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Senior UX Researcher
🇸🇬 Singapore
Thermo Fisher Scientific 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead UX research initiatives to provide tactical and strategic insights for physical and digital scientific products. Synthesize research findings into actionable recommendations to influence product direction and support business objectives across the Asia-Pacific region.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Clifton, New York, United States of America
Redsail Technologies 🇺🇸 Clifton, New York, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for B2B marketplace workflows, from initial discovery and research to high-fidelity execution and handoff. Partner with cross-functional teams to create intuitive, scalable solutions for both buyer and supplier experiences.
Senior Visual Designer and Brand Lead
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
New America 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
The role serves as the in-house graphic design lead responsible for defining and driving enterprise-wide brand standards. Key duties include creating digital and print assets, managing brand templates, and providing design guidance to the communications team.
Design Manager - South Sydney
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hays 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You will lead the civil design function by managing a team of engineers and drafters to deliver multiple projects from concept to completion. Key duties include coordinating design reviews, ensuring technical accuracy, and supporting business development through client relationship management.
Senior Graphic Designer | Merivale
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Merivale 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Senior Graphic Designer will produce high-impact creative assets and campaigns for Merivale's portfolio of iconic venues. They will lead projects from concept to rollout while ensuring brand consistency across multiple channels.
Senior UX Designer, Communication Ads
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Map complex user journeys for conversational and agentic lead-generation flows within Communication Ads. Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to design high-quality UI components and ensure design patterns are accurately implemented.
Instructional Design Manager
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Kfc 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Lead and coach a team of instructional designers while personally developing high-impact learning solutions across various modalities. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align training programs with business priorities and drive operational readiness.
Lead Digital Product Designer - User Experience (Hybrid - Newport News, VA)
🇺🇸 Newport News, Virginia, United States of America
Ferguson 🇺🇸 Newport News, Virginia, United States of America
Lead the creation of high-quality, user-centric experiences for associate tools and platforms through discovery, prototyping, and validation. Drive design direction through strategic influence, design system leadership, and mentorship of the UX team.
Senior Technical Design Manager - Advanced Manufacturing
🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Clark Construction Group, Llc 🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Lead design integration for complex advanced manufacturing projects from pursuit through commissioning. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure design decisions support construction execution, budget, and facility performance.
Senior UX Designer, Prime Video, Prime Video
🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Prime Video & Amazon Mgm Studios 🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX design for Marketing Automation products and contribute to the PRIZEUI enterprise design system. Partner with product and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into intuitive experiences and integrate GenAI capabilities into workflows.
Senior UX Designer, Prime Video, Prime Video
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Prime Video & Amazon Mgm Studios 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX design for Marketing Automation products and contribute to the PRIZEUI enterprise design system. Conduct customer research, create high-fidelity prototypes, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to deliver intuitive enterprise experiences.
Product Designer 2 - Wearables
🇺🇸 Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
Garmin 🇺🇸 Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
Research, design, and prototype user experiences for new features and functions across a diverse range of Garmin wearables. Collaborate with software engineers, product managers, and design leadership to ensure behavioral consistency and usability.
Sr. Design Manager, Product
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Meltwater 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead a distributed design team to develop high-quality software interfaces and enhance the platform experience. Mentor product designers while collaborating cross-functionally with product managers and engineers to align design with business objectives.
Senior Design Manager - MEP
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Egis Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary MEPHFC design production team to deliver RIBA 4iii designs for the HS2 gateway station. Responsible for technical assurance, resource management, and coordinating deliverables in a 3D BIM environment.
Sr. Director, Design Engineering – GW-Scale Data Center Infrastructure
🇺🇸 United States of America
Oracle 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the Owner's Design Engineering organization to support GW-scale infrastructure projects and serve as the engineering authority for third-party designs. Oversee design validation, technical assurance, and engineering risk management throughout the project lifecycle from design to commissioning.
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.