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UX Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Natural History Museum 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the design of intuitive, accessible, and commercially effective experiences for the museum's website within a multi-disciplinary product team. Your role involves using research, data, and experimentation to identify opportunities and create effective user solutions.
Senior Product Designer - Banking / Banking XP
🇪🇸 Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Shine 🇪🇸 Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
You will own the end-to-end design for the core banking experience across mobile and web platforms. This involves leading discovery, iterating on high-frequency surfaces, and partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver measurable impact.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
Sonar 🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
You will lead product design for your squad, creating intuitive experiences for both human and AI agent users. You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to define problems, validate technical feasibility, and ensure high-quality delivery across the platform.
Sr. Manager, Physical Design Engineering, Annapurna Labs
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior Manager will build and lead a physical design team to deliver multi-billion-transistor ML accelerator SoCs. They are responsible for the physical design strategy, execution roadmap, and institutionalizing continuous PPA improvement across multiple concurrent tapeouts.
Sr. Manager, Physical Design Engineering, Annapurna Labs
🇺🇸 Cupertino, California, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Cupertino, California, United States of America
Build and lead a physical design team to deliver multi-billion-transistor ML accelerator SoCs on advanced technology nodes. Manage the physical design strategy, execution roadmap, and cross-functional alignment for high-performance silicon products.
Mechanical Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Emtec 🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Mechanical Design Manager will lead and coordinate internal and external design teams to ensure technical compliance and practical delivery of major MEP projects. They will also manage design activities, support bids, and provide technical guidance throughout the construction and post-handover phases.
Manufacturing Design Engineering Manager (f/m/d)
🇩🇪 35781 Weilburg, Germany
Kla 🇩🇪 35781 Weilburg, Germany
You will lead a multidisciplinary team of engineers to resolve complex technical challenges and ensure manufacturing excellence for semiconductor capital equipment. The role involves driving continuous improvement initiatives, managing NPI programs, and partnering with cross-functional teams to enhance product quality and operational efficiency.
Senior Engineer, Digital Design Engineering
🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
Analog Devices 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey
You will lead block-level digital design and verification efforts while ensuring performance, timing closure, and power optimization. Additionally, you will mentor junior engineers and collaborate with customers to provide technical solutions.
Head of Design
Remote (🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine)
Company Remote (🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine)
The Head of Design will lead four design departments, managing team performance, hiring, and professional development while aligning design output with business goals. They are responsible for optimizing production processes, implementing AI tools, and collaborating with C-level executives to drive performance metrics.
CPU Cache Subsystem Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 City of Poughkeepsie, New York, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 City of Poughkeepsie, New York, United States of America
Lead and manage a front-end design team to develop next-generation CPU subsystems, focusing on micro-architecture and RTL design. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architecture, software, verification, and physical design to ensure project milestones and PPA goals are met.
Concept Design Manager
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Upnext Uae 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead the architectural concept design process from initial vision through to developed concept, including building forms and visual identity. Mentor the design team and present creative proposals to senior stakeholders and clients.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bw: Workplace Experts 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead the design and technical management process across multiple projects from inception through to completion. They are responsible for coordinating consultants and subcontractors, managing tender bids, and ensuring technical compliance and quality control.
Lead Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Motorway 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead complex design challenges across the full product lifecycle, from discovery to delivery, while setting standards for craft and rigour. Additionally, you will mentor team members, foster a strong design culture, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to drive business goals.
CPU Cache Subsystem Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Lead and manage a front-end design team to develop CPU functional units and micro-architecture for next-generation subsystems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including software, verification, and physical design to ensure high-quality RTL delivery that meets performance, power, and area goals.
CPU Cache Subsystem Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead and manage a front-end design team to develop micro-architecture and RTL for next-generation CPU subsystems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architecture, verification, and physical design to ensure high-quality productization and PPA goals.
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.