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Senior Product Designer, AI
🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Maintainx 🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
You will lead end-to-end design for AI-powered product surfaces across web and mobile, translating complex workflows into intuitive tools for frontline workers. You will also contribute to the design system while partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Big Sky, Montana, United States of America
Big Sky Resort 🇺🇸 Big Sky, Montana, United States of America
The Graphic Designer manages design projects for various resort departments and leads the execution of signage and marketing materials. They also collaborate with the marketing team to create assets for multiple channels and manage relationships with print vendors and external partners.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead the design process for K-12 school projects, ensuring quality, budget, and schedule adherence. They will manage client relationships, coordinate with architects and consultants, and oversee technical peer reviews and project milestones.
Senior Software Engineer, Frontend, Design Systems
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Turo 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will architect, build, and maintain design system foundations and components for Web while leading AI-assisted workflows across product and engineering teams. Additionally, you will manage release processes, CI pipelines, and foster collaboration between designers and engineers to ensure system adoption.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States of America
Tacori 🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States of America
The Senior Designer will partner with creative leadership to develop and execute cohesive visual identities across digital, social, retail, and print channels. They are responsible for managing end-to-end creative projects, from initial campaign concepts to production-ready file preparation.
Senior Product Designer, Agent Experience
🇺🇸 United States of America
Vanta 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for agent-led experiences, defining how AI agents, skills, and tools are surfaced to help security teams. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to establish patterns for trustworthy, transparent, and scalable AI-powered workflows.
UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Toyota 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
You will lead the design of end-to-end web-based product experiences from discovery through production handoff. You will partner with product managers and engineers to create intuitive, accessible, and visually refined experiences.
Head Of Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Quizlet 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role involves setting the visual and experiential direction for AI-powered learning tools while working hands-on to ship production-quality prototypes. Eventually, the position will transition into leading the design organization, managing product designers, and overseeing design quality across the company.
Staff UX Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Quince 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX strategy and execution for complex e-commerce initiatives with an app-first mentality. Partner with cross-functional teams to evolve design systems and improve customer experiences across iOS, Android, and web platforms.
Design Systems Lead (Remote, Rancagua)
🌍 Remote
Blacksmith Agency 🌍 Remote
You will own the architecture of client design systems by building token structures, variables, and core component libraries in Figma. You are responsible for documenting these systems to ensure they can be executed by developers or automated pipelines without further questions.
Data Center Design Manager
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Amentum 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The Data Center Design Manager leads the planning, design, engineering coordination, and construction execution of mission-critical infrastructure projects. They serve as the primary technical leader bridging design, construction, and commissioning teams to ensure successful facility delivery.
Senior Graphic Designer (Apparel)
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
24 Seven Talent 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead and mentor a team of two graphic designers while developing original concepts for apparel graphics, prints, and trims. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure creative concepts translate effectively from design to production-ready artwork.
Web Designer UI/UX
🇺🇸 Joliet, Illinois, United States
Zayed Law Offices Personal Injury Attorneys 🇺🇸 Joliet, Illinois, United States
The Website Engineer will lead firm-wide digital initiatives, including website creation, strategy development, and SEO/AEO optimization to drive traffic and conversions. This role involves managing multiple work streams to ensure brand consistency and high-quality user experiences across all digital platforms.
Staff Product Designer, DeFi
🌍 Remote
Mysten Labs 🌍 Remote
You will set the design vision and strategy for the DeepBook financial stack and related first-party products while leading the end-to-end experience for complex DeFi workflows. You will also remain hands-on in high-priority design tasks, build a scalable design system, and partner with engineering and product teams to ensure high-quality execution.
Product Design Manager
🌍 Remote
Maintainx (an Autodesk Company) 🌍 Remote
You will lead and grow a team of product designers while setting the creative direction for complex, AI-powered industrial workflows. You are responsible for ensuring design quality, driving career development for your team, and partnering with Product and Engineering to shape product outcomes.
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.