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Product Designer confirmé - CDI Paris - Theodo
🇫🇷 France
Theodo 🇫🇷 France
As a Product Designer, you will play a crucial role in guiding clients on their product vision and implementation, collaborating closely with the Product Manager and Tech Lead. You will engage in strategic discussions with clients to translate their challenges into design opportunities.
Lead Product Designer (App)
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Epassi 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
You will own the end-to-end super app experience, driving the evolution of design guidelines and ensuring a consistent user experience across products. You will also coach other app designers and collaborate closely with product managers and engineers.
Lead Design Manager Mechanical
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Bravida Sverige 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Lead and develop a team of approximately 10 specialists in VVS engineering while driving business development and ensuring high technical quality in projects. Build relationships and create new business opportunities as a strong internal ambassador for Engineering Design.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Chattels Design 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Lead and manage a team of interior designers to ensure high-quality project delivery. Oversee the design process from concept to execution while collaborating with project managers, clients, and vendors.
Digital Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
National Residential Landlords Association - Nrla 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Digital Design Manager will lead and oversee the design development and delivery of creative digital projects while managing the studio workflow and mentoring the design team. They will ensure that all design outputs are exceptional, on-brand, and optimized for various digital channels.
Design Manager - Design Build
🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead the scoping, planning, and delivery of municipal and industrial water infrastructure projects, ensuring quality and financial performance. They will manage multi-disciplinary teams and interface with clients to meet project expectations.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Bill 🇺🇸 California, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for expanding and utilizing the BILL brand design system and delivering high-quality design for various marketing assets. They will interpret strategic briefs, lead projects from concept to delivery, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve business goals.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Fetch 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead design efforts to improve user experiences within the Fetch app. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver features that enhance user engagement and satisfaction.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Floor & Decor 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Lead UX Designer will define and steward the UX vision and strategy for flooranddecor.com, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. This role involves leading a team of designers, overseeing the research program, and collaborating with various leadership teams to integrate UX thinking into the planning process.
Senior Product Designer – MLB App, Web and Streaming
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Major League Baseball 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design of live game experiences across MLB's app, web, and streaming platforms, focusing on real-time data and storytelling. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evolve the Basepath design system and mentor other designers.
Senior Engineering Manager, Advanced Product Designer (APD)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Guidewire Software 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead multiple APD engineering teams, fostering a high-accountability culture while driving the architecture and delivery of APD on App Platform 2.0. Collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure APD meets customer and compliance expectations.
Lead Product Designer (App)
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Epassi 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
You will own the end-to-end super app experience, driving the evolution of design guidelines and ensuring a consistent user experience across products. This role involves both strategic leadership and hands-on design work, collaborating closely with product managers and engineers.
Design Manager
🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Cititec 🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The MEP Design Manager will lead MEP design coordination across mechanical and electrical systems on a major data centre project. They will manage design deliverables, coordinate with various stakeholders, and ensure quality assurance throughout the project.
Design Manager - Design Build
🇺🇸 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead the scoping, planning, and delivery of municipal and industrial water infrastructure projects, ensuring quality and financial performance. They will manage multi-disciplinary teams and interface with clients to meet project expectations.
Design Engineering Manager - Frederick, MD
🇺🇸 Maryland, United States of America
Rohde & Schwarz 🇺🇸 Maryland, United States of America
The candidate will lead a team of Design Engineers to create production documentation for air traffic control systems. They will manage project schedules, ensure on-time release of documentation, and serve as the technical point of contact for various engineering disciplines.
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.