Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Visual / Product Designer
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Captech Consulting 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Design engaging digital experiences for web and mobile products while enhancing existing designs based on established design systems. Collaborate with clients and team members to present design concepts and incorporate user research into design decisions.
Senior Visual / Product Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Captech Consulting 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Design engaging digital experiences for web and mobile products while enhancing existing designs based on established design systems. Collaborate with clients and team members to present design concepts and conduct competitive analyses.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Cosuno Ventures Gmbh 🌍 Remote
Take full ownership of the end-to-end product design process, collaborating closely with the Product Team. Translate concepts into high-fidelity designs while maintaining a scalable design system.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
Intellipro Group Inc. 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
The Senior UI/UX Designer will pioneer new interaction models for human-robot communication and design end-to-end experiences across various platforms. They will lead user research, build design systems, and collaborate with engineering and research teams to create seamless experiences.
Lead Product Designer
🇷🇴 Romania
Trinetix 🇷🇴 Romania
The role involves leading client-facing design activities, clarifying requirements, and aligning solutions, while owning design delivery from concept through development handoff. Responsibilities also include working closely with developers and analysts to ensure alignment with system logic and maintaining product design processes like user research and design system contributions.
Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hub24 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Product Designer will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and fellow designers to create elegant, scalable solutions and craft intuitive experiences. They will also run research and usability testing to understand user needs and contribute to the design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Believe 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design process for complex data management products and establish a design system strategy. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop tools that support various publishing services.
UX\ UI Designer
🇮🇱 Netanya, Center District, Israel
Bright Data 🇮🇱 Netanya, Center District, Israel
The UX/UI Designer will lead the design process from conceptualization to high-fidelity UI, collaborating with Product Managers and Developers. They will also design and upgrade features for the SaaS platform and maintain the company's Design System.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Upguard 🌍 Remote
Lead the design of end-to-end product experiences and collaborate with PMs, engineers, and subject matter experts. Improve core user flows and contribute to the design system while refining designs based on feedback.
UI/UX Designer - Dallas, TX
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States
Photon 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States
The UI/UX Designer will conduct user research, usability testing, and design user-centric solutions for web and mobile platforms. They will collaborate with various stakeholders to create wireframes, prototypes, and maintain design systems.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Elmenus Technologies 🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Lead the design process from discovery to delivery, including user flows, wireframes, and production-ready specifications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advocate for accessibility and performance while evolving the design system.
Senior Product Designer, Cybersecurity
🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Drivenets 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Lead the design of new features from concept to execution while conducting user research to create intuitive experiences. Maintain and evolve the design system, advocating for best practices and gathering feedback for iteration.
Product Designer - Design System
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Nordnet 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Contribute to the growth and maintenance of the Nordnet Design System across App and Web while collaborating with cross-functional teams to design solutions. Conduct research and usability testing to inform design decisions and advocate for Design System updates across the organization.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Forter 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
The Senior Product Designer will craft complex features and data visualizations for an AI-driven trust platform, ensuring that the designs drive real value for merchants. They will also contribute to the growth of the internal design system and collaborate with various teams to define solutions.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Krea 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
The Product Designer will develop and extend Krea's design system and craft polished UI specs for engineering. They will also design new creative interfaces to enhance artists' control over AI models.
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.