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Senior Automotive Product Designer (Solidworks)
🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States
Addictive Desert Designs 🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States
You will own the end-to-end R&D design process, creating CAD models for off-road vehicle accessories using SolidWorks. You will also collaborate with the prototype engineering team to transition designs into manufacturable products.
Senior Product Designer - ILT / TMS
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Docebo 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design of complex operational workflows for Instructor-Led Training and Training Management Systems. You will transform ambiguous requirements into polished interfaces, incorporating AI-driven assistance to streamline enterprise training operations.
Senior Data Modeller / Data Product Designer — Enterprise Payments
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Td 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior Data Modeller will design end-to-end data structures across the enterprise payments ecosystem, including MongoDB-based operational stores and Azure Databricks curated products. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define how payments data is represented, governed, and consumed across operational and analytical platforms.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Guidehouse 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
The role involves serving as a creative partner to DARPA leadership and researchers to translate complex scientific concepts into impactful visual narratives. Key duties include leading program branding, digital and print design, and providing creative direction to junior staff.
Lead Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The First Church Of Christ, Scientist 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Lead the design of periodicals, books, and digital collateral while providing design direction and operational support to the creative team. Collaborate with client departments to remove barriers to discoverability and ensure consistent quality across all promotional materials.
Senior Graphic Designer (Life Sciences) - Indianapolis Health
🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Milliman 🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer will conceptualize and execute visual solutions across digital and print platforms to communicate the client's brand. This includes collaborating with stakeholders to develop layouts and revising designs based on feedback to ensure brand consistency.
Senior Data Modeller / Data Product Designer — Enterprise Payments
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Td 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Design end-to-end data structures across the Payments ecosystem, ranging from MongoDB operational stores to Azure Databricks curated data products. Create a canonical Payments context layer to support cross-product analytics, reporting, and governed data sharing.
Senior UX/UI Designer (Career Sites & Design Systems)
🇨🇷 Costa Rica
In All Media Inc 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
You will design and extend a modular design system in Figma while executing hands-on work against a capability backlog for a career sites platform. The role involves creating responsive web experiences and ensuring all components meet strict accessibility standards.
Graphic Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Numeris 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Graphic Designer will design and produce branded marketing and communications materials across digital and print channels, including presentations, social media graphics, and brochures. They will collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency while managing multiple projects and deadlines.
Senior Product Design Manager, Payments and Fulfillment
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Etsy 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the design strategy and execution for Payments and Fulfillment initiatives to ensure a seamless buyer and seller experience. Manage and develop a team of designers while partnering with Product, Engineering, and Research to drive measurable marketplace impact.
Senior UI / UX Designer
🇺🇸 Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Interactive Brokers 🇺🇸 Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
The designer will create wireframes, graphical assets, and specification documents for mobile, desktop, and web trading platforms. They will also conduct user research and usability testing to improve platform functionality and unify design across devices.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Guidehouse 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
You will serve as a creative partner to DARPA program managers, leading the design of program branding, visual storytelling, and digital media. Additionally, you will provide creative guidance to junior staff while ensuring all outputs meet Section 508 accessibility standards.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Willscot 🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
The Senior Product Designer supports the full product lifecycle, including design, engineering documentation, and manufacturing support. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, produce, and maintain innovative workspace and storage solutions.
Senior Graphic Designer (Life Sciences) - Indianapolis Health
🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Milliman 🇺🇸 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
The designer will conceptualize and execute visual solutions across digital and print platforms to support client branding. They will collaborate with project managers and stakeholders to ensure designs meet project objectives and brand standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the Design Management team and projects across the UK and internationally, ensuring quality and contractual compliance. Oversee sub-consultant contracts, financial processes, and the implementation of design management procedures.
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.