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Lead Product Designer - Healthcare - Jobbird.com
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Jobster 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead the design of product experiences across digital touchpoints, collaborating with developers and product owners. Conceptualize and prototype new features while maintaining a balance between design leadership and hands-on execution.
Lead Product Designer - AI Trainer
Remote (🇺🇸 Nebraska, United States of America)
Dataannotation Remote (🇺🇸 Nebraska, United States of America)
Review and critique AI-generated UI/UX designs and evaluate the quality produced by AI models. Help train models to better understand aesthetic quality and user-centered design.
Senior UX Designer - Store Experience
🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Tesco Technology 🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end UX design process, transforming complex user journeys into intuitive digital experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions while advocating for human-centered design.
Senior UX Designer - Store Experience
🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Tesco 🇬🇧 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end UX design process from discovery through to delivery, translating complex user needs into intuitive design solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve digital products and advocate for human-centred design practices.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Devrev 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will own and execute the design of complex features or entire product areas, creating sophisticated user flows and interaction patterns. Additionally, you will lead research initiatives to uncover user insights and collaborate with various teams.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Arcadis 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead multi-disciplinary design teams to meet client scopes, budgets, and timescales within the Defence or Technology sectors. They are responsible for coordinating design activities with procurement and construction teams while managing project risks and technical delivery.
Lead Product Designer (Maternity Cover)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Futurice 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design vision for a product vertical, balancing hands-on execution of responsive web experiences with the management of a small design squad. You will oversee DesignOps, manage client relationships, and collaborate with Product Managers to align incremental updates with the strategic vision.
Lead Ui/Ux Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Straive 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Lead UI/UX Designer will craft intuitive, data-driven experiences for enterprise clients and contribute to the design strategy of large-scale programs. They will collaborate with various teams to uncover opportunities and deliver impactful user experiences.
Product Designer
🇨🇿 Brno, 384, 664 71 Brno, Czechia
Lear Corporation 🇨🇿 Brno, 384, 664 71 Brno, Czechia
The Product Designer provides technical leadership for assigned projects, handling product development from 3D design and drawings to testing. They are also responsible for technical communication and product presentations for international automotive customers.
Senior Electrical Design Manager
🇬🇧 Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Kbs Maritime 🇬🇧 Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Electrical Design Manager is responsible for delivering projects from inception to completion, managing design tasks and priorities. This role includes developing client requirements, producing calculations, leading design teams, and ensuring compliance with regulations.
Security Design Manager
🇸🇬 Singapore
Securitas Group 🇸🇬 Singapore
The Security Design Manager leads physical security system design initiatives and provides technical oversight for projects supporting Microsoft's global infrastructure portfolio across the APAC region. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure security systems are delivered according to established standards, timelines, and budgets.
Founding Product Designer / Legal / Hybrid in NYC
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Motion Recruitment 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end product design process and design intuitive user experiences for complex legal and AI-driven workflows. Collaborate directly with engineers and leadership to influence product strategy and establish foundational design systems.
Design Manager - Mission Critical / Industrial
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Provide project leadership by communicating objectives, scope, and schedules while managing project workflows and resources. Oversee project lifecycle from estimating to close-out, ensuring fiscal responsibility and client satisfaction.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America
Bread Financial 🇺🇸 New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America
Lead the design of customer-facing digital product experiences by creating high-fidelity prototypes and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Drive product excellence by implementing design systems and ensuring usability and accessibility across financial services products.
Senior Product Designer (New Bank Project)
Lead the end-to-end UX/UI design for PayPay Bank's consumer and corporate applications across various platforms. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to develop new features and maintain the design system while mentoring junior designers.
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.