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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Mrbeast 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead the design of a consumer-facing, gamified ecosystem, defining core retention loops and product roadmaps. You will own the end-to-end design process while leveraging AI tools to iterate rapidly and ship high-scale products.
Senior Interior Design Technologist
🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Zeidler Architecture 🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Senior Interior Design Technologist leads the technical development and coordination of interior design projects from schematic design through construction. This role involves managing consultant collaboration, ensuring documentation accuracy, and overseeing contract administration processes.
Intermediate Interior Design Technologist
🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Zeidler Architecture 🇨🇦 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Intermediate Interior Design Technologist is responsible for leading the development of technical documentation, modeling, and specifications across all project phases. They also coordinate with consultant teams, manage project tendering, and ensure all work complies with building codes and firm standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo County, California, United States of America
Kitchell 🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo County, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager will act as an Owner’s Representative to lead pre-construction activities and manage project development for a large justice market project. Responsibilities include coordinating design-build schedules, ensuring budget alignment, and mitigating design risks while maintaining code and sustainability compliance.
Staff Product Designer, Autonomous Recruiting
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Handshake 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead the end-to-end design of a new AI-native recruiting product, defining user flows and interaction patterns for complex B2B workflows. You will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and data teams to shape strategy and deliver consumer-grade solutions.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Bilt 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Lead Product Designer will own product development from concept to shipping while leading design initiatives within a dedicated pod. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define design systems and ensure high-quality, user-centric product experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Brg 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will lead the design of new and evolving platforms, creating end-to-end experiences that support complex, data-driven decision-making. Additionally, you will coach the design team and collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure high-quality, user-centered solutions.
UX/UI Design Manager
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Hyundai Capital America 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
The UX/UI Design Manager will lead the design process from concept to execution for digital platforms, ensuring high standards of usability and brand alignment. They will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and external vendors to translate business needs into innovative design strategies and user-friendly interfaces.
UX/UI Design Manager
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Hyundai Capital 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
The UX/UI Design Manager will lead the design process from concept to execution for digital platforms, ensuring high standards of usability and brand alignment. They will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and external vendors to deliver innovative design strategies that support business objectives.
Senior Manager, Hardware Design Engineering (Power)
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior Manager will lead and mentor a high-performance power electronics design team to develop complex, first-to-market hardware platform solutions. They are responsible for driving product definitions, architecture tradeoffs, and ensuring engineering excellence across the entire product lifecycle.
Senior Director, Package Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Renesas Electronics 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead a global technical program management organization to drive the execution of strategic AI and datacenter infrastructure power package engineering programs. Establish program governance, manage cross-functional task forces, and ensure production readiness while maintaining quality and reliability standards.
Senior Design Manager
Remote (🇮🇹 Rome, Roma Capitale, Italy)
Pennylane Remote (🇮🇹 Rome, Roma Capitale, Italy)
Lead, support, and develop a team of product designers while setting a clear design direction for the Financial Services track. Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, coherent customer experiences that drive acquisition and revenue.
Design Systems Lead (Remote, Salvador)
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
You will own the architecture of client design systems by building token structures, variables, and core component libraries in Figma. Your role involves ensuring these systems are documented and executable by automated pipelines across multiple client brands.
Bridge Design Manager
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Stantec 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Bridge Design Manager will lead engineering teams on infrastructure projects while overseeing design development, project deliverables, and construction phase services. They are responsible for providing technical assistance, mentoring staff, and performing quality control checks to ensure project success.
Design Manager - Water
🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Wharton-smith, Inc. 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
The Design Manager leads planning, coordination, budgeting, and risk analysis during the pursuit and preconstruction phases of municipal water and wastewater projects. They collaborate closely with estimating and operations teams to ensure successful project delivery, constructability, and owner engagement.
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.