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Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Owais Construction Group 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the design activities for the School Upgrade Program, ensuring projects meet functional, budgetary, and legal requirements. Coordinate between architects, consultants, and district personnel to oversee the design process from conception to final handoff.
Senior Product Designer, Amazon Autos
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design of new automotive research and shopping experiences for Amazon customers using a user-centric approach. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver complex UX solutions and mentor other designers within the organization.
Remote Junior Graphic Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America)
Emergency University Remote (🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America)
Collaborate with the Senior Graphic Designer to create visual assets for online and offline training materials. Develop graphics and layouts for marketing channels including social media and email campaigns while adhering to brand guidelines.
Advanced Specialist, UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Pearson 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Lead end-to-end user research to shape product strategy and improve customer experiences across AI-powered learning platforms. Partner with cross-functional teams to execute mixed-method studies and communicate actionable insights to senior leadership.
Senior UI Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Gameloft Barcelona 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Senior UI Designer will create user-interface assets and menu designs for multiplatform games, enhancing the visual narrative and user experience. They will collaborate with various teams, including engineering and design, under the supervision of the UI/UX Director.
Senior UI Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tesco 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Senior UI Designers define the visual quality and interface craft within a significant product area, ensuring high standards across visual design and interaction completeness. They collaborate closely with various teams to improve interface quality and mentor junior designers.
Senior UI Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tesco Technology 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will own the UI quality bar across your product area, ensuring layout precision and interaction completeness. Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure design intent is accurately implemented.
Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company
🇵🇦 Panama
Truelogic Software 🇵🇦 Panama
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming complex workflows into intuitive user-centered experiences. Establish and evolve design systems while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Stretford, Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Wates Group 🇬🇧 Stretford, Trafford, England, United Kingdom
As Senior Design Manager, you'll lead the design function on site, ensuring successful delivery by bringing together teams, disciplines, and stakeholders. You will also drive quality, innovation, and collaboration across the design lifecycle.
Product designer senior - F/H
🇫🇷 59110 La Madeleine, France
Niji 🇫🇷 59110 La Madeleine, France
As a Senior Product Designer, you will understand the human behind the screen and challenge the status quo to create precise interfaces. You will also oversee the quality of implementation and ensure that the design intentions are accurately reflected in the final product.
Senior Graphic and UX Designer
🇨🇿 Brno, 384, 664 71 Brno, Czechia
Mann+hummel Gmbh 🇨🇿 Brno, 384, 664 71 Brno, Czechia
Lead the end-to-end design process to create impactful brand experiences across digital and physical touchpoints. Define visual identity and scalable design systems while mentoring junior designers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior UX Designer
🇬🇧 West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Schuh 🇬🇧 West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead the UX design function and evolve the design system to drive continuous improvement across the digital experience. Manage and coach UX designers while collaborating with CRO, IT, and Marketing to align customer needs with business goals.
Senior Product Designer
🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
Humanas 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
The Senior Product Designer will transform product ideas into user experiences, clarify user flows, and contribute to design execution. This role involves creating wireframes, prototypes, and ensuring the delivery of consistent product experiences aligned with the Humanas brand identity.
Senior Mixed-Methods UX Researcher, Search Growth Systems and App Foundations
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Design and conduct mixed-methods research to inform product strategy and design decisions for growth systems and app foundations. Partner with product managers, engineers, and designers to identify research needs and drive product impact from insights.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
New York City Office Of Technology & Innovation 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead end-to-end design on resident-facing products, from concept to launch, including user research, interaction design, content design, and visual design. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to create effective and accessible digital products for New Yorkers.
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.