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Civil Infrastructure - Transportation Project Manager / Design Manager Highways
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Aecom 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead the design process for civil infrastructure and highway projects from planning through execution. Manage multidisciplinary teams while ensuring project quality, budget adherence, and accurate documentation.
Senior Design Manager - Based in Newcastle / Irish Construction Experience
🇦🇺 Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia
White Space Recruitment 🇦🇺 Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia
Lead and manage multiple complex projects and project teams within a new Newcastle studio. Act as the primary client-facing lead across various project stages, ensuring strong design delivery and technical compliance.
UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Ccs Inc 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of web-based product experiences from discovery through production handoff. Partner with product managers and engineers to transform ambiguous problems into intuitive, accessible, and user-centered solutions.
UX Designer / Digital Product Manager
🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Evernow Gmbh 🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Lead the conception, design, and management of digital products while integrating AI technologies into workflows. Facilitate client workshops and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure project goals and user satisfaction are met.
Design Engineering Manager (#108845DP)
🇺🇸 Erie, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Searchmasters Inc 🇺🇸 Erie, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Lead and develop a high-performing team of design, optical, and electrical product engineers. Oversee project execution and operational efficiencies to ensure all customer deadlines and milestones are met.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Bonusly 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered culture intelligence products, including research, prototyping, and high-fidelity visuals. You will also collaborate closely with product and engineering partners to shape product strategy and drive implementation.
Staff Product Designer, Growth
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Linktree 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the design direction for growth experiments, onboarding, and monetization to drive user acquisition and retention. Partner with product and engineering teams to shape the growth strategy and mentor other designers on the team.
Staff Product Designer, Growth
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Linktree 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the design direction for growth experiments, onboarding, and monetization to drive user acquisition and retention. Partner with product, engineering, and data teams to shape the growth strategy and mentor other designers on the team.
Senior Product Designer - Mercari Marketplace
🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Mercari, Inc. 🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Lead end-to-end user experience design for buyers in the Japanese marketplace, from problem framing to execution and launch. Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to define experience strategies and evolve shared design systems.
Data Center Design Manager (36-month contract)
🇸🇬 Singapore
Cbre Asia Pacific 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of mission-critical data center projects from concept through construction. Manage multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to high quality standards.
Lead Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Reserve Bank of India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, - 400038, Maharashtra, India
Mmr Research 🇮🇳 Reserve Bank of India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, - 400038, Maharashtra, India
Lead and develop a four-person design team in Mumbai to produce high-quality creative output for a global consumer research business. Manage resource planning, uphold creative standards, and integrate AI tools into the studio's production workflow.
Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will lead design projects and mentor junior team members while collaborating with cross-functional partners to solve complex problems. You will also influence product strategy by applying human-centered design principles and data-driven insights to business challenges.
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.