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Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Newday 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
You will lead the design of intuitive acquisition journeys and contribute to strategic growth initiatives within a cross-functional squad. This involves managing the design process from discovery and research through to prototyping, testing, launch, and continuous optimization.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Mirage 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will partner with executive and product teams to define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for AI-native video creation tools. Additionally, you will lead complex design initiatives from concept to launch while establishing design systems and mentoring team members.
Senior Manager, Battery Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Mapt 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
You will lead a battery engineering team while remaining a hands-on contributor to the design and development of battery module and pack architectures. This role involves managing technical trade-offs, overseeing design reviews, and coordinating cross-functional workstreams to ensure project delivery.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Us Venture 🇺🇸 Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
The Lead UX Designer will own end-to-end user experience design for high-impact initiatives while partnering with engineering and product leaders to translate research into scalable solutions. They are responsible for establishing design standards, facilitating user research, and mentoring cross-functional teams on design best practices.
Design Manager - Packaging
🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom
Tesco 🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead the end-to-end packaging design process, ensuring brand consistency and creative excellence from concept to shelf. They are responsible for managing project plans, budgets, and cross-functional collaborations with agencies and internal stakeholders.
Design Manager - Manchester
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Graham Group 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams from concept through to construction and handover. They are responsible for ensuring designs are innovative, compliant with regulations, and aligned with project budgets and timelines.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Mintel 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will translate complex, ambiguous problems into intuitive B2B product experiences by collaborating with engineering, data, and sales teams. They will lead client-facing research, develop strategic prototypes, and leverage AI to drive commercial outcomes and user value.
Senior UX Researcher, Retail Ads Consumer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Plan and execute a research roadmap to drive impact across all stages of product development while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders. Lead comprehensive research studies using various qualitative and quantitative methods to uncover actionable user insights and inform product strategies.
Staff UX Researcher, XR Betas and Post Launch
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Design and lead comprehensive beta research programs for XR products to drive product improvements and quality measurement. Partner with cross-functional teams to synthesize multi-channel research data into executive insights that inform product development cycles.
Staff UX Researcher, XR Betas and Post Launch
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Design and lead comprehensive beta research programs for XR products to drive product improvements and quality measurement. Establish core research questions and synthesize multi-channel data into executive readouts to inform product development cycles.
Staff UX Researcher, XR Betas and Post Launch
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role involves designing comprehensive beta research programs and establishing an insights engine to drive product improvements for XR devices. You will lead longitudinal studies and synthesize multi-channel research data into executive readouts to inform product development cycles.
Senior Product Designer, BizSG
🇸🇬 Singapore
Govtech Singapore 🇸🇬 Singapore
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of user-centric digital products to streamline government-to-business interactions. Responsibilities include conducting user research, creating prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure technical feasibility and design excellence.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hitachi 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Lead UI/UX design for MES, Smart Factory, HMI, and enterprise applications within semiconductor manufacturing environments. Collaborate with architects, engineers, and developers to deliver scalable design systems and complex industrial interfaces.
Product Designer (UI-focused)
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Amo 🇺🇦 Ukraine
The Product Designer will lead the visual design of a new product from inception to implementation, including the development of a design system. They will validate product hypotheses through design experiments and ensure seamless collaboration with developers and the product team.
Mechanical Project Engineer, Project Execution, Design Engineering Quality
🇺🇸 Springdale, Ohio, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Springdale, Ohio, United States of America
You will own and execute the mechanical design of automated fulfillment center projects, managing subsystems from concept through installation. Additionally, you will provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers to ensure project standards and quality are met.
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.