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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Agile Resources, Inc. 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The role involves leading the validation of advanced electronic systems used in off-highway equipment, ensuring their reliable performance. Key responsibilities include ownership of Design Verification Plans, establishing validation strategies, and managing non-conformance issues.
Web Designer (Cosmetics, C&H Design Team)
🇺🇸 Port Washington, NY 11050, United States of America
Kiss Beauty Group 🇺🇸 Port Washington, NY 11050, United States of America
The Web Designer will lead digital design execution for the Cosmetics category, focusing on website design, eCommerce content development, and digital campaign asset creation. This role is critical for enhancing the brand's digital presence and ensuring a consistent brand experience across various consumer touchpoints.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Epicor 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Define and drive design strategy across multiple product areas while leading complex design initiatives from discovery through execution. Partner with cross-functional teams to influence product direction and establish organizational design standards.
Product Designer II, New Business
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Cnn 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
As a Product Designer II for New Business, you will lead design for high-impact initiatives central to CNN’s future. You will execute across all phases of the design process and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to develop effective user experiences.
Product Designer II, New Business
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Cnn 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
As a Product Designer II for New Business, you will lead design for high-impact initiatives central to CNN’s future. You will execute across all phases of the design process and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to develop effective user experiences.
Product Designer II, New Business
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Cnn 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a Product Designer II for New Business, you will lead design for high-impact initiatives central to CNN’s future. You will execute across all phases of the design process and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to develop effective user experiences.
Transportation Design Manager
🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
Sundt Construction 🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
The Transportation Design Manager provides technical leadership across various functional departments and oversees design services. They coordinate engineering staff assignments, ensure compliance with regulations, and lead technical teams during design projects.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Spotnana 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Lead the design of complex traveler-facing products and internal tools, focusing on AI-powered and conversational experiences. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver high-quality interfaces while mentoring other designers through critiques.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Healthie 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design vision and execution for platform areas, translating complex clinical and billing workflows into intuitive user experiences. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to evolve the design system and mentor junior designers.
Staff Product Designer, Knowledge Graph
Remote (🇳🇱 Netherlands)
Gitlab Remote (🇳🇱 Netherlands)
Lead design for cross-cutting platform experiences and drive the end-to-end design process for features impacting users across the product. Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to shape priorities and ensure design intent is maintained.
Especialista Product Designer (Remoto)
🇧🇷 Brazil
Totvs 🇧🇷 Brazil
The Specialist Product Designer will lead the technical evolution of the user experience across multiple products in the Logistics Suite. They will ensure quality, consistency, and simplicity in digital solutions while mentoring the design team.
Staff Product Designer, Knowledge Graph
Remote (🇩🇪 Germany)
Gitlab Remote (🇩🇪 Germany)
Lead design for cross-cutting platform experiences and drive the end-to-end design process for features impacting users across the product. Collaborate closely with Product Management and Engineering to ensure design intent is maintained through development.
Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America)
Betterhelp Remote (🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America)
As a Product Designer, you will own and drive end-to-end design for critical features, working autonomously on complex problems and leading research efforts. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define problems and explore solutions, influencing product strategy and design quality.
Staff Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Vetcove Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Lead end-to-end design for core product areas, collaborating with product managers and engineers to ensure high-quality implementation. Create flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes while facilitating design sprints and user research sessions.
Technologist, Systems Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Milpitas, California, United States of America
Sandisk 🇺🇸 Milpitas, California, United States of America
Lead the architecture, design, and productization of next-generation NAND Interface Mux/Buffer technologies for enterprise storage solutions. Take end-to-end ownership of technical implementation, from RTL simulation and firmware bring-up to customer deployment and debug.
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.