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Senior Product Designer (contract)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
And Digital 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of customer-facing mobile app experiences across discovery and delivery phases. They will collaborate with Product Managers and developers to translate customer insights and business goals into effective design solutions.
Senior Design Manager - MEP
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Egis Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary MEPHFC design team to deliver RIBA 4iii designs for the HS2 gateway station. Responsible for resource management, technical assurance compliance, and coordinating design deliverables in a 3D BIM environment.
Mechanical Design Manager
🇬🇧 Biggin Hill, A233, London, BR2 6DU, United Kingdom
Formula 1 🇬🇧 Biggin Hill, A233, London, BR2 6DU, United Kingdom
Lead the mechanical design team in creating high-quality bespoke mechanical solutions for Formula 1 events. Manage the full product lifecycle from requirements capture through to testing, deployment, and budget oversight.
Lead UI/UX Designer
Lead the design of intuitive and scalable digital products for web and mobile applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into user-centered experiences and maintain scalable design systems.
Mechanical Design Manager
🇬🇧 Biggin Hill, A233, London, BR2 6DU, United Kingdom
Formula 1 🇬🇧 Biggin Hill, A233, London, BR2 6DU, United Kingdom
Lead the mechanical design team in creating bespoke mechanical solutions for Formula 1 events. Manage the full product lifecycle from requirements capture to deployment while overseeing budgets and project timelines.
UX DESIGNER H/F
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Nexton 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The UX Designer will lead the Design Thinking process from empathy to testing, creating user-centric solutions and interactive prototypes. They will collaborate with UI Designers, Product Owners, and Developers in an agile environment to define project objectives and improve interfaces based on user tests.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sunshine Beach QLD 4567, Australia
Zinfra 🇦🇺 Sunshine Beach QLD 4567, Australia
Lead multidisciplinary engineering design teams to deliver complex energy and infrastructure projects while managing scope, budgets, and schedules. Ensure high-quality design outcomes through technical leadership, stakeholder engagement, and rigorous design governance.
Principal UX Designer (NetSec)
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Palo Alto Networks 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Drive design excellence for global B2B product suites by architecting systemic solutions for complex enterprise environments. Lead the UX vision, oversee design system evolution, and mentor senior designers to elevate design maturity.
Product Designer
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Alan 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Lead the end-to-end design process from inception to completion, collaborating with product managers and engineers to create human-centric healthcare experiences. Responsibilities include developing product visions, mentoring junior designers, and maintaining a high-quality UI consistent with the brand.
Head of Design
🇫🇷 94260 Fresnes, France
Lefty 🇫🇷 94260 Fresnes, France
Lead and grow the design practice at Lefty, managing a team of designers while setting the strategy and direction for design initiatives. Oversee complex product features from UX discovery to delivery, ensuring high-quality outputs and effective collaboration.
Senior UX Researcher
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Hungerstation | هنقرستيشن 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Lead end-to-end research initiatives to uncover user insights and ensure product decisions are based on user understanding. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to document findings and advocate for users.
Design Manager
🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Profound People 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
The Design Manager will lead and manage a small design team across multiple engineering projects, overseeing the full design lifecycle from concept to commissioning. They will ensure compliance with engineering standards and provide technical guidance to engineers and designers.
Design Manager (Airfield Systems)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bechtel Corporation 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager (Airfield Systems) leads the design management of major airfield systems projects, ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory standards. This role involves managing design from inception through delivery and liaising with construction teams for efficient project execution.
Staff Product Designer
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Netomi 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Lead the end-to-end design of foundational platform initiatives, specifically focusing on the customer-facing control tower for AI agent governance. Drive the transition to a product-led growth (PLG) model by designing self-serve onboarding and in-product education experiences.
Senior UX Researcher
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Delivery Hero 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Lead end-to-end research initiatives to uncover user insights through both structured analysis and real-world fieldwork. Collaborate with product, design, and analytics teams to translate user stories into actionable product decisions.
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.