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Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America)
Whatnot Remote (🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America)
You will lead the design of end-to-end workflows across high-impact surfaces, focusing on user-facing features, internal tools, or core platform systems. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create user-centric experiences.
Sr Manager Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Cordova, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States of America
Constellation Energy Generation, Llc. 🇺🇸 Cordova, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States of America
Manage the engineering function to meet station needs and regulatory requirements while acting as backup to the Site Engineering Director. Lead the performance and development of engineering personnel and participate in business planning and budget reviews.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Mars Security 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Lead the UX/UI of Mars's products, from ideation to implementation. Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams to define requirements and shape roadmaps.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Tenengroup Ltd. 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
The Senior Graphic Designer will evolve the visual language of the brand and lead visual concepts for product launches and seasonal campaigns. They will also plan and art-direct photoshoots and design various digital assets.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Tenengroup Ltd. 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv District, Israel
The Senior Graphic Designer will evolve the visual language of the brand and lead visual concepts for product launches and seasonal campaigns. They will also plan and art-direct photoshoots and design various digital assets.
Senior UX Designer
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Lenovo 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
The Senior UX Designer will define and own the end-to-end UX vision for Lenovo’s Hybrid Cloud and Agentic AI platform, ensuring coherence across all modules. They will lead UX strategy and experience differentiation for complex, multi-domain enterprise workflows.
Midweight or Senior Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Adlib Recruitment | B Corp™ 🇬🇧 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
The successful candidate will shape art direction and design for a leading hospitality client, working directly with the Design Director to deliver creative projects from concept to completion. This includes leading on print and digital design, art direction, branding, and campaign development.
Senior Mobile Product Designer
Remote (🇦🇷 Argentina)
Svitla Systems, Inc. Remote (🇦🇷 Argentina)
Lead design for mobile native and mobile web experiences, focusing on transactional flows such as purchase and account management. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and design researchers to produce high-quality design artifacts.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Ayesa Engineering - Uk And Ireland 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Lead and develop the design team to create industry-leading engineering designs for water and utilities infrastructure. Oversee design management, ensuring compliance with standards and effective stakeholder engagement.
Product Designer
🇵🇪 Lima, Lima Metropolitan Area, Peru
Apuesta Total 🇵🇪 Lima, Lima Metropolitan Area, Peru
The Product Designer will analyze project requirements and document workflows for execution. They will lead the design team, ensuring visual coherence and timely project delivery.
Principal Design Manager
🇬🇧 Camberley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Costain Group 🇬🇧 Camberley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lead design management for high-value, programme-critical water and wastewater projects to ensure solutions are delivered within budget and schedule. Manage design processes across multiple projects or frameworks while identifying and mitigating technical risks.
Technical Program Manager, Data Center Construction and Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Kirkland, Washington, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Kirkland, Washington, United States of America
Drive technical project management and engineering support for complex data center site execution issues while leading strategic capacity initiatives. Own the full production infrastructure design lifecycle and advocate for documentation excellence.
Technical Program Manager, Data Center Construction and Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Drive technical project management and engineering support for complex data center site execution issues while leading strategic capacity initiatives. Own the full production infrastructure design lifecycle from initial strategic readiness through to end of life management.
Technical Program Manager, Data Center Construction and Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Drive technical project management and engineering support for complex data center site execution issues while leading strategic capacity initiatives. Own the full production infrastructure design lifecycle and partner with vendor resources to scale infrastructure products safely.
Technical Program Manager, Data Center Construction and Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States of America
Drive technical project management and engineering support for complex data center site execution issues while leading strategic capacity initiatives. Own the full production infrastructure design lifecycle and advocate for documentation excellence.
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.