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Senior Design Manager, Industrial Manufacturing Construction
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Je Dunn Construction 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Leads design delivery from early business development and concept planning through construction and project startup, coordinating design consultants, trade partners, clients, and internal engineering disciplines. Manages project scope, budgets, schedules, contracts, documentation, design quality, change control, and technical problem-solving while supporting client relationships and business development.
Senior Product Designer, Growth and Conversion
🇺🇸 United States of America
Npr 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end product and campaign design, translating business requirements into audience-focused experiences and contributing to scalable design systems and Figma libraries. Collaborate with researchers, product managers, developers, and other partners to conduct research, prototype and refine products, and facilitate design-thinking sessions that support audience engagement, retention, and contributions.
Sr. Graphic Designer (B2B)
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Selkirk Sport - We Are Pickleball 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Create premium B2B marketing materials, executive presentations, sales decks, campaign concepts, and event and experiential assets across Selkirk’s brands. Collaborate with creative, wholesale, programs, and marketing teams, manage multiple projects and production-ready files, and provide leadership for a Graphic Designer.
Design Manager I Design Ops
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Xp Inc. 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Lead the strategy and evolution of the Design System to ensure scalability, consistency, and adoption across products. Manage Design Operations to promote efficiency, governance, and excellence while fostering a culture of collaboration and data-driven design.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America
Brightplan 🇺🇸 Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America
Lead hands-on product design for App 2.0 from concept through implementation, creating responsive, accessible experiences and establishing the supporting design system. Partner with customers and cross-functional teams to validate design decisions, and develop AI-enabled design practices and workflows that improve design capacity and consistency.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Cella 🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Create digital assets and marketing collateral across websites, email, and other channels to strengthen brand aesthetics and customer engagement. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior leaders to align design programs with brand guidelines, deliver omnichannel projects, and promote creative innovation.
Design Manager, Outerwear - Calvin Klein
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Calvin Klein 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Translate global seasonal design direction into commercially viable outerwear for the North American market, adapting selected styles and managing product updates. Create technical drawings and maintain accurate product data while coordinating with cross-functional teams, vendors, and leadership to meet quality, margin, and calendar goals.
Senior Design Manager, Women's Knitwear
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Pvh Corp. 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design and development of women's knitwear collections, translating creative direction and trend research into products that meet brand, quality, and customer expectations. Guide junior designers and collaborate with design, merchandising, sourcing, sales, product development, and external partners to present and execute seasonal collections.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Vetcove 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for core product areas, from discovery and research through prototyping, polished visuals, and implementation. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and company leadership on roadmaps, research, design sprints, workshops, implementation quality, and the evolution of the design system.
Senior Visual Designer - Audible UX Design
🇺🇸 New Jersey, United States of America
Audible 🇺🇸 New Jersey, United States of America
Define and evolve Audible’s visual language across iOS, Android, and web, creating polished, emotionally resonant product experiences through visual concepts, art direction, typography, color, composition, and motion. Lead and mentor designers, contribute craft principles to the design system, explore visual design for AI-enabled experiences, and collaborate with stakeholders and research teams on complex user flows and commerce projects.
Building Envelope Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Sto Building Group 🇺🇸 Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Lead the building-envelope design-assist process from project pursuit through construction, coordinating owners, design teams, specialty trades, manufacturers, and internal project teams. Oversee technical reviews, budgeting, procurement, schedules, mockups, testing, quality assurance, and the cost and schedule impacts of design changes.
Senior Product Designer (Mid-Senior)
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Revel 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
You will lead the end-to-end user experience design process, from initial discovery and research to high-fidelity UI and prototyping. Additionally, you will collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure design intent is realized and to evolve the company's design systems.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Hd Supply 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Leads the design and delivery of intuitive user experiences by collaborating with cross-functional teams and end users. Executes user-centered design strategies and creates advanced design artifacts like wireframes and prototypes.
Financial Services - Technology Consulting - Product Designer - Senior - NYC
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Ey 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer leads design workstreams within multidisciplinary teams, managing the end-to-end design process from problem framing to final specifications. They are responsible for client relationships, mentoring junior designers, and leveraging AI tools to accelerate design and prototyping workflows.
Financial Services - Technology Consulting - Product Designer - Manager - NYC
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Ey 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Product Design Manager leads multidisciplinary teams to deliver human-centered design solutions and AI-enabled experiences for financial services clients. They are responsible for engagement economics, design quality, team development, and fostering client relationships through strategic consulting.
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.