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Senior UX UI Designer
🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States of America
Sbm Offshore 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States of America
Responsible for creating visually striking and user-friendly interfaces by transforming complex concepts into elegant digital experiences. The role involves leading the design approval process and collaborating with developers and executives to implement design guidelines across web and mobile platforms.
Senior Web Designer (d/f/m)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Personio 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior Web Designer will own end-to-end design for web surfaces and digital experience touchpoints, ensuring high-quality design and user experience. They will also lead user research and help architect systems and workflows to enhance design efficiency.
Senior Web Designer (d/f/m)
🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
Personio 🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
The Senior Web Designer will own end-to-end design for web surfaces and digital experience touchpoints, ensuring high-quality design and user experience. They will also lead user research and help architect systems and workflows to enhance the design process.
Senior Web Designer (d/f/m)
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Personio 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
The Senior Web Designer will own end-to-end design for web surfaces and digital experience touchpoints, ensuring high-quality design and user experience. They will also lead user research and help architect systems and workflows to enhance the design process.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Blue J 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior Product Designer will lead the creation and maintenance of a scalable design system and craft intuitive user experiences for a generative AI tax solution. They will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate user insights into high-fidelity designs and front-end code.
Lead UX Researcher - Digital Pharmacy
Lead the UX research strategy for a digital pharmacy platform, embedding research into the product development lifecycle. Collaborate with product leadership and third-party firms to translate user insights into actionable product improvements.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Solomon Page 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will lead the creative exploration and execution of graphic design concepts for assigned apparel categories, ensuring alignment with brand direction. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver designs that meet both creative and business objectives.
Head of Design and Production: Gallery Scale Works
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Design Observer 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Head of Design and Production will lead the design and fabrication of light sculptures and manage exhibition projects. This role involves overseeing the entire lifecycle from initial R&D to final onsite installation.
Product Designer/Sr Product Designer, UX
🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
American Airlines 🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America
The Product Designer/Sr Product Designer will influence product and design decisions while owning initiatives from inception through implementation. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement effective solutions and lead end-to-end UX design processes.
Principal, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead the design and coding of RAG architectures and agentic workflows to automate hardware engineering data queries. Develop multimodal AI capabilities and predictive analytics to optimize the design cycle and technical documentation.
Electrical Design Engineering Manager 2 (AHT)
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Northrop Grumman 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead a multidisciplinary team of electrical engineers in the design, development, and integration of complex electrical subsystems for missile systems. Manage department budgets, resource allocation, and technical roadmaps while ensuring compliance with performance and security standards.
Fire Alarm Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
J. F. Ahern Co. 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead and scale the Fire Alarm Design team by establishing a strategic vision and overseeing project progression from inception to completion. Focus on developing high-performing talent, maintaining engineering standards, and collaborating with field and sales teams for continuous improvement.
Senior Product Design Manager - Germany (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Germany
Pennylane Sas 🇩🇪 Germany
Lead the development of the financial operating system for the German market by solving real user problems and designing complex B2B digital products. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate user research and business goals into high-fidelity prototypes and scalable solutions.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Towson, Maryland, United States of America
The Whiting-turner Contracting Company 🇺🇸 Towson, Maryland, United States of America
The Design Manager provides leadership for Comprehensive Design Services, ensuring design integration throughout project execution. They guide design decisions to meet program requirements, budget, and quality commitments while facilitating team coordination.
Lead UX Product Designer – Design Systems
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Target 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
As a Lead UX Designer, you will drive the evolution of Target's Design System, ensuring high-quality, usable design components that enhance user experiences. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create reusable and accessible design components while mentoring other 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.