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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.
Staff UX Researcher, AI
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead research initiatives to shape Adobe's future AI investments across creative tools by framing complex decision problems and identifying appropriate methodologies. Build cross-functional alliances to translate research insights into actionable product strategies and executive-ready narratives.
Senior Visual Designer and Brand Lead
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
New America 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Lead the enterprise-wide brand identity and design strategy while managing the full lifecycle of creative products. Develop customizable templates, support digital and print collateral, and provide design guidance to cross-functional teams.
Sr. Design Manager, Product
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Meltwater 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead a distributed design team in developing software interfaces and enhancing the platform experience through high-quality interaction and visual design. Mentor product designers, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and drive design-driven processes to align with business objectives.
Sr. Design Manager, Product
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Meltwater 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead a distributed design team to develop high-quality software interfaces and enhance the platform experience through intuitive UX and visual design. Mentor product designers, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and drive design excellence through strategic guidance and user-centered principles.
Sr. Design Manager, Product
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Meltwater 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead a distributed design team in developing software interfaces and enhancing the platform experience through high-quality interaction and visual design. Mentor product designers, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and drive design-driven processes to align with business objectives.
Sr. Design Manager, Product
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Meltwater 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Lead a distributed design team in developing high-quality software interfaces and enhancing the platform experience. Mentor product designers while collaborating cross-functionally to align design efforts with business objectives.
Sr. Design Manager, Product
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Meltwater 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead a distributed design team to develop high-quality software interfaces and enhance the platform experience through intuitive UX and visual design. Mentor product designers, collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, and align design strategies with core business objectives.
Acoustic Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Redpath Partners 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Acoustic Design Manager leads acoustic design and risk assessment for a national development portfolio, managing external consultants and specialist suppliers. They are responsible for developing bespoke acoustic solutions and providing technical guidance on noise and vibration throughout the development lifecycle.
Senior Director, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Serve as the principal technical advisor for a key customer, designing innovative solutions using emerging technologies like AI/ML. Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team while overseeing the full software development lifecycle and ensuring quality outcomes.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wates Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the design process for social housing refurbishment and retrofit projects by coordinating consultants and architects. Ensure all design deliverables are compliant, buildable, and aligned with project programmes and commercial objectives.
Technical Program Manager, Fiber Design Engineering
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Google 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and execute global data center fiber designs and capacity planning to drive infrastructure scalability. Manage complex technical programs involving fiber design engineering, inventory management, and cross-functional coordination with vendors and engineering teams.
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.