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Mechanical Product Design Engineering Supervisor
🇺🇸 High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Daimler Truck Ag 🇺🇸 High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead a team of mechanical design engineers in developing safe and compliant school bus bodies and components. Collaborate with cross-functional departments to implement cost-effective design solutions and manage project timelines and risks.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Upkeep 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the user experience vision and design processes for an AI-first Asset Operations Management platform across web and mobile. Partner with Product and Engineering to translate customer needs into intuitive workflows and maintain a robust design system.
Sr. Project Design Technologist - AEI
🇺🇸 United States of America
Cannondesign 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the digital strategy and health of large, complex A/E/C projects from the RFP phase through delivery. This includes managing BIM execution plans, coordinating digital deliverables, and mentoring teams on emerging technology workflows.
Executive Communications Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The role involves creating various messaging products for Church leadership in collaboration with an Executive Communication Advisor. The designer is responsible for defining messaging goals and producing high-quality visual products for specific audiences.
Lead Product Designer
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Smartly 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
As a Lead Product Designer, you will shape the product experience by identifying high-impact opportunities and translating customer needs into actionable product direction. You will also mentor junior designers and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver a great user experience.
Lead Product Designer
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Lseg 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
The Lead Product Designer will create design solutions that achieve business goals and deliver customer value. They will collaborate with various teams to inform product strategy and ensure design consistency.
Senior Retail Design Manager, Global Real Estate Services
🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Hsbc 🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Lead the global retail branch design proposition, setting standards and shaping future formats. Partner with senior leaders to translate customer and channel strategy into high-quality spaces across markets.
Senior Retail Design Manager, Global Real Estate Services
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hsbc 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will lead the global retail branch design proposition, setting standards and shaping future formats. This role involves managing design governance, overseeing delivery, and partnering with senior leaders to enhance customer experiences.
Senior Retail Design Manager, Global Real Estate Services
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Hsbc 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Lead the global retail branch design proposition, setting standards and shaping future formats. Partner with senior leaders to turn customer and channel strategy into deliverable, high-quality spaces across markets.
Lead UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Carson, California, United States of America
Dmf Lighting 🇺🇸 Carson, California, United States of America
You will take ownership of UX and UI across multiple digital properties and build a design system that serves various channels. The role involves continuous improvement of digital properties and defining best-in-class digital experiences.
Principal Product Designer, Conversational Platforms
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Remitly 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead the design of next-generation conversational experiences across AI platforms, messaging apps, and voice/chat interfaces. Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to define requirements and develop scalable design standards for conversational platforms.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Twilio 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the strategic UX vision for Twilio's Email products and the modernization of the SendGrid platform. Partner with executive leadership to architect unified cross-channel workflows and establish platform telemetry standards.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Twilio 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design strategy for Twilio's Voice products, translating complex telecom abstractions into intuitive developer experiences. Collaborate across teams to ensure cohesive multi-channel journeys and integrate voice capabilities with AI portfolios.
Junior Product Designer
🇨🇿 Capital Apartments, Wenceslas Square 36, 110 00 Prague, Czechia
Oak's Lab 🇨🇿 Capital Apartments, Wenceslas Square 36, 110 00 Prague, Czechia
You will conceptualize and design digital products, websites, and brands from discovery to delivery. You will drive product decisions and collaborate closely with Tech Leads and Product Managers.
Lead Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lseg 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Lead Product Designer will create design solutions that achieve business goals and deliver customer value. They will collaborate with various teams to inform product strategy and ensure user needs are represented in product decisions.
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.