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PD&C Design Manager
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
伊顿 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Lead a team to develop explosion-proof new products and provide technical support for application engineers and manufacturing. Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure product development meets cost and timeline requirements.
Senior Visual Designer (f/m/d)
🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
Sungrow Europe 🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
The Senior Visual Designer will lead the visual design process for digital products, ensuring high-quality visual experiences across platforms. They will collaborate with product and development teams to maintain design fidelity and contribute to marketing collateral.
Visual Designer
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Open Society Foundations 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
The Visual Designer will design and deliver creative content for various platforms, including websites and social media. They will lead visual design projects and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure effective communication of design intent.
Visual Designer
🇨🇴 Bogota, Colombia
Open Society Foundations 🇨🇴 Bogota, Colombia
The Visual Designer is responsible for designing and delivering creative content across various platforms, including web, mobile, and print. They will lead visual design projects and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure effective visual communication.
Data Center Design Manager
🇺🇸 United States of America
Spencer Ogden 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Data Center Design Manager will lead the design and coordination of data center fit-out projects, ensuring that architectural, mechanical, electrical, and IT infrastructure designs meet project requirements. They will act as the primary design lead, coordinating with various stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
UX Researcher (III) [210597]
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Aquent 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead moderately complex research projects from conception to completion while driving user-centric thinking across teams. Act as a key advocate for inclusive research and design practices, guiding product development with actionable insights.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Baselayer 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will own and elevate Baselayer's visual identity across various platforms, ensuring consistency and quality. They will partner closely with marketing and leadership to translate complex ideas into clear and compelling visuals.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇪 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Tickmill 🇪🇪 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
The Senior Product Designer will translate complex user needs and business goals into intuitive product experiences, while collaborating closely with various teams to ensure design intent is implemented effectively. They will also lead user research and usability testing to inform design strategies and improve product outcomes.
Analog IC Design Manager
🇬🇧 Essex, England, United Kingdom
Ic Resources 🇬🇧 Essex, England, United Kingdom
Lead a multidisciplinary team of IC design and layout engineers developing next-generation optical communication systems. Provide key technical authority and support the company's expansion efforts.
UX Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Owen 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The UX Designer will lead user research and create wireframes and prototypes to build accessible digital experiences. They will collaborate with product managers and engineers to maintain design systems and iterate based on user feedback.
Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will combine your craft expertise and leadership skills to co-create innovative solutions to complex problems and influence product strategy. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to map out interactions and create design artifacts.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Dear Media 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will create engaging social media assets, assist in production cover art development, and support sales and editorial design needs. This role involves collaborating with the Lead Graphic Designer to contribute to the visual evolution of the Dear Media brand.
Lead Product Designer, Platform
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Draftkings Inc. 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead design for complex product surfaces and platform capabilities while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Guide teams in applying design system patterns and mentor other designers to elevate the quality of work.
Associate Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Datadog 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will rotate through three product design teams over 12 months, building your skills across different problem spaces. You will collaborate closely with design leaders and product managers to understand customer needs and bring ideas to life through research and prototyping.
VC-25B Design Engineering - Zonal Task Leader (Associate and Mid-Level)
🇺🇸 San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Boeing 🇺🇸 San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Act as a Zonal Task Leader providing shipside engineering integration and interpreting design intent for mechanics and operations. Drive design maturity through development and modification phases while leading research into technical and quality issues.
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.