Design Leadership Jobs in New York, United States of America
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Head of Design and Research
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Upside 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own the quality, consistency, and polish bar across the consumer and payments experience. Lead a small team of designers and researchers to enhance the product's design and research practices.
Head of Design and Production: Gallery Scale Works
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Design Observer 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Head of Design and Production will lead the design and fabrication of light sculptures and manage exhibition projects. This role involves overseeing the entire lifecycle from initial R&D to final onsite installation.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Maven Clinic 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Head of Design will lead product design, brand design, and user research to position Maven as a design leader in healthcare. This role involves translating company goals into design priorities and driving member engagement and clinical outcomes through design.
Design Systems Lead
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Imprint 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Design Systems Lead will own the strategy, evolution, and execution of Imprint's design system. This role involves partnering with various teams to create systems that enable faster product development and higher quality experiences.
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Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Maven Clinic 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Head of Design will lead product design, brand design, and user research, connecting design to business outcomes and driving member engagement. This role involves modernizing the design organization and establishing a cohesive design vision across consumer and enterprise products.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Maven Clinic 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the product, brand, and user research teams to position Maven as a design leader in healthcare. The role involves translating business goals into design priorities and implementing AI-native workflows to accelerate production and quality.
HEAD OF DESIGN AND PRODUCTION: GALLERY SCALE ARTWORKS
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Design Observer 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Head of Design and Production will lead the design and fabrication of light sculptures and manage exhibition projects. This includes overseeing the entire lifecycle from R&D and prototyping to fabrication and installation.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Bettingjobs 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Define and lead the overall creative vision and design standards across multiple brands and platforms. Collaborate with various teams to create engaging player experiences and elevate the visual layer of the app.
Partner 20, Design Systems Lead
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Andreessen Horowitz 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Design Systems Lead will own and evolve the design systems infrastructure, ensuring quality, consistency, and scalability. This role involves translating the a16z brand into usable templates and components while building tools that empower non-designers to create on-brand work independently.
Senior UX Design Manager, Search Ads UI
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a Senior UX Design Manager, you will define product strategy and conceptualize ecosystem-level UX. You will lead design solutions to user, product, and business problems while guiding the careers of your direct reports.
Product Design Manager, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lyft 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Product Design Manager will set the strategy and roadmap for Lyft Product Language across various surfaces and lead the AI transformation of the design system. They will manage a team of designers and ensure quality standards are met across platforms.
New Development Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Upward On 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The New Development Design Manager will oversee the design and development process from pre-development to project launch, ensuring that the product meets market demands. This includes reviewing architectural plans, advising on finishes, and coordinating with various teams throughout the project lifecycle.
Product Design Manager, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lyft 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the strategy, vision, and execution of the Lyft Product Language (LPL) across product, marketing, and brand surfaces. Manage a team of designers and illustrators while integrating AI into system tooling and workflows.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Permitflow 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Build and lead PermitFlow's design organization, evolving it into a strategic partner across the business. Define the design strategy and ensure quality standards while doing hands-on design work.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Permitflow 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Build and lead the design organization, evolving it into a strategic partner that defines the product's look, feel, and functionality. This player-coach role involves hiring a team of designers while personally executing high-quality design work and managing the design system.
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.