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Senior UX Designer, AWS Applied AI Solutions
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Lead the design of AI-native business applications and define end-to-end UX strategy across complex multi-service journeys. Partner with product, engineering, and science teams to shape product direction and establish scalable interaction models for human-AI collaboration.
Design Manager - Rail and Transit
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Parsons Corporation 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead design teams on large-scale rail transit Design-Build and Alternative Delivery projects from concept through construction. Manage project planning, budgets, schedules, and stakeholder coordination to ensure deliverables meet client requirements and corporate policies.
Design Engineering Manager
🇬🇧 Taunton, TA1 1JD, United Kingdom
April Quest 🇬🇧 Taunton, TA1 1JD, United Kingdom
Lead a multidisciplinary team of mechanical and electronic design engineers while overseeing resource planning and delivery accountability. Strengthen engineering processes and conduct technical reviews to ensure products meet cost, quality, and timescale expectations.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Mesh 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end design experience for Mesh's consumer app and merchant surfaces while leading and growing the design team. You will also represent design at the executive level to influence product roadmaps and strategy.
Staff UX Researcher, Payments Growth (Mixed Methods)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Airbnb 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Staff UX Researcher will lead end-to-end payments research by triangulating qualitative and quantitative data to drive product innovation. They will partner with cross-functional teams to shape strategy and communicate actionable insights to senior stakeholders.
E-Commerce Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
Jakks Pacific Inc 🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
The E-Commerce Graphic Designer will lead the visual execution of brands across major retail marketplaces and direct-to-consumer channels. Responsibilities include creating digital graphics, enhancing product photography, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize conversion rates.
Senior UI Designer (With consulting Background) | Ukraine
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Deloitte 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Lead the visual design direction for web and mobile products, creating high-fidelity interfaces and scalable design systems. Design innovative AI-enabled workflows and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centered solutions.
Civil Infrastructure - Transportation Project Manager / Design Manager Highways
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Aecom 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead the design process for highway civil infrastructure projects from planning through execution and closure. Manage multidisciplinary teams and oversee design stages to ensure quality, budget adherence, and compliance with industry regulations.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Avalere Health 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end UX lifecycle for healthcare marketing digital products, creating artifacts from information architecture to high-fidelity prototypes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs are accessible, compliant with medical regulations, and validated through user research.
Design Manager - Rail and Transit
🇺🇸 Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
Parsons Corporation 🇺🇸 Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead multidisciplinary teams on large-scale rail transit design-build projects, overseeing project planning, budgeting, and scheduling. They will act as the primary client representative, managing technical execution, contract negotiations, and coordination with third-party stakeholders.
Product Design Manager- Core Card Experiences
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Product Design Manager will lead design strategy and delivery for complex projects while mentoring junior designers and influencing product roadmaps. They will oversee customer and associate-facing experiences to ensure high-quality, human-centered solutions that align with business goals.
Head of Design
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Enter 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
The Head of Design will lead the product design team, defining the company's design vision, culture, and processes while ensuring high-quality, scalable user experiences. They will act as a strategic partner to product, engineering, and business leadership to align design initiatives with company goals.
Product Designer
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Enter 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
You will define the design strategy for complex domains, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical AI complexity. Additionally, you will lead data-driven UX investigations and collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to deliver scalable, high-impact solutions.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Nextiva 🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design for a Unified Customer Experience platform across desktop and mobile environments. Partner with Product and Engineering teams to integrate AI-native workflows and evolve the company's design system.
Design Engineering Services Manager
🇺🇸 Hampton, Virginia, United States of America
Amentum 🇺🇸 Hampton, Virginia, United States of America
Manage Design Engineering departments including Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical disciplines to deliver projects within budget and schedule. Lead project teams, oversee proposal development, and serve as the primary point of contact for client objectives and scope.
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.