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Geotechnical Design Manager
🇺🇸 Mandeville, Louisiana, United States of America
Dgi - Menard Inc 🇺🇸 Mandeville, Louisiana, United States of America
Lead the regional design team by performing technical reviews, providing guidance, and managing project workloads and schedules. Act as the primary technical resource for regional design issues and coordinate with sales and upper management.
Product Designer (Contractor)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Normative 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Drive user-centered design improvements for enterprise products by creating sketches, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity designs. Lead the end-to-end design process including client management, workshop facilitation, and cross-functional collaboration within agile teams.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Firefly 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of the Ember platform across mobile and web to define modern AI-driven physical safety interfaces. Architect multi-touchpoint user journeys and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship iterative, high-impact safety solutions.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Broward County, Florida, United States of America
Robert Half 🇺🇸 Broward County, Florida, United States of America
Conceptualize and execute high-quality creative assets across print and digital channels for travel and hospitality clients. Collaborate with creative leadership and account teams to manage multiple projects within a fast-paced agency environment.
Design Manager (f/m/d)
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Digital Realty 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead the planning and delivery of complex data center projects from concept through commissioning while coordinating multidisciplinary design teams. Manage external consultants, design schedules, budgets, and ensure compliance with global engineering standards.
Senior Architect, Data Centre Design Engineering
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Amazon 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead the architectural design of prototypical data center facilities across the EMEA region. Manage external consultants and collaborate with internal engineering teams to ensure cost-effective, secure, and scalable infrastructure.
Senior Civil Engineer , Data Centre Design Engineering
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Amazon 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead the design and delivery of world-class data center facilities across the EMEA region, focusing on security, safety, and cost-effectiveness. Manage external consultants and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop prototype designs and technical specifications.
Senior DC Structural Engineer, DC Design Engineering
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Amazon 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead structural designs for AWS data centers across the EMEA region, focusing on security, safety, and cost-effectiveness. Manage external design consultants and collaborate with internal engineering teams to develop prototypical facility designs and specifications.
Senior Data Centre Design Manager, Data Centre Design Engineering
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Amazon 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Lead the design of AWS data centers across the EMEA region, focusing on security, safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Manage external design consultants and collaborate with internal engineering leads to deliver high-capacity infrastructure projects.
System Co-Design Manager
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Nvidia 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Lead the architecture, methodology, and delivery of system designs focusing on power rail noise, circuit behavior, and manufacturing quality. Oversee simulation-to-silicon correlation and drive AI-assisted engineering workflows to accelerate product roadmaps.
UX Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
Motion Recruitment 🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX design processes by creating wireframes, prototypes, and visual styles that adhere to design systems. Collaborate with engineering and stakeholders to implement effective solutions and conduct user research to validate design decisions.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Gin Design Group 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Lead hospitality interior projects from concept to execution by managing workflows, budgets, and client communications. Direct design processes, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with architects and contractors to ensure brand alignment.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage workloads, ensure contract compliance, and maintain positive client relationships while monitoring project financials.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage workloads, ensure contract compliance, and oversee project financial performance and schedules.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage schedules, ensure contract compliance, and oversee project financial performance.
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.