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Senior Creative Product Designer
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The Lottery Corporation 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
You will lead the creation of bold visual concepts, motion, and interactive prototypes to shape the future of digital experiences for The Lott. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate storytelling, gamification, and emerging technologies into customer-centric products.
Senior Creative Product Designer
🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The Lottery Corporation 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
You will lead the creation of bold visual concepts, motion, and interactive prototypes to shape the future of digital experiences. You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver high-quality, customer-centric solutions that incorporate storytelling and gamification.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Teleport 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will design and prototype user interfaces for complex infrastructure security products while collaborating closely with engineers. Additionally, you will contribute to the company-wide design system and lead collaborative workshops to solve design challenges.
Senior Product Designer, Growth Experiences
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Stash 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of in-product growth loops to drive organic user acquisition and engagement. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive, shareable experiences that encourage healthy financial habits.
Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America)
Rescue Rituals Remote (🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America)
The Product Designer will lead end-to-end design for specific platform modules, including user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI. They will collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to ensure designs are shippable and aligned with product strategy.
Design Manager - Interiors
🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Manage all phases of corporate interior projects, including project set-up, design, and construction administration. Oversee project scheduling, budgets, financial performance, and client relationships while leading diverse project teams.
Staff Interaction Designer
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Intuitive 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Design intuitive and seamless interaction models for complex robotic surgical systems and digital platforms. Lead cross-functional teams to align on a unified user experience vision while conducting research to inform design strategies.
Electrical Design Technologist
🇨🇦 City of Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Awc Water Solutions 🇨🇦 City of Langley, British Columbia, Canada
The Electrical Design Technologist will lead the development and drafting of full electrical and I&C project document packages, including single line diagrams and control panel layouts. They will also coordinate across disciplines to ensure accuracy and support the fabrication and engineering teams throughout the project lifecycle.
Head of Design
🇨🇴 Colombia
Neowork 🇨🇴 Colombia
The Head of Design will own the visual identity of NeoWork, creating high-converting landing pages and sales collateral. They will manage design requests, maintain brand consistency across all channels, and partner with leadership on visual storytelling.
Physical Design Engineering, VP
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Astera Labs 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end physical design execution for complex multi-die switching products and establish methodologies for chiplet architectures. Manage and mentor a growing team of engineers while collaborating across departments to meet performance, power, and area targets.
Senior Design Manager (West Seattle Link Extension)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Sound Transit 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Leads and manages the delivery of civil engineering elements for the West Seattle Link Extension project. Provides oversight for large design consultant teams and coordinates across multiple internal departments and external agencies.
Senior Brand Designer | Web & Design Systems (7 -month contract)
🇧🇷 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Doctoralia Brasil 🇧🇷 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
The Senior Brand Designer will lead end-to-end web brand design projects and evolve the company's web design system. They will collaborate closely with developers and marketing teams to ensure high-quality, accessible, and conversion-focused digital experiences.
Design Manager - Brand & Performance
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Wantable 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
You will lead and develop a team of designers while remaining hands-on in creating high-performing brand and performance creative across multiple channels. You will also partner with cross-functional teams to use data and AI-driven insights to optimize creative performance and build scalable design systems.
Senior Manager, Hardware Design Engineering (Power)
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Celestica 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior Manager will lead the Power Solutions Design Team in Austin, overseeing the development of complex hardware platform solutions for storage, compute, and networking. They are responsible for mentoring the engineering team, driving product requirements, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure design excellence.
Design Manager - Brand & Performance
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Wantable 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead and develop a small team of designers while remaining hands-on in creating high-performing creative assets across various digital and print channels. They will partner with marketing and growth teams to translate business objectives and performance data into compelling visual systems.
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.