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Senior Interaction Designer, YouTube TV, Watch Experience
🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Identify high-value opportunities and product innovations by uncovering emerging user needs. Develop long-term UX strategies and lead cross-functional stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions that drive measurable product impact.
Instagram Product Designer, Brand-in-Product
🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Meta 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Lead the design vision for Instagram's brand identity within the product, translating brand strategy into tangible user experiences. Develop scalable design systems and frameworks to ensure consistent, high-quality branded moments across various product surfaces.
Senior Interaction Designer, YouTube TV, Watch Experience
🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Lead the design evolution of the YouTube TV player and pioneer new formats like multiview for personalized experiences. Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to translate product narratives into high-quality features for the OTT platform.
Community Planning & Design Manager
🇺🇸 Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
American Planning Association - Wisconsin Chapter 🇺🇸 Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
The Community Planning and Design Manager will lead the development of plans, policies, and strategies for city growth and development. This role involves managing initiatives, engaging with the community, and collaborating with stakeholders to implement the city's vision.
Lead Graphic Designer, Nike Design Strategy & Initiatives
🇺🇸 Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
Nike 🇺🇸 Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America
You will translate creative strategy into visual design and storytelling across the Nike Design organization. Your work will involve leading visual concepting, developing graphic systems, and collaborating with cross-functional partners.
Staff Engineer, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead the design and development of complex electrical systems, focusing on signal integrity and high-speed digital PCB designs. Coordinate cross-functional teams and manage project execution from architecture and simulation to lab verification and manufacturing support.
Senior Product Designer UX/UI
🇬🇧 Leicester, City of Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Hastings Direct 🇬🇧 Leicester, City of Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end UX/UI design processes, from discovery and research to prototyping and delivery. Partner with product and technical teams to align user needs with business objectives.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Ramon, California, United States of America
Dialpad Japan 🇺🇸 San Ramon, California, United States of America
Lead design on foundational layers and platform-wide initiatives at Dialpad. Partner with design, product, and engineering leadership to define patterns and interaction models for the platform.
Lead UX Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Clearwater Analytics 🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
The Lead UX Designer will create an excellent end-user interaction and overall experience for users navigating web-based applications and websites. They will work with various teams to understand user needs and project goals, create wireframes or prototypes, and advocate for end users throughout the company.
Senior Director, Design Engineering 1
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Serve as the principal technical advisor for a key customer, designing innovative solutions using emerging technologies like AI/ML. Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team while overseeing the full software development lifecycle and ensuring quality outcomes.
Design Manager
🇨🇦 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ellisdon 🇨🇦 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lead multidisciplinary design teams through pursuit, development, and construction support phases to ensure projects are coordinated and compliant. Serve as the primary technical liaison between owners, consultants, and trade partners to align design with budget and schedule objectives.
Senior Product Designer II - Consumer Experiences
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Compass 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead discovery work to understand consumer behaviors and design intuitive consumer experiences across web and mobile platforms. They will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to create cohesive experiences that connect consumers with real estate professionals.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Frontrowmd 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead design across the product portfolio from discovery to polished UI. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to scope, spec, and ship designs.
Senior / Staff Product Designer (SF/NYC In-Person)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Mintlify 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design projects from exploration to final polish, collaborating with design and marketing leadership. Create high-fidelity mockups, wireframes, and compelling visuals specifically tailored for technical developer audiences.
Senior Principal, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Celestica International Lp 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Architect and oversee a next-generation enterprise hardware intelligence platform by bridging Generative AI with complex hardware engineering. Lead the development of a domain-specific LLM and multi-agent AI system to automate design intelligence and reduce board spins.
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.