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Group Product Design Manager, Document Cloud Mobile
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and shape design strategy across Acrobat's mobile surfaces while fostering a user-centric design practice. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to drive impactful design projects and mentor designers.
Product Designer, Human Interfaces
🇺🇸 Burlingame, CA 94010, United States of America
Meta 🇺🇸 Burlingame, CA 94010, United States of America
Leads and delivers design projects of large and ambiguous scope, turning broad ideas into valuable user experiences. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to oversee the user experience from conception to launch.
Midweight Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 Harrogate, HG1 1QS, United Kingdom
Macgregor Black 🇬🇧 Harrogate, HG1 1QS, United Kingdom
The Midweight Graphic Designer will work closely with the Creative Lead to deliver design outputs that meet briefs and adhere to brand guidelines across all formats and platforms. They will produce high-quality design work and manage creative briefs effectively within the Design Team.
Chip Design Manager
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Nvidia Ai 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Lead and grow a team of formal verification engineers focused on pre-silicon functional verification of complex digital designs. Collaborate closely with Architecture, Design, and DV teams to identify verification needs and drive closure.
Junior UI/UX Designer
🇮🇩 Indonesia
Sterry 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Support the end-to-end design process by creating wireframes, high-fidelity prototypes, and user flows. Collaborate with developers and product leads to ensure intuitive user experiences and maintain design system consistency.
Junior UI/UX Designer
🇵🇭 Philippines
Sterry 🇵🇭 Philippines
Support the end-to-end design process by creating wireframes, high-fidelity prototypes, and maintaining design systems. Collaborate with developers and product leads to ensure technical feasibility and a smooth handoff of design assets.
Senior Product Designer (Fixed Term Contract)
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hipages Group 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead experience design across two squads from early product discovery to high-fidelity designs and post-release iteration. Partner closely with Product Managers and Engineers to shape, prioritize, and deliver customer experiences.
Principal UX Designer
🇧🇪 Antwerp, Belgium
Cochlear 🇧🇪 Antwerp, Belgium
The Principal UX Designer will lead UX strategy and quality across the Audiology portfolio, ensuring coherent and compliant experiences. This role involves hands-on design work, guiding teams, and influencing decisions at various levels.
Senior Web Designer
🇺🇾 Uruguay
Whs Inc. 🇺🇾 Uruguay
The Senior Web Designer will lead the design of responsive, conversion-focused web experiences and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs support business goals. They will also be involved in the redesign of the Willow website and the creation of marketing assets.
Operating System Design Manager
🇺🇸 North Carolina, United States of America
Lenovo 🇺🇸 North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the architecture and system design of core OS-level components across multiple operating systems. Manage a team of engineers to deliver scalable and secure system components for Lenovo and Motorola devices.
Principal UX Designer, Prime Video Experience Design (PVXD)
🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Lead the design of experimental, AI-first entertainment experiences including conversational characters and generative video for Prime Video. Partner with science and engineering teams to prototype bold, high-ambiguity concepts and advocate for the future vision of the product.
Product Designer, Instagram Private Sharing
🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Meta 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Define the future vision and strategy for Instagram's private sharing experiences, turning conceptual ideas into scalable product features. Lead end-to-end design flows and collaborate cross-functionally to drive innovation for over 2 billion users.
Design Manager, Water
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lvi Associates 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead and manage the end-to-end design process across major water and wastewater projects, ensuring compliance with technical standards and client requirements. Act as the key point of contact for clients and stakeholders on all design-related matters.
Teamleader Design Engineering - Generator Circuit Breaker 80 - 100% (f/m/d)
🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Hitachi Energy 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Lead and support a team of CAD Designers in creating and maintaining engineering data for generator circuit-breaker systems. Drive design process improvements and ensure compliance with regulations while collaborating with various stakeholders.
Staff Product Designer, Internal Tools
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Fanatics 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Lead design execution across high-impact initiatives within the Trading product suite, delivering intuitive and scalable experiences. Build strong relationships with Traders and operational users to identify opportunities for improvement and enhance operational efficiency.
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.