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Senior Interaction Designer - NPPV3 and UK SC
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Necsws 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead interaction design for a critical programme during the GDS Beta stage, ensuring the service meets required standards for assessment. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and senior stakeholders to make informed design decisions in a complex, fast-paced environment.
Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Evara Ireland 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
The Design Manager is responsible for leading the design process across Design Build projects, ensuring compliance with regulations and quality standards. They coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage design deliverables from tender to handover.
Senior Data Centre Design Manager (Building Services)
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Wsp In Australia 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead teams in the design of data centre critical infrastructure and facilitate design forums to resolve issues and mitigate risks. Set and manage capital design budgets while ensuring compliance with quality, safety, and environmental standards.
Data Centre Design Manager
🇦🇺 New South Wales, Australia
Wsp In Australia 🇦🇺 New South Wales, Australia
Lead design governance across complex data centre programs and establish design management frameworks. Act as the central point of accountability for design coordination and manage design change, risks, and opportunities.
Senior UX Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dijitally 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You will lead the User Experience strategy for a major BNPL brand, designing end-to-end product experiences across web and mobile. This includes collaborating with cross-functional teams to create intuitive user journeys and validating ideas through research and data.
Lead UX Designer (Mobile & Self-Service)
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mcmillan Shakespeare Group (mms) 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the UX transformation of mobile and self-service digital experiences for a financial services organization. You will redefine customer journeys, simplify complex financial processes, and mentor other designers to improve customer satisfaction and self-service adoption.
Sr UX Designer I
🇮🇳 Chennai, India
Remitly 🇮🇳 Chennai, India
Lead the end-to-end design of user-centered digital product experiences, from research and concepting to high-fidelity prototyping. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to implement intuitive solutions while contributing to and maintaining the internal design system.
Sr UX Designer I
🇮🇳 Chennai, India
Relx 🇮🇳 Chennai, India
Lead the end-to-end design of user-centered digital product experiences, from research and concepting to high-fidelity prototyping. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to implement intuitive, accessible solutions while contributing to the internal design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Diligent 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead the design process from discovery to final handoff, collaborating with product managers and engineers to define problems and shape solutions. Champion user-centered design and facilitate workshops to align teams.
Physical Design Manager
🇲🇾 Penang, Malaysia
Ust Malaysia 🇲🇾 Penang, Malaysia
Lead and manage Physical Design activities for complex ASIC/SoC projects, ensuring successful execution from floorplanning to tape-out. Collaborate with various teams to drive PPA optimization and resolve technical issues.
Senior Product Designer, Business & Transaction Platform
🇮🇩 East Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
Grab 🇮🇩 East Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
As a Senior Product Designer, you will own product design outcomes and lead projects within a cross-functional team. You will explore user needs and create impactful solutions while collaborating with stakeholders.
Design Manager
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kent Data Centres 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Design Manager will lead and manage multidisciplinary design teams for hyperscale and mission-critical data centre projects, overseeing the full design lifecycle from concept through construction. They will act as the primary technical liaison with various stakeholders and ensure compliance with local regulations and industry best practices.
Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Chennai, India
Hexaware Technologies 🇮🇳 Chennai, India
Lead and mentor a team of graphic designers and videographers while overseeing the production of graphics for digital and print media. Collaborate with the marketing team to create visually impactful designs and manage multiple projects from concept to completion.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jj Rhatigan & Company 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will manage and coordinate the design process across complex UK projects, ensuring that design information is compliant, buildable, and delivered on schedule. This includes engaging in pre-construction activities and leading the design process using Procore.
Sr. Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Hinge Health 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the design of the CareHub platform to simplify complex clinical workflows for therapists and care managers. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver intuitive interfaces that improve patient care outcomes and business metrics.
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.