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Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Banana Shire, Queensland, Australia
Smartrecruiters 🇦🇺 Banana Shire, Queensland, Australia
The Senior Product Designer will own a product domain and deliver high-quality user experiences while collaborating with product and engineering teams. They will lead design initiatives, conduct user research, and ensure high-quality execution of design work.
Design Engineering Lead
🇨🇦 Kincardine, ON N0G 2T0, Canada
Tetra Tech 🇨🇦 Kincardine, ON N0G 2T0, Canada
The Design Engineering Lead will oversee engineering designs for systems and components at Nuclear Generation Stations, ensuring compliance with technical specifications and standards. Responsibilities include coordinating design work, mentoring team members, and communicating with design agencies and vendors.
Design Manager - Aviation
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Stv 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead design and preconstruction efforts for airport construction projects, including budgeting, scheduling, and procurement planning. They will collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure compliance with regulations and successful project execution.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Intuit 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Lead significant design initiatives from concept to validated prototype, synthesizing data and research to create innovative user experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to rapidly prototype and test new product concepts.
Senior Product Designer (Clinical Education Platform)
🇦🇷 Neuquén, Departamento Confluencia, Argentina
Fullscript 🇦🇷 Neuquén, Departamento Confluencia, Argentina
The Senior Product Designer will shape the future of clinical education on Fullscript Academy by designing user experiences that enhance provider learning and retention. They will lead UX research, collaborate with engineering teams, and contribute to scalable design patterns.
Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, 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.
UX Researcher
🇪🇬 Egypt
Ux Labs 🇪🇬 Egypt
As a Mid-Level UX Researcher, you will lead comprehensive user research and synthesize findings into data-driven narratives. You will collaborate with various teams to translate research insights into actionable design recommendations.
Product Designer, Apparel
🇺🇸 Tennessee, United States of America
Eleven Eleven 🇺🇸 Tennessee, United States of America
The Product Designer will lead the creation and development of new apparel styles from concept through production, managing the product development process end-to-end. This includes building tech packs, leading fittings, and communicating with factories to ensure accurate execution of designs.
Brand Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Stellar Development Foundation 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Brand Design Manager will take ownership of creative vision and execution across all channels, ensuring a unified brand presence. They will lead a design team, manage external agency relationships, and develop brand guidelines to maintain consistency across the organization.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Rilla 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will evolve Rilla's core product while spearheading new verticals across desktop and mobile platforms. You will lead projects from discovery through feature design and implementation, working closely with customers to uncover real-world problems.
Lead Product Designer - AI Trainer
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Dataannotation Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Review and critique AI-generated UI/UX designs, mockups, and visuals. Evaluate the quality produced by AI models for correctness and performance.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇨🇦 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)
Affirm Remote (🇨🇦 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada)
Lead end-to-end design for key initiatives within a product area, driving meaningful customer and business outcomes. Partner closely with product, engineering, and data to deliver intuitive, high-quality experiences.
Design & Engineering Manager (Electrical - Data Centres)
🇬🇧 Slough, England, United Kingdom
Eaton 🇬🇧 Slough, England, United Kingdom
The Design & Engineering Manager will lead the electrical design scope for data centre projects, ensuring high-quality and efficient solutions. This includes managing engineering teams, providing technical guidance, and collaborating with various project stakeholders.
Manager (IC), Product Design - Design Systems
🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
The role involves owning the end-to-end lifecycle of component architecture and ensuring scalable digital experiences. You will also establish AI governance and lead cross-functional design initiatives.
Manager (IC), Product Design - Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role involves owning the end-to-end lifecycle of component architecture and ensuring premium digital experiences scale seamlessly. Responsibilities include building and maintaining component libraries, establishing AI governance, and leading cross-functional design 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.