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Lead Product Designer (12 month mat cover)
🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Heidi 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Lead complex design projects from discovery through to launch while collaborating with product managers and engineers. Improve customer experiences by utilizing data, research, and design system patterns to drive product decisions.
Design Manager (Data Centres)
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Black & White Engineering 🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Lead the design process and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver high-quality data centre solutions. Manage design programmes, project risks, and stakeholder relationships throughout the project lifecycle.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Fyxer 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will serve as the senior product design voice, leading design decisions through a human-behaviour lens while working directly with engineers and product managers. You will be responsible for designing complex AI-powered interfaces, including real-time transcription and personalized draft generation, to ensure a coherent and intuitive user experience.
System Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Spheros Group 🇺🇸 Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
The Design Engineering Manager leads a team to develop HVAC systems, ensuring all performance, durability, and reliability targets are met. They also provide technical support to production and quality teams while managing project documentation and supplier requirements.
Data Center Structural Engineer, AMER Design Engineering - East Regional Team
🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America
The Structural Engineer will lead the design of prototypical data center facilities and provide technical guidance to the design team. They are responsible for reviewing milestone drawings, solving large-scale implementation issues, and ensuring structural design requirements are met.
Data Center Structural Engineer, AMER Design Engineering - East Regional Team
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
The Data Center Structural Engineer will lead the structural design of prototypical data center facilities and provide technical guidance to the design team. They are responsible for reviewing milestone drawings, solving large-scale implementation issues, and ensuring all designs meet safety, security, and efficiency standards.
Data Center Structural Engineer, AMER Design Engineering - East Regional Team
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Structural Engineer will lead the design of prototypical data center facilities and provide technical guidance to the design team. They are responsible for reviewing milestone drawings, solving large-scale implementation issues, and ensuring structural design requirements are met.
Senior Product Designer
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Electronic Arts (ea) 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Senior Product Designer will act as a primary design driver for vertical or horizontal teams, owning domain outcomes and delivering end-to-end design solutions. They will also lead discovery activities and collaborate with cross-functional partners to shape product direction and maintain high-quality design standards.
Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Adlib Recruitment | B Corp™ 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The designer will create high-quality assets across print, digital, and experiential environments while developing brand identities and campaign visuals. They will also collaborate with creative leads to manage multiple projects from concept through to final artwork.
Design Manager. AFA
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Octavius Infrastructure 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead the development of robust, cost-effective rail infrastructure solutions while managing stakeholder coordination and commercial performance. They are responsible for fostering a collaborative culture and ensuring seamless transitions from project development to delivery.
Interaction Designer
🇨🇭 Stäfa, Bezirk Meilen, Switzerland
Sonova Ag 🇨🇭 Stäfa, Bezirk Meilen, Switzerland
The Senior Interaction Designer will bridge industrial and digital design to create seamless, intuitive user experiences across hardware and software platforms. They will lead the end-to-end design process, utilizing user-centered methodologies to ensure consistent workflows across the company's ecosystem.
Head of Design
🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
G2 Recruitment 🇮🇹 Milan, Italy
Lead concept design for major data centre projects from feasibility through to developed concept. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage engagement with clients, consultants, and internal stakeholders.
AVP, Product Designer for IBG Employee Experience, Group Design, Consumer Banking Group
🇸🇬 Singapore
Dbs Bank 🇸🇬 Singapore
You will lead the end-to-end design of key journeys for the Institutional Banking Group, from discovery through to shipped product. Additionally, you will define UX strategy, conduct user research, and facilitate design reviews with executive stakeholders.
Lead UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Consilio Llc 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Lead UX Designer will own end-to-end design for critical product areas and serve as a steward for the company's design system. They will partner with Product and Engineering to shape solutions, define interaction models for AI-assisted workflows, and ensure design consistency across a multi-product portfolio.
Design Manager
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Arcadis 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
The Design Manager will lead design initiatives and provide consulting services to address complex global challenges. They are responsible for fostering collaboration and delivering sustainable solutions that contribute to the company's impact.
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.