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Sr Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Scentbird 🌍 Remote
The role involves leading the product design efforts for Scentbird and its associated fragrance brands. The designer will create digital experiences for a subscription-based fragrance playground and various luxury clean beauty lines.
Engineering Design Manager - Construction
🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Turner & Townsend 🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
The role involves leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver buildable and compliant design solutions for critical national infrastructure. Responsibilities include managing external design consultants, evaluating technical solutions, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure project goals are met.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Ava Energy 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Lead multi-discipline design coordination and master scheduling for hyperscale GPU data center builds. Establish program governance, including gates, change control, and standard playbooks to streamline engineering delivery.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Ava Energy 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead multi-discipline design coordination and master scheduling for hyperscale GPU data center builds from kickoff to construction-ready. Establish program governance, including gates, change control, and playbooks to streamline engineering workflows.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Ava Energy 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead multi-discipline design coordination and master scheduling for hyperscale GPU data center builds. Establish program governance, including gates, change control, and playbooks to streamline engineering delivery.
Principal Graphic Designer
🇵🇰 Lahore Division, Lahore City Tehsil, Lahore 54100, Pakistan
Curemd 🇵🇰 Lahore Division, Lahore City Tehsil, Lahore 54100, Pakistan
Lead the creative direction and execution of high-impact digital and print assets to strengthen the organization's brand identity. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex technical concepts into compelling visual stories and innovative multimedia assets.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Texas, United States of America
Ava Energy 🇺🇸 Texas, United States of America
Lead multi-discipline design coordination and master scheduling for hyperscale GPU data center builds. Establish program governance, including gates, change control, and playbooks to streamline engineering delivery.
Manager/Senior Manager, Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Mandai Wildlife Group 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead the end-to-end design of the Ranger Buddies ecosystem, integrating digital products with physical, on-ground experiences. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to create engaging, gamified learning journeys that drive conservation and educational outcomes.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Cundall 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Lead and support the design management of large-scale data centre projects by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing deliverables. Drive project meetings and workshops while working closely with clients to ensure successful outcomes and business growth.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Cundall 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead and support the design management of large-scale data centre projects by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing deliverables. Drive project meetings and workshops while working closely with clients to ensure successful outcomes and business growth.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Cundall 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead or support the design management of large-scale data centre projects by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and managing deliverables. Drive project meetings and workshops while working closely with clients to ensure successful outcomes and sustainable design goals.
Product Designer L1 (Consumer Facing / Marketing) (Bangkok - Based)
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Agoda 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The role involves leading discovery phases, testing prototypes, and designing intuitive, scalable user interfaces for consumer-facing products. The designer will collaborate with product managers and engineers to align design decisions with business goals and customer needs.
Product Designer L1 (Consumer Facing / Marketing) (Bangkok - Based)
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Agoda 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
The role involves leading discovery phases and testing prototypes to improve customer experiences across Agoda's platform. The designer will collaborate with product managers and engineers to create cohesive, customer-centric interfaces and workflows.
Product Designer L1 (Consumer Facing / Marketing) (Bangkok - Based)
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Agoda 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The role involves leading discovery phases, testing prototypes, and designing intuitive, high-quality consumer-facing products. The designer will collaborate with product managers and engineers to create cohesive UX journeys and present strategic design decisions to leadership.
Product Designer L1 (Consumer Facing / Marketing) (Bangkok - Based)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Agoda 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The role involves leading discovery phases, testing prototypes with users, and designing intuitive, accessible consumer-facing products. The designer will collaborate with product managers and engineers to ensure a cohesive UX across Agoda's platform.
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.