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Senior Interaction Designer
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Medicines And Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Provide design leadership and hands-on interaction design for complex digital products and services within the MHRA. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to develop design concepts grounded in user needs and government standards.
Associate Director - Design Engineering - MEP
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Mace 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Provide technical leadership and oversight for the Electrical Design function to ensure safe, compliant, and high-quality solutions. Manage the MEP design team, oversee technical assurance, and contribute to net zero carbon objectives through sustainable design.
Associate Director - Design Engineering - MEP
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Mace 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Provide technical leadership and oversight for the Electrical Design function to ensure safe, compliant, and high-quality solutions. Manage the MEP design team, oversee technical assurance, and contribute to net zero carbon objectives through sustainable design.
Principal Product Designer (Canada OR EMEA)
🇨🇦 Canada
Q4 🇨🇦 Canada
Lead the end-to-end product design and UX strategy for an AI-driven Investor Relations platform. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to define AI interaction paradigms and mentor other designers to scale team capabilities.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Fanalysis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design of the mobile app and website to create intuitive experiences for football fans. Collaborate with product, tech, and marketing teams to translate user insights into polished visual designs and seamless user flows.
Electrical Design Manager
🇭🇰 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Dayone 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Lead the complete lifecycle of electrical design for data centers and data hall fit-out projects. Manage external consultants, contractors, and client relationships to ensure high-quality delivery and technical compliance.
Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bet365 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead design efforts in the Sydney office to create intuitive mobile app experiences tailored for the Australian sports betting market. Collaborate with international teams and senior stakeholders to develop high-fidelity designs and maintain global brand consistency.
CAD Design Manager
🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Type One Energy 🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Leads a team of design professionals to deliver precise CAD models and documentation for advanced fusion energy systems. Accountable for resource planning, performance management, and optimizing design workflows across multidisciplinary teams.
Furniture Design Manager
🇨🇦 Canada
Branch 🇨🇦 Canada
Lead the design execution of furniture portfolios from concept to production while managing the end-to-end in-box customer experience. Establish design processes, standards, and team workflows to ensure high-quality product delivery across multiple sales channels.
Senior UX Designer
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Royal London 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
The role involves leading user-centred design activities to shape digital experiences from discovery through to delivery. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to solve complex customer problems and drive consistency across digital services.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Comeon Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end design process for sportsbook web and mobile applications, from discovery and wireframing to high-fidelity UI and interactive prototypes. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to maintain design systems and optimize conversion funnels using data-driven insights.
Senior Product Designer
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Comeon Group 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Lead the end-to-end design process for sportsbook applications, from discovery and wireframing to high-fidelity prototyping. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to maintain design systems and optimize user conversion funnels through data-driven insights.
Senior Design Manager
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Cundall 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
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 risk management.
Sr Product Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Adobe 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead and nurture a team of designers to create seamless, accessible experiences for enterprise products. Partner with Product, Research, and Engineering teams to define objectives and influence design direction across a global ecosystem.
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 for children and families. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive UX processes from discovery to delivery, focusing on engagement and educational outcomes.
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.