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Design Manager - Transmission Lines
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Connectyou 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the design phase of a major transmission project, overseeing the development of transmission lines from conceptual design to final delivery. Act as the main point of contact for the client, ensuring design objectives align with project specifications and client expectations.
Ux Ui Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Tropicfeel 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Ux Ui Designer will lead the design strategy and optimization of web touchpoints, ensuring a seamless and conversion-optimized experience. Responsibilities include conducting A/B testing, analyzing performance metrics, and collaborating with various teams to enhance the digital journey.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Salesforce 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Lead UX design for platform features from early discovery to delivery. Conduct user research and collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive and scalable design solutions.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Salesforce 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead UX design for platform features from early discovery to delivery. Conduct user research and collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive and scalable design solutions.
Senior Product Designer, LoopNet - Arlington, VA -
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Costar 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Lead the design effort for Homepage, Search, and User Accounts, focusing on integrating AI-powered features and conversational search. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect user journeys and contribute to the evolution of the company's design system.
Japanese-speaking Senior Product Designer (AI Solutions for Legal)
🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
Pt Talenta Eksekutif Asia 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
The Senior Product Designer will lead end-to-end UI/UX design initiatives for complex AI-powered B2B SaaS platforms. This role involves transforming complex legal and business workflows into user-friendly digital experiences while collaborating with product and engineering teams.
Japanese-speaking Senior Product Designer (AI Solutions for Legal)
🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
Pt Talenta Eksekutif Asia 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand
The Senior Product Designer will lead end-to-end UI/UX design initiatives for complex AI-powered B2B SaaS platforms. This includes designing user experiences, conducting UX research, and collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions.
Design Manager - Substations
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Enemix 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of HV/MV substation designs while ensuring compliance with safety and technical standards. Manage interfaces across various engineering disciplines and mentor engineering teams to enhance their capabilities.
Station and Stops Design Manager
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Systra 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead all phases of transit facility projects, ensuring delivery meets scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations. Act as a primary point of contact for clients and stakeholders, maintaining trusted relationships and responding effectively to feedback.
Principal, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Celestica 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Principal, Design Engineering will lead the design, development, and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects. They will work with cross-functional teams to ensure robust and high-quality product development.
Quantitative - Mixed Method UX Researcher IV (Consumer Insights)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Linda Werner & Associates 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end mixed-method research projects to uncover consumer insights that inform product strategy and go-to-market decisions. Design and execute various studies including surveys and field research while collaborating cross-functionally to deliver actionable business recommendations.
Graphic Designer
🇦🇺 Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia
Ozcare 🇦🇺 Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia
Lead the creative execution and artwork delivery across print, digital, and campaign channels to maintain brand consistency. Collaborate with marketing teams to develop engaging concepts and high-quality communications that reflect company values.
Lead Product Designer, Loom
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Atlassian 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the design of AI-driven multimodal communication tools for Loom, focusing on video, voice, and screen interactions. Collaborate cross-functionally to integrate Loom with Jira and Confluence while mentoring the design team to elevate craft and innovation.
UX Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Thoughtstorm 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The UX Designer will lead the design of complex digital services from concept to production. They will develop key design deliverables and conduct user research and usability testing.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Adaption 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Product Designer will lead visual design and product direction, rapidly designing and shipping impactful interfaces. They will collaborate with researchers and engineers to explore innovative interactions and define the future of human-AI interaction.
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.