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Architectural Design Manager
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Highland Homes 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
The Design Manager leads the development of residential floor plans, elevations, and design packages while ensuring alignment with product strategy and timelines. They also manage custom renovation projects, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with construction and purchasing teams to ensure design integrity and cost-effectiveness.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Evolve 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of financial experiences, building intuitive dashboards and reports for property managers and investors. You will collaborate with engineers to implement production-ready interfaces using React and TypeScript while evolving the core design system.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Forbes Technical Consulting 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Define and execute the UX vision and strategy across multiple digital products and platforms. Lead end-to-end design processes including research, prototyping, and the creation of design systems while leveraging AI tools.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Forbes Technical Consulting 🇺🇸 United States of America
Define and execute the UX vision and strategy across multiple digital products and platforms. Lead end-to-end design processes including research, prototyping, and the maintenance of design systems while mentoring other designers.
Graphic Designer - Window Furnishings
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Window Shading Association Of Australia 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Develop product positioning, messaging, and value propositions for enterprise and SMB audiences. Lead go-to-market strategies and partner with product teams to create compelling customer-facing stories.
Design Manager - Water Sector
🇬🇧 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Stantec 🇬🇧 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver impactful water projects from initial concept through to detailed design. Act as the technical lead to ensure service excellence and successful project delivery while collaborating closely with clients and project managers.
Design Manager - Water Sector
🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Stantec 🇬🇧 Reading, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver complex water projects from initial concept through to detailed design. Act as the technical lead to ensure service excellence and collaborate with clients and project managers to deliver best value.
Design Manager - Water Sector
🇬🇧 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Stantec 🇬🇧 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver complex water projects from initial concept through to detailed design. Act as the technical lead to ensure service excellence and best value while collaborating with clients and project managers.
Senior Principal Product Designer
🇨🇴 Colombia
Slalom 🇨🇴 Colombia
Lead design direction for complex client engagements and mentor a high-performing design team in Colombia. Drive product strategy through research, stakeholder alignment, and the integration of AI-assisted design workflows.
Design Manager - Water Sector
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Stantec 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver complex water projects from initial concept through to detailed design. Act as the technical lead to ensure service excellence and best value while collaborating with clients and project managers.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Alexis 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will lead all retouching, color correction, and image manipulation for luxury campaign, lookbook, and eCommerce assets. They will also leverage AI tools to enhance creative workflows and design visual assets for advertising, digital content, and print materials.
Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Allen, Texas, United States of America
Amphenol And Its Affiliated Companies 🇺🇸 Allen, Texas, United States of America
Lead the engineering team in developing new fiber optic products and technologies while providing support for existing products. Coordinate with product management, sales, and operations to ensure quality, schedule, and cost requirements are met.
Product Designer
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Alan 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Develop product visions and lead design processes from inception to completion while collaborating with product managers and engineers. You will also mentor junior designers, contribute to the design system, and ensure high-quality UI consistent with the brand.
Web Designer
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Wonderist Agency - Dental Marketing 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Lead design thinking to produce high-quality, user-centered web experiences and responsive mockups for dental industry clients. Collaborate cross-functionally with development and marketing teams while presenting strategic design decisions directly to clients.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Lewisville, Texas, United States of America
J.hilburn 🇺🇸 Lewisville, Texas, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design direction and quality for the digital sales tools suite, including the iOS Stylist App and CRM tools. Lead discovery, manage the shared design system, and partner with product and engineering leadership to deliver high-quality digital experiences.
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.