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Staff UI Designer (R6055)
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Shield Ai 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Lead the Shield AI website’s UI design, visual standards, and scalable Figma design system across corporate, product, campaign, and editorial experiences. Collaborate with brand, content, and development teams to create accessible, responsive interfaces, translate complex technology into clear user journeys, and ensure quality through implementation.
Finance Manager, Worldwide Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Develop ROI and NPV models to guide building design decisions across Amazon’s worldwide fulfillment network, and evaluate the financial and network impacts of proposed design changes. Lead financial reviews, improve modeling processes, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and support team development and Finance community initiatives.
Finance Manager, Worldwide Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Develop ROI and NPV models to guide building design decisions across Amazon’s worldwide fulfillment network, and assess the financial and network impacts of proposed design changes. Lead financial reviews, improve modeling processes, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and support team development and Finance-wide initiatives.
Finance Manager, Worldwide Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Develop ROI and NPV models to guide building design decisions across Amazon’s worldwide fulfillment network, and evaluate the financial and network impacts of proposed design changes. Lead financial reviews, improve modeling processes, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and support team development and Finance community initiatives.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇸🇪 Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Omoi 🇸🇪 Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Lead brand identity projects from initial concept through final design systems, and mentor other designers. Advise founders on brand development and create work across identities, pitch decks, websites, films, and other formats.
Lead Product Designer
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Smartly 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Lead product design from discovery through delivery, identifying high-impact opportunities and translating customer insights and complex workflows into intuitive product experiences. Collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams, contribute to AI-native experiences and the design system, and mentor other designers.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wates Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate design across multiple social housing planned works, refurbishment, and retrofit projects, ensuring deliverables are compliant, buildable, accurate, and issued on schedule. Manage design programmes, consultants, risks, meetings, and value engineering while supporting pre-construction, procurement, and safe project delivery.
Senior Product Designer - Simplii Financial
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Simplii Financial 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead end-to-end design for complex digital products, producing high-fidelity interfaces, wireframes, and prototypes informed by research, analytics, and customer insights. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to deliver accessible customer experiences, influence product decisions, and mentor designers while advancing design standards and systems.
Senior Product Designer, Everyday Banking
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cibc 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead end-to-end product design for client banking experiences and frontline employee tools, from discovery and research through detailed design, testing, and delivery. Create connected journeys across digital and employee-supported services, collaborate with cross-functional teams, facilitate alignment, and uphold accessibility and inclusive design quality.
Product Design Lead, Design Systems
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Rippling 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead AI-powered design system initiatives, define AI-first user experience patterns, and establish design standards and reusable UX frameworks across Rippling’s products. Build prototypes and internal tools that improve design quality and delivery speed, while partnering with teams across the company to execute platform-wide work.
Senior UX Designer, Web
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Neat 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior UX Designer will own the UX direction for the company website, establishing design standards, processes, and rituals. They will lead UX efforts for major product launches and ecommerce experiences while collaborating closely with product, marketing, and engineering teams.
Fire Design Manager
🇺🇸 Renton, Washington, United States of America
Everon 🇺🇸 Renton, Washington, United States of America
Lead and develop a team of Sales Engineers while providing fire alarm design, specifications, drawings, scopes of work, and technical support to customers, consultants, integrators, distributors, and internal teams. Support sales opportunities and proposals, train sales and technical staff, manage project coordination and customer issues, and maintain accurate records while traveling to customer sites as needed.
Senior Environmental Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Newground 🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
The Senior Environmental Graphic Designer leads the design and management of graphic programs from concept through production, including signage, wayfinding, and brand identity. They collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure design solutions are delivered accurately while providing creative leadership and mentorship to junior staff.
Senior Packaging Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Morristown, New Jersey, United States of America
Sanofi 🇺🇸 Morristown, New Jersey, United States of America
The Senior Packaging Graphic Designer leads the translation of design concepts into production-ready artwork while ensuring regulatory compliance and brand integrity. They manage cross-functional workflows, artwork governance, and project timelines to support successful product commercialization.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
Malbon 🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead conversion rate optimization efforts and design elevated, brand-forward digital experiences across web and mobile platforms. They will collaborate with engineering teams to implement design systems and ensure high-quality, data-driven user interactions.
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.