Design Manager Jobs
18 curated design manager roles at companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Apple, and 10 more. Every role is scored and reviewed by our team.
OpenAI · San Francisco
A design management seat at OpenAI is exceptionally rare. This is a chance to lead the team defining how hundreds of millions of people interact with AI daily — the kind of role that reshapes a career and an entire product category.
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA / New York, NY
The person designing Anthropic's keynotes, product launches, and executive communications. If you've ever watched an Anthropic product demo and thought "that looks incredible" — this is the role behind it. $305K–$385K.
Apple · Cupertino
Designing the tools developers use every day is high-leverage, systems-level work. The role sits at the intersection of Xcode, documentation, and SDKs — a chance to shape the Apple ecosystem at its foundation.
Plaud · San Francisco, CA
Design leadership role defining global product experience standard, building design systems, and leading AI-native interaction paradigms. 8-12+ years required. Top-tier comp at $250K-$300K.
Meta · Los Angeles, CA
A leadership role overseeing Meta's creative design direction — this is one of the most influential design positions in tech. The person in this seat shapes how billions of people experience Meta's products visually.
Meta · Burlingame, CA
Leading design for XR technology at Meta — this manager shapes the interaction paradigms for spatial computing. One of the most strategically important design leadership roles in the industry.
Canva · Seoul, South Korea
Regional design leads at Canva have unusual autonomy to shape product expression for their market. Korea is a discerning design audience, and this seat gets to translate a global system into something that feels native there.
Canva · Sydney / San Francisco
Leading design research at one of the largest design platforms in the world. Canva has 190+ million users — the scale of research insights here is unmatched. A chance to shape how design democratization actually works at global scale.
Phantom · Remote (US)
Designing the wallet platform at Phantom means solving hard interaction problems — sending crypto, managing tokens, connecting to dApps — with the kind of polish that makes Phantom feel like a native iOS app. High craft bar.
Replit · Foster City, CA
Replit is one of the most design-forward developer tools companies, and they are hiring a Brand Design Lead to own their visual identity. The team ships incredibly polished work — their brand has become iconic in the dev tools space. A dream brief for a senior brand designer.
Duolingo · Pittsburgh, PA
Design management role leading team shaping experiences for millions of learners
Duolingo · New York, NY
Design management role leading team shaping experiences for millions of learners
Gusto · Denver, CO / San Francisco, CA / New York, NY / Los Angeles, CA / Seattle, WA
Gusto has always punched above its weight on brand — their illustrations and tone are distinctive in a sea of fintech sameness. A brand design manager here gets to shape visual identity for a product used by hundreds of thousands of businesses. Strong role for someone who wants brand leadership at scale.
Carta · SF / Santa Clara / Seattle / NYC
Design leadership at Carta — the platform that powers equity management for thousands of startups. Making cap tables and equity feel understandable is a seriously hard design challenge.
Gusto · San Francisco, CA
Design management at Gusto is a solid bet — the company treats design well and payroll is their bread and butter. It's a well-run team at a mature company, though the domain itself isn't the most creatively stimulating.
Hadrius · New York, NY
Hadrius is building AI for financial compliance, an unsexy but high-stakes domain. A design lead here gets to define the product's entire visual language and interaction model from the ground up.
Hadrius · New York, NY
Hadrius is tackling financial compliance with AI — a massive, underserved market where good design can be a genuine differentiator. The $200-250K range plus equity signals they're serious about design leadership. First design lead hire at a YC company with real traction means shaping the product from the ground up.
Daylight Computer · Remote
Daylight is one of the few hardware startups pitching a genuine alternative to the glowing-screen default — a reflective, e-ink-like tablet for focus and calm. A brand design lead here writes the rulebook for a product that already has a devoted early audience. Small team, real aesthetic stance, rare category.