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Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Capsule 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead and execute all design projects, focusing primarily on product design while also contributing to brand, marketing, and sales. Collaborate closely with co-founders to develop innovative solutions and gather customer feedback for continuous improvement.
Senior Griffeye UX Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Magnet Forensics 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior UX Designer will own the end-to-end design of product initiatives within a Griffeye product team, collaborating closely with Product Management and Engineering. They will conduct user research and apply insights to inform product decisions while leading design discussions and facilitating alignment across stakeholders.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Rho 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead design efforts for end-to-end product features across multiple surfaces and own complex design problems with minimal oversight. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to shape scope, identify dependencies, and optimize user flows.
Design Manager - Structural
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Walter P Moore 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead the Structural Engineering team and manage design projects for large commercial structures. Responsibilities include serving clients on major projects throughout the United States and internationally.
Assistant Web & UI Designer
Remote (🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India)
Openthrive Remote (🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India)
Design modern, responsive website interfaces and assist in creating B2B websites and web applications. Collaborate closely with the Lead Designer to execute design concepts and maintain design systems.
Senior UX Designer, Industrial Design Team
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
World Environmental Organization 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The UX Design Lead will own the end-to-end user experience for the biometric iris-verification ecosystem, shaping every touchpoint for users and operators. This includes defining experience principles, conducting user research, and leading UX development for new products.
Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Galesburg, Illinois, United States of America
Heat & Controls Limited 🇺🇸 Galesburg, Illinois, United States of America
The Design Engineering Manager leads the engineering design team to ensure high performance and productivity while developing and implementing design strategies. They monitor project timelines, budgets, and resources, and resolve technical issues related to complex design challenges.
Principal Engineer / Senior Design Manager
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Atkinsréalis 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
The role involves serving as a Principal Engineer or Senior Design Manager to lead engineering design efforts. The candidate will be responsible for managing design processes and ensuring technical excellence.
Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Palo Alto Networks 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design for complex cybersecurity workflows and drive UX strategy in partnership with cross-functional leadership. Mentor other designers and champion consistency across the product ecosystem through the advancement of the design system.
Product Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Gong 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Lead, coach, and manage a team of Product Designers while driving high-quality design outcomes. Collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to shape roadmaps and deliver impactful experiences.
Senior UI/UX Designer, Ecommerce
🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States of America
Softline Solutions 🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end UX for Brio's ecommerce surfaces, including landing pages and product detail pages. Continuously improve experiences using data and research while collaborating closely with the Design Lead and other team members.
Staff, UX Designer - Design System.
🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Clearwater Analytics 🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Own the vision, roadmap, and governance for Clearwater's design system across all web products. Drive adoption of the design system across the organization and provide design leadership and mentorship to designers and engineers.
Design Manager - Aviation - Senior
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Manage all phases of design for large complex architectural projects, ensuring successful delivery from concept through construction. Lead communication between project teams and clients while fostering strong relationships and ensuring design excellence.
Senior Product Design Manager (Open for relocation to Malaysia/Dubai)
🇮🇩 Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
Next Ventures 🇮🇩 Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
As the Product Design Manager, you will define and drive the product design vision for trading and brokerage platforms, ensuring seamless experiences. You will manage and mentor a team of product designers while leading cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-impact fintech products.
Staff Engineer, Digital Design Engineering
🇮🇳 Kolkata, India
Analog Devices 🇮🇳 Kolkata, India
The Staff Engineer will be responsible for developing specifications, micro architecture, and RTL design of modules. They will also provide technical and managerial leadership to digital design engineers and guide junior engineers in various design processes.
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.