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Principal Product Designer, Partner Experience
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Betterup 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design vision for the Partner Experience, including the Partner Hub, Performance Intelligence, and reporting surfaces. Lead 0→1 design work on complex B2B problems and shape the company-wide AI strategy for product experiences.
Staff Product Designer, Growth
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Tessera Data 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the design strategy for customer acquisition and conversion through funnel optimization, NUX, and personalized guided flows. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to translate quantitative and qualitative insights into testable growth experiments and high-fidelity user experiences.
Senior UX Designer, Digital Assets [AQ-12313]
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Aquent 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design of digital asset experiences across web and mobile platforms for a financial services leader. Collaborate with Agile teams to translate complex financial needs into intuitive, high-quality client interactions.
Sr. Graphic Designer- CPG lifestyle brand [AQ-12306]
🇺🇸 Englewood, CO 80110, United States of America
Aquent 🇺🇸 Englewood, CO 80110, United States of America
Develop original campaign concepts and visual narratives across digital, retail, packaging, and social channels. Lead art direction for photography and video while maintaining a consistent brand identity across all customer touchpoints.
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Keynote Designer & Visual Designer [AQ-12350]
🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Aquent 🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Collaborate with senior leadership to create high-fidelity, polished presentations and visual experiences for strategic initiatives. Develop design systems, templates, and mock-ups to elevate the organization's overall visual communication standards.
Design Manager - For Pakiza Apparels Ltd. - Job ID - 1517893
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan, Bangladesh
Bdjobs.com 🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan, Bangladesh
Lead the planning and execution of R&D activities, including designing trial protocols for product evaluation and optimization. Collect and analyze trial data to provide technical recommendations for successful product commercialization.
Graphic Designer and Digital Marketer- Shakil Education Group- Job ID:1517581
🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan, Bangladesh
Bdjobs.com 🇧🇩 Dhaka, Dhaka Metropolitan, Bangladesh
The role involves creating graphic designs, managing social media advertisements, and handling digital marketing for abroad education services. Responsibilities include lead monitoring, video editing, and implementing cost control mechanisms in the market.
Design Manager
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Room8 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Lead and coordinate all design activities from concept to IFC stages, managing external consultants and internal teams. Ensure design solutions meet commercial and aesthetic objectives while complying with UAE regulations and codes.
Sr. Master Plan Design Manager
🇸🇦 Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia
Aecom 🇸🇦 Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia
The Sr. Master Plan Design Manager develops and evaluates planning criteria for complex projects while serving as a technical advisor to leadership. They oversee large-scale development proposals and ensure all activities comply with local, state, and federal regulations.
Landscape Design Manager (Senior Level – 15+ Years Experience)
🇩🇪 Bavaria, Germany
Morshedy 🇩🇪 Bavaria, Germany
Lead the conceptualization, design, and execution of large-scale landscape architecture projects while managing multidisciplinary teams and consultants. Oversee all project phases from site analysis and master planning to construction documentation and budget management.
[HCM] Senior Product Designer
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Geek Up 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex digital products, from initial UX research and strategic ideation to high-fidelity execution. Collaborate with business owners and engineers to align user insights with business goals and technical feasibility.
Product Designer
🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
Zero To One Search | Recruitment Agency 🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
The Product Designer will lead self-driven discovery and onsite research to bridge the gap between field workers and office managers. They will synthesize data using AI tools and create rapid prototypes to define user journeys for a SaaS platform.
Lead Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Headout 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Lead Product Designer will shape the end-to-end user journey for discovering and booking global experiences. They will define product strategy and build scalable design systems that work across multiple languages and geographies.
Creative Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 India
Flexiple 🇮🇳 India
Lead the development of original creative concepts for global logistics campaigns across social, print, and digital formats. Partner with marketing and content teams to ensure brand coherence and push the visual identity forward.
Staff Product Designer, Growth
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Linktree 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the design direction for growth experiments, onboarding, and monetization to drive user acquisition and retention. Partner with product and engineering teams to shape the growth strategy and mentor other designers on the team.
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.