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Design Manager - (Delivery - New & Renewal)
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Endeavour Group 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Design Manager will lead the design process for new and refurbished stores, ensuring brand expression and design excellence. They will manage multiple projects, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure alignment with design intent and standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇩 Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia
Dayone 🇮🇩 Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia
The Senior Design Manager is responsible for overseeing data center projects and ensuring successful design and implementation. This includes collaborating with stakeholders and providing technical leadership to deliver high-quality solutions.
Lead AI Design Technologist (Staff Product Designer)
South Korea, Seoul
Coupang South Korea, Seoul
As a Lead AI Design Technologist, you will elevate design capabilities through the integration of Artificial Intelligence, transforming the design approach from concept to execution. You will lead innovation and foster a culture of AI-driven design excellence within the team.
UI/UX Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Activate Interactive 🇸🇬 Singapore
As a UX designer, you will work with a scrum team and government agencies to inform product and design decisions, influencing the digital experience for agency users and the public. You will lead end-to-end experience design of AI-enabled public sector products and services.
Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
Truelogic Software 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
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.
UI/UX Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Activate Interactive Pte Ltd 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead the end-to-end experience design of AI-enabled public sector products to improve government services for citizens. Collaborate with scrum teams and stakeholders to translate complex requirements into intuitive user journeys and accessible designs.
Highways Design Manager - Technical Director
🇦🇺 Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia
Provide strategic leadership and technical delivery for complex highways and transport infrastructure projects across South East Queensland. Act as a trusted advisor to government clients while driving business development and mentoring technical teams.
Principal Engineer, Digital Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
Analog Devices 🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
As a Principal Digital Design Engineer, you will drive technical strategy and innovation for complex digital systems, including System on Chips (SoCs). You will define product and technology roadmaps, lead architecture for mission-critical projects, and serve as a technical authority within the organization.
Staff Engineer, Mixed Signal Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
Analog Devices 🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
As a Staff Mixed Signal Design Engineer, you will lead the architectural definition and design of complex mixed-signal ICs from concept through production release. You will also provide technical guidance to less experienced engineers and influence design approaches across teams.
Senior Digital IP Design Manager
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Onsemi 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Senior Digital IP Design Manager will lead the design of digital datapath IP and modules for CMOS image sensors and manage a team of digital design engineers. Responsibilities include ensuring IP meets automotive quality standards and collaborating with various teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Hallen, BS10 7RP, United Kingdom
Thorn Baker Construction 🇬🇧 Hallen, BS10 7RP, United Kingdom
Lead multi-disciplinary design teams and manage consultants and design partners. Drive design delivery from early stages through to construction, ensuring efficient and compliant solutions.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Sphere Solutions 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate all design-related activities for a high-profile refurbishment and new build project. This includes managing the design process from pre-construction to completion, ensuring compliance and cost-effective solutions.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Elayne 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As the Lead Product Designer, you will own major parts of the product, designing complete user journeys and ensuring trust around complex legal and financial processes. You will also define the role of AI in the user experience and build a design system that maintains quality as the company scales.
Technical Design Manager
🇦🇺 Australia
Catl 🇦🇺 Australia
The Technical Design Manager will lead power system network design and engineering feasibility studies for renewable energy projects. They will collaborate with various teams to optimize plant design and ensure technical compliance.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Agency Ea 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will fulfill lead or support designer roles on live projects and new business RFPs, collaborating closely with other team members. They will also manage graphics project production, communicate tasks with cross-departmental teams, and present design solutions to clients.
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.