Design Leadership Jobs
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Design Manager
🇬🇧 Almondsbury, England, United Kingdom
Bouygues Uk 🇬🇧 Almondsbury, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the design process to ensure compliance with contractual and statutory requirements using cost-effective methods. Coordinate between clients, consultants, and site management to deliver projects on time and within budget.
Senior Product Designer, Growth
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Podimo 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Design user experiences and cohesive customer journeys to drive higher conversion and customer retention across web, iOS, and Android platforms. Lead growth initiatives by designing paywall strategies, onboarding experiences, and social sharing opportunities.
Product Designer – B2B Start-up
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Oliver Bernard 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Product Designer will build B2B SaaS products from the ground up, shaping both the user experience and visual identity. They will work closely with the Product Lead to create polished, intuitive interfaces.
Graphic Design Manager / Creative Design Director / Visual Communications Lead
🇩🇪 Germany
Agatri Jaya 🇩🇪 Germany
Lead the development of visual design and creative communications to strengthen brand identity and support business objectives. Oversee the creation of digital and print assets while managing creative teams, agencies, and production schedules.
Senior UX Researcher & Design
🇪🇸 Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Iqvia 🇪🇸 Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Lead end-to-end UX research and design activities for AI-enabled clinical technology solutions within small, fast-moving teams. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate complex clinical and AI-assisted workflows into usable, scalable product experiences.
Senior Engineer, Analog Design Engineering
🇮🇹 Assago, Lombardy, Italy
Analog Devices 🇮🇹 Assago, Lombardy, Italy
Design and develop advanced analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits while providing technical leadership to cross-functional teams. Lead architecture development, perform circuit simulation, and ensure performance verification across various process and environmental conditions.
Design Manager, Transmission
🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Acciona 🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of HV and MV transmission line and substation designs from concept to detail. Oversee technical consistency, risk management, and constructability while managing external consultants and multidisciplinary teams.
Senior Quantitative UX Researcher
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Trustpilot 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The role involves designing and owning the quantitative research roadmap to measure user trust and experience across product areas. You will lead large-scale surveys and behavioral analytics while partnering with Data Science to establish a shared measurement culture.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Bouygues Uk 🇬🇧 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the design process to ensure compliance with contractual and statutory requirements using cost-effective methods. Coordinate between clients, consultants, and site management to deliver projects on time and within budget.
Design Manager
🇫🇷 France
Pigment 🇫🇷 France
You will manage, coach, and develop a team of product designers while overseeing design operations and team rituals. You will also partner with product and engineering leaders to align priorities and ensure high-quality design delivery across complex B2B products.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Commit 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
You will own the end-to-end user experience for an AI-powered video intelligence platform, translating complex computer vision into intuitive workflows. This involves leading user research, building design systems, and collaborating with engineering and product teams to ensure high-performance design implementation.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Commit 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
You will own the end-to-end UX lifecycle for an AI-powered video intelligence platform, translating complex computer vision capabilities into intuitive workflows. This involves leading user research, building design systems, and collaborating with engineering and product teams to ensure high-performance design implementation.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Commit 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
You will own the end-to-end UX lifecycle for an AI-powered video intelligence platform, translating complex computer vision capabilities into intuitive workflows. This involves leading user research, building design systems, and collaborating with engineering and product teams to ensure high-performance design implementation.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Commit 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
You will own the end-to-end UX lifecycle for an AI-powered video intelligence platform, translating complex computer vision capabilities into intuitive workflows. This involves leading user research, building design systems, and collaborating with engineering and product teams to ensure scalable implementation.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
Commit 🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
The Senior UI/UX Designer will own the end-to-end user experience for an AI-powered video intelligence platform, translating complex computer vision capabilities into intuitive workflows. Responsibilities include leading user research, building scalable design systems, and collaborating with engineering and product teams to ensure high-performance design implementation.
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.