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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Affinity 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex, AI-augmented SaaS product areas from strategy to high-fidelity execution. Conduct user research and collaborate with product managers and engineers to turn data-rich insights into intuitive user experiences.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
Integral Solutions - Data & Ai 🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead workshops and design comprehensive user experiences while influencing product development. The role involves collaboration with business stakeholders, analysts, and developers.
Product Designer
🇮🇹 Italy
Nebuly 🇮🇹 Italy
As the first designer, you will own the end-to-end design of the Nebuly product, including complex data dashboards and onboarding flows. You will also lead the visual identity across sales decks, marketing materials, and the company website.
Preconstruction Design Manager
🇺🇸 West Sacramento, California, United States of America
Seegert Construction Inc 🇺🇸 West Sacramento, California, United States of America
Lead the coordination of architects, engineers, and trade partners to ensure designs align with budget, schedule, and constructability. Manage design deliverables, facilitate client meetings, and conduct site due diligence activities for commercial projects.
Sr. Design Manager
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Digital Realty 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Sr. Design Manager will oversee the design lifecycle for multiple projects, ensuring alignment with Digital Realty's guidelines and standards. They will manage consultants, lead design review sessions, and serve as the primary customer interface for build-to-suit projects.
Sr. Design Manager
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Digital Realty 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
The Sr. Design Manager will oversee the design lifecycle of multiple projects, ensuring alignment with Digital Realty's guidelines and standards. This role includes managing consultants, leading design reviews, and serving as the primary customer interface for build-to-suit projects.
Sr. Design Manager
🇺🇸 Austell, Cobb County, Georgia, United States of America
Digital Realty 🇺🇸 Austell, Cobb County, Georgia, United States of America
Lead the design of multiple concurrent data center development projects while implementing company design and engineering standards. Oversee architects, engineers, and consultants through the full design lifecycle from greenfield builds to renovations.
Sr. Design Manager
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Digital Realty 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design of multiple concurrent data center development projects while implementing company design and engineering guidelines. Oversee the full design lifecycle by managing architects, engineers, and consultants to ensure projects are delivered on budget and schedule.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Galliford Try 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Manage the design process for projects to meet customer requirements and framework deliverables. Lead the appointment of design consultants and ensure compliance with contractual obligations.
Senior UX Designer - (Remote)
Remote (🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal)
The Moore Group Remote (🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal)
Lead end-to-end UX design efforts from discovery and ideation through detailed design and implementation. Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇫🇷 94260 Fresnes, France
Tenengroup Ltd. 🇫🇷 94260 Fresnes, France
The Senior Graphic Designer will evolve the visual language of the brand and lead visual concepts for product launches and seasonal campaigns. They will design various digital assets including homepage banners, landing pages, and email marketing newsletters.
Senior Design Manager
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Jasara Program Management Company 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior Design Manager will manage architectural design projects, ensuring adherence to scope and schedule while leading quality assurance protocols. They will oversee a team of architects and designers, facilitating communication among stakeholders and promoting safety in design practices.
Design Manager ( Girl Kidswear )
🇹🇷 Bağcılar, Istanbul, Turkey
Lc Waikiki 🇹🇷 Bağcılar, Istanbul, Turkey
The Design Manager will drive brand performance by creating inspiring collections and translating customer insights into product decisions. They will lead the design process, ensuring alignment with seasonal planning and maintaining consistency across collections.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Tenengroup Ltd. 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Lead the evolution of visual brand language and create high-quality assets for web, email, and social media. Develop visual concepts for product launches and seasonal campaigns from mood boards to final execution.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Tenengroup Ltd. 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Lead the evolution of the brand's visual language and create high-quality assets for web, email, and social media. Develop visual concepts for product launches and seasonal campaigns using both traditional design tools and AI innovation.
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.