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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Vernon, Oneida County, New York, United States of America
Otis Elevator Co. 🇺🇸 Vernon, Oneida County, New York, United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design activities from discovery through delivery while partnering closely with Product Managers and Engineering teams. Conduct user research and translate complex business requirements into intuitive user experiences.
IT Product Designer
🇺🇸 Dearborn, Michigan, United States of America
Ford 🇺🇸 Dearborn, Michigan, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for digital products, from initial user research and discovery to high-fidelity prototyping and developer handoff. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable design systems and ensure products meet accessibility standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure 🇬🇧 Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the design process from bid stage through to project delivery, ensuring appropriate resources and governance structures are in place. Oversee the coordination of multidisciplinary design teams and ensure compliance with relevant legislation and industry standards.
Design Manager
🇮🇳 Kolkata, India
Skipper Limited 🇮🇳 Kolkata, India
The Design Manager will perform structural design and analysis of transmission structures and manage design activities for transmission projects. They will also lead and mentor junior engineers while ensuring compliance with design standards.
Lead Product Designer
Remote (🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria)
Fonio.ai Remote (🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria)
As Lead Product Designer, you will be responsible for the overall design, branding, and team leadership. You will engage in hands-on product design and collaborate closely with engineering and founders.
Design Engineer Amazon Logistics, EU Design Engineering
🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Amazon 🇩🇪 Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Lead the end-to-end design and optimization of new and existing delivery stations, integrating automation and standardizing processes across the EU network. Partner with cross-functional teams to improve safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of last-mile operations.
Design Manager - Design Build
🇺🇸 Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Kansas City, Missouri, 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 policies.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Maven Clinic 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Head of Design will lead product design, brand design, and user research to position Maven as a design leader in healthcare. This role involves translating company goals into design priorities and driving member engagement and clinical outcomes through design.
Graphic Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Retrofête 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Graphic Design Manager will oversee the development and execution of graphic design assets across various brand touchpoints. This includes managing the design team, ensuring brand consistency, and leading creative projects for marketing and eCommerce.
Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Garland, Texas, United States of America
Teledyne Micropac 🇺🇸 Garland, Texas, United States of America
The Design Engineering Manager leads the development of electronic products and systems, ensuring technical execution across new product introduction and funded development programs. This role involves managing a multidisciplinary team and collaborating with various engineering functions to meet performance, schedule, cost, quality, and reliability objectives.
Product Designer II
🇺🇸 United States of America
Extend 🇺🇸 United States of America
This role will support feature development while driving visual design to ensure elegant, easy-to-use experiences for consumers, merchants, and internal users. You will lead stakeholders and product partners with your visual design expertise and user experience guidance to deliver high-fidelity design solutions.
Sr. Hardware Development Engineer, Design Engineering, NASC Engineering
🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Lead and coordinate design and innovation efforts for sortation and transportation systems. Collaborate with teams to develop high-quality, cost-effective solutions for various projects.
Senior UX Designer System Tools, Amazon Customer Service
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for new customer service tools and partner with product, engineering, and research teams to deliver impactful solutions. Present and defend design decisions to senior leadership while influencing product roadmaps and organizational goals.
Senior UX Designer System Tools, Amazon Customer Service
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for new customer service tools, collaborating with product, engineering, and research teams. Present and defend design decisions to senior leadership while influencing product roadmaps through design excellence.
Sr. Physical Security Engineer, Data Center Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
As a Senior Physical Security Engineer, you will lead security design across AWS Data Centers, owning complex design programs and shaping security architecture. You will collaborate with various teams to ensure integrated and compliant security designs while mentoring junior engineers.
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.