordinate with internal stakeholders to align on project design and execution.
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.