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Senior Product Designer, Growth
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Upgrade 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will own the product design for mobile banking products and AI initiatives, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact user experiences. Your work will focus on improving activation, conversion, and retention through iterative design and testing.
Senior Director, Package Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Renesas Electronics 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior Director will lead a global technical program management organization to drive the execution of strategic AI/Datacenter Infrastructure Power package engineering and NPI programs. This role involves establishing program governance, managing cross-functional task forces, and ensuring production readiness through close collaboration with internal teams and external OSAT partners.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Brg 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will lead the design of new and evolving platforms, creating end-to-end experiences that support complex, data-driven decision-making. Additionally, you will coach the design team and collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure high-quality, user-centered solutions.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Highland Heights, Ohio, United States of America
Flexjet 🇺🇸 Highland Heights, Ohio, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will create conceptual design work and original creative deliverables for brand identities, marketing launches, and immersive activations. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to produce results-driven creative while maintaining brand consistency across print and digital platforms.
Senior Manager, Hardware Design Engineering (Power)
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior Manager will lead and mentor a high-performance power electronics design team to develop complex, first-to-market hardware platform solutions. They are responsible for driving product definitions, architecture tradeoffs, and ensuring engineering excellence across the entire product lifecycle.
Senior Director, Package Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Renesas Electronics 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead a global technical program management organization to drive the execution of strategic AI and datacenter infrastructure power package engineering programs. Establish program governance, manage cross-functional task forces, and ensure production readiness while maintaining quality and reliability standards.
Senior Design Manager
Remote (🇮🇹 Rome, Roma Capitale, Italy)
Pennylane Remote (🇮🇹 Rome, Roma Capitale, Italy)
Lead, support, and develop a team of product designers while setting a clear design direction for the Financial Services track. Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, coherent customer experiences that drive acquisition and revenue.
Architect Senior – Design Manager - Labs
🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
Arizona State University 🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
The Architect Senior acts as the owner’s Design Manager for lab and research projects, overseeing planning, architectural layouts, and technical specifications. They manage multidisciplinary teams to ensure compliance with building codes, safety standards, and project budgets.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Sram 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for integrated campaigns and evolve the visual language of the brand portfolio. They are responsible for collaborating across functions to produce high-impact assets while mentoring team members and maintaining brand standards.
Senior Design Manager
Remote (🇫🇷 94260 Fresnes, France)
Pennylane Remote (🇫🇷 94260 Fresnes, France)
You will lead, support, and develop a team of product designers while coaching a design manager to foster high performance. Additionally, you will define the design direction for Financial Services and partner with cross-functional teams to drive acquisition and revenue objectives.
Senior Design Manager
Remote (🇫🇷 France)
Pennylane Remote (🇫🇷 France)
You will lead, support, and develop a team of product designers and a design manager while setting the design direction for the Financial Services track. You will partner with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, coherent customer experiences that drive acquisition and revenue goals.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Simpro Software 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will own and evolve the company's design system while setting governance frameworks to ensure cohesive product quality. They will also lead user research initiatives and partner with engineering to facilitate complex, cross-product feature development.
Motion Graphic Designer - 26-00977
🇺🇸 Burbank, California, United States of America
Leadstack Inc. 🇺🇸 Burbank, California, United States of America
The Senior Motion Graphics Designer conceptualizes and executes high-end motion graphic solutions for promotional materials, including main titles, sizzle reels, and event graphics. The role also involves assisting the Executive Director in overseeing and critiquing creative work while staying current with industry production techniques.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Brentwood, Tennessee, United States of America
Hdr 🇺🇸 Brentwood, Tennessee, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will direct and coordinate multidisciplinary teams throughout the project lifecycle, from initiation to close-out. They are responsible for managing large-scale projects, ensuring budget and schedule compliance, and maintaining strong client relationships.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Hdr 🇺🇸 Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will direct and coordinate multidisciplinary teams throughout the project lifecycle, from initiation to close-out. They are responsible for managing project budgets, schedules, client relations, and ensuring the successful delivery of complex architectural projects.
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.