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Brand Design Manager
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Pepsico 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
The role involves taking ownership of the visual identity for specific brands and leading a design team to generate creative proposals. Responsibilities include translating customer needs into design solutions for digital, social media, and EC environments.
Senior Product Designer, Core
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Bubble 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own end-to-end design and outcomes for key parts of the Bubble editor, leading complex projects and ensuring alignment with user and business metrics. They will partner with PM and engineering to shape the product scope and address UX issues proactively.
VC-25B Design Engineering - Zonal Task Leader (Associate and Mid-Level)
🇺🇸 San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Boeing 🇺🇸 San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
The Zonal Task Leader will represent the design engineering organization, providing clarification on engineering intent and supporting the production build lifecycle. They will monitor the build sequence, assist with engineering drawing revisions, and lead research on technical issues.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jobgether 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, guiding projects from discovery and user research through prototyping, validation, and final implementation. Collaborate closely with product management and engineering teams to define product strategy and develop solutions that address customer needs.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jobgether 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design engagements from discovery and strategy through to implementation and launch. Collaborate with clients and engineering teams to create scalable user experiences and data-rich interfaces.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jobgether 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives for complex public transportation operational workflows and data-rich interfaces. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define strategy and evolve the design system from discovery through delivery.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead design management projects across the UK and internationally, ensuring quality and compliance with contractual obligations. Responsibilities include managing sub-consultants, preparing contracts, and establishing design management procedures.
Senior Design Manager - Transmission & Distribution (Glasgow, UK)
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Burns & Mcdonnell 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead engineering design projects in the power transmission and distribution sector, managing projects from concept to completion. Responsibilities include project management, team assembly, client relationship management, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
Design Manager - Design Build
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead and manage teams through all phases of design, ensuring projects meet scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations. They will also be accountable for project completion and client satisfaction while adhering to Jacobs' business and policy expectations.
Senior Technical Advisor / Senior Water Facilities Design Engineering / Hydraulics / Conveyance Systems / Pump Stations
🇺🇸 United States of America
Bge, Inc. 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the design and engineering efforts of water engineering design needs for major client projects. Serve as the technical expert for complex water infrastructure projects, mentoring emerging talent and establishing BGE as a leader in hydraulic facilities.
Freelance Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Akqa 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Senior UX Designers lead the design of complex systems of interactions and develop high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes. They also support and guide other designers while contributing to thought leadership in the UX discipline.
Technical Design Manager
🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
24 Seven Talent 🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
Lead technical development across assigned categories from proto through production. Conduct fit sessions and provide clear direction on fit, construction, and quality.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nsw Department Of Customer Service 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead end-to-end UI/UX design for high priority initiatives, creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business and user needs into practical design solutions.
Design Manager - Design Build
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, 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.
Freelance Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Akqa 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will design and execute digital experiences for a leading quick-serve restaurant brand, impacting millions of customers. This role involves understanding problems, conducting research, and ensuring customer experiences are intuitive and on brand.
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.