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Product Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Ninedots.io 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
You will lead a team of Product Designers and work closely with Product and Engineering leadership. Your focus will be on managing and developing the design team while driving high-quality user experiences across complex B2B products.
Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
Cedar Management Consulting International 🇮🇳 Mumbai City District, India
The Graphic Designer will lead the visual design function, producing engaging designs for digital, print, and events to strengthen the firm's brand. Responsibilities include creating marketing collateral, digital assets, and presentation materials while maintaining brand identity.
Design Manager (Façades)
🇦🇺 Shenton Park, Fremantle Railway PSP, Shenton Park WA 6008, Australia
Sacyr 🇦🇺 Shenton Park, Fremantle Railway PSP, Shenton Park WA 6008, Australia
Lead and manage the façade design process from concept through to construction, ensuring alignment with project scope, budget, and contractual obligations. Coordinate with consultants and subcontractors to deliver detailed documentation and ensure compliance with Australian standards.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Tenengroup Ltd. 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Lead the visual evolution of the brand across web, email, and social platforms while managing product launch campaigns. This includes art-directing photoshoots and utilizing AI tools for rapid concept exploration.
Design Manager – Arquitectura (Finishes)
🇦🇺 Shenton Park, Fremantle Railway PSP, Shenton Park WA 6008, Australia
Sacyr 🇦🇺 Shenton Park, Fremantle Railway PSP, Shenton Park WA 6008, Australia
Lead and manage the finishes design process from concept to construction, ensuring alignment with project scope, budget, and Australian regulations. Coordinate between consultants, architects, and delivery teams to resolve technical issues and ensure high-quality aesthetic outcomes.
Senior Product Designer
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Bsport 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Lead the design of Core and Business Insights features, transforming complex data into actionable interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional pod teams to integrate AI-assisted workflows and maintain a high bar for craft within the design system.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Meta 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
The Product Designer will shape the future of Meta's products by creating valuable, easy-to-use features through end-to-end flows and strategic innovation. They will lead cross-functional collaborations to drive product direction and mentor other team members to maintain high quality standards.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇩 South Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
Amartha 🇮🇩 South Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
Lead the design strategy across multiple products by translating business needs into intuitive, user-centered design solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-fidelity interfaces and provide guidance to junior designers.
UI/UX Designer
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Avepoint 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead end-to-end visual design efforts and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric digital solutions. Conduct user research and create design artifacts to ensure clarity and usability across platforms.
Hardware Design Engineering, Director - Active Electric Cable / Smart Cable Module Business - China
🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
Astera Labs 🇨🇳 Shanghai, China
The Director will establish and lead the Shanghai hardware design center, focusing on Active Electrical Cable and Smart Cable Module product design and customer engineering support. This role involves building a multidisciplinary team and ensuring alignment with global engineering standards and customer priorities.
Hardware Design Engineering, Director - Active Electric Cable / Smart Cable Module Business - Taiwan
🇹🇼 Taiwan
Astera Labs 🇹🇼 Taiwan
The Director of Hardware Design Engineering will establish and lead Astera Labs' Taiwan hardware engineering center, focusing on OEM customer engagement and the design of Silicon Validation Platforms and rack-scale products. This role includes building a multidisciplinary team and ensuring alignment with the Santa Clara-based engineering organization.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Z Gallerie 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the visual strategy for digital and retail environments, ensuring a cohesive luxury brand expression. Mentor junior designers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into compelling visual narratives.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Krewe 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead the product design process for eyewear, from concept through development, ensuring designs are production-ready. This role involves close collaboration with the Founder to translate creative direction into a scalable product design system.
Technical Program Manager, Data Center Construction and Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead complex, multi-disciplinary data center infrastructure projects from initial design through end-of-life management. Drive strategic capacity initiatives and manage vendor relationships to scale production infrastructure safely and efficiently.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Rune Technologies 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Own end-to-end design for critical TyrOS workflows, from problem framing and discovery through prototypes, shipped UI, and iteration. Collaborate with logisticians, planners, and operators to understand their needs and ensure high-fidelity implementation.
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.