Design Leadership Jobs in San Francisco, United States of America
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Sr. Creative & Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Finix 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end creative output for the Finix brand, including brand identity, campaign assets, and web design. You will collaborate cross-functionally to establish a consistent visual and verbal voice across all customer touchpoints.
Head of Design - Developer Tools & AI Infrastructure
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Greylock Partners 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Define and lead the product design vision, standards, and design systems while personally designing and prototyping core product experiences. Partner closely with founders and engineering to ship an intuitive developer experience across the product UI, APIs, SDKs, and other developer-facing surfaces.
Senior Technology Design Manager - Data Hall Fit Out
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Coreweave 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Senior Technology Design Manager will lead and coordinate the design process for data center fit outs, ensuring alignment with performance, efficiency, and scalability standards. This role acts as the primary point of contact for design-related matters, collaborating with internal SMEs and external consultants to oversee construction implementation.
Sr Data Center Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Coreweave 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Manage the end-to-end design process for global data center projects, coordinating with internal SMEs and external consultants to ensure scalability and performance. Oversee project budgets, schedules, and design implementation while serving as the primary point of contact for all design-related matters.
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Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Maintainx 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead and grow a team of product designers while setting creative direction for complex, AI-powered workflows. You are responsible for maintaining design quality, aligning with product and engineering partners, and fostering a culture of professional development.
Head Of Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Quizlet 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role involves setting the visual and experiential direction for AI-powered learning tools while working hands-on to ship production-quality prototypes. Eventually, the position will transition into leading the design organization, managing product designers, and overseeing design quality across the company.
Group Product Design Manager, Systems
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will lead the design systems team to define strategy, build reusable components, and bridge the gap between design and engineering. You will also drive adoption across the organization while coaching team members and partnering with product and research stakeholders.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Build Group, Inc 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Coordinate the design phase across preconstruction projects by managing schedules, budgets, and constructability goals. Act as a liaison between architects, engineers, trade partners, and clients to ensure design deliverables are met and conflicts are resolved early.
Manager, Design - Systems & Infrastructure
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Figma 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and grow the team responsible for Figma's internal design systems, foundations, and infrastructure. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to evolve the operating model and ensure quality and coherence across the product suite.
Manager, Design - Systems & Infrastructure
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Figma 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and grow a team of designers focused on internal design systems, infrastructure, and tooling to ensure product coherence and quality. Partner with cross-functional leaders to set strategy, drive adoption, and evolve the operating model for design systems at scale.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Mesh 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of the Mesh consumer app and merchant surfaces, focusing on simplifying complex crypto payment flows. Manage and grow the design team while collaborating with executives to shape the product roadmap.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Mesh 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end design experience for Mesh's consumer app and merchant surfaces while leading and growing the design team. You will also represent design at the executive level to influence product roadmaps and strategy.
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.