Design Leadership Jobs
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Staff Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Legalzoom 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Lead the evolution of the marketing web design system, transitioning it toward an AI- and code-first framework. Design, prototype, and ship high-performing web experiences using a combination of Figma, AI tools, and a component-based CMS.
Staff Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Legalzoom 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
The role involves stewarding and evolving the marketing web design system, transitioning it toward an AI- and code-first framework. The designer will use AI tools to prototype, build, and ship high-performing web experiences across the platform.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Second Front 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
The UX Designer will create interfaces and workflows for classified defense operations, translating complex mission requirements into intuitive product experiences. They will conduct user research with operators and maintain a scalable design system to ensure consistency and accessibility.
Founding Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Ceno 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Own the end-to-end mobile app experience for iOS and Android, focusing on high-stakes financial flows and AI-driven research interfaces. Establish the company's first design system and lead the design vision and hiring standards.
Lead UX Interaction Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bosch Group 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
The Lead UX Interaction Designer will own and drive interaction design for complex features and journeys while establishing UX vision and strategy across products. They will lead cross-functional teams, mentor designers, and define design systems to ensure scalable and user-centered solutions.
Lead UX Interaction Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Bosch Group 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
The Lead UX Interaction Designer will own and drive interaction design for complex features and journeys while establishing UX vision and strategy across products. They will lead cross-functional teams, mentor designers, and define design systems to ensure scalable and intuitive user experiences.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Nscale 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Product Designer will own the end-to-end design of features for the Nscale Cloud platform, collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver user-centric solutions. They will also contribute to the design system, conduct user research, and ensure consistent design patterns across the product surface area.
UI Designer
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Birchwell Digital 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Create high-fidelity responsive interface designs and interaction patterns for web and mobile products. Collaborate with UX and engineering teams to develop design systems and prepare developer-ready specifications.
Design Systems Designer
🇬🇧 Harrow, England, United Kingdom
Birchwell Digital 🇬🇧 Harrow, England, United Kingdom
Design and maintain reusable components, tokens, and shared foundations to ensure consistency across multiple digital products. Partner with frontend engineers to align design libraries with coded components and govern Figma documentation.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Harrow, England, United Kingdom
Birchwell Digital 🇬🇧 Harrow, England, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end product design from discovery and problem definition through to delivery. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to create user journeys, high-fidelity interface designs, and design systems.
Mechanical Design Systems Engineer - Robotics and Automation (E3)
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Applied Materials 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Design, build, and commission mechanical and electro-mechanical automation systems to improve manufacturing operational excellence. The role involves a balance of CAD design and hands-on prototyping, integration, and troubleshooting on the shop floor.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇹 Portugal
Olx 🇵🇹 Portugal
Lead design strategy across product squads and establish high craft standards using AI-native workflows and design systems. Mentor junior designers and collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate user needs into measurable business outcomes.
UI/UX Designer
🇵🇱 Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Outokumpu Careers 🇵🇱 Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user needs into effective UX solutions, including wireframes and high-fidelity UI concepts. Maintain design systems and leverage AI tools to enhance the design process while ensuring brand consistency.
Senior Product Designer - UI Focus (f/m/x)
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Exmox 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
You will own the end-to-end design of features for a mobile-first B2C product, creating polished interfaces and visual assets. You will also collaborate with engineering and data teams to maintain the design system and ensure high-quality, data-informed implementations.
UI/UX Designer (Design Education)
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Noise 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Lead the user interface design for mobile and web applications while collaborating with product and engineering teams to implement innovative solutions. Develop cohesive visual design systems and ensure consistent brand identity across all digital platforms.
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.