Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Finch Legal 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will lead the design of internal case management tools, law firm portals, and client-facing experiences. Additionally, you will define the building blocks of Finch's earliest design system.
Lead UI Designer - UI
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Koltin 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Co-design the Design System for Koltin that meets digital accessibility guidelines and conveys the brand identity. Design user interfaces for digital platforms focusing on usability and user experience while collaborating with development teams.
Sr. Visual Product Designer, Applied AI Solutions (SCORE UX), Applied AI Solutions (SCORE UX)
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The role involves defining and maintaining visual design systems for AI-driven experiences and creating visual narratives to clarify complex workflows. Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams is essential to ensure designs are both aesthetically pleasing and feasible.
UX Designer
🇨🇿 Prague, Prague, Czechia
Braiins 🇨🇿 Prague, Prague, Czechia
The UX Designer will conduct user research to identify pain points and collaborate with various stakeholders to create user-friendly interfaces. They will also ensure designs are accessible and maintain a cohesive design system across products.
Product Designer (Senior)
🌍 Remote
Mediagenix 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will own the end-to-end design process, evolving and refining the product suite while transforming complex workflows into intuitive user experiences. Collaboration with Product Owners, Managers, Developers, and Designers is essential to maintain and scale the design system.
UX Designer II, Amazon Autos
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Design end-to-end UX for complex automotive products and services while ensuring high-quality visual design. Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver pixel-perfect designs and enhance the Design System.
Associate Product Designer
🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States
Ncino, Inc. 🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States
The Associate Product Designer will assist senior designers in creating wireframes, prototypes, and user flows while participating in user research. They will also contribute to design systems and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet user needs.
Product Designer - BEAMON
🌍 Remote
Bryter 🌍 Remote
As a Product Designer for BEAMON AI, you will own UX and UI strategy and execution, leading complex UX initiatives and partnering with Product Management. You will conduct user research, create high-fidelity designs, and evolve BRYTER’s design system.
Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Upstars 🌍 Remote
The Product Designer will develop mobile and web interfaces considering user needs and business goals. They will collaborate with the product team, participate in brainstorming sessions, and ensure design consistency within the product's design system.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Beyond 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will lead the full design lifecycle, from discovery to final UI, while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers. They will also contribute to the design system and gather insights to inform design decisions.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇷 Athens, Attica, Greece
Kaizen Gaming 🇬🇷 Athens, Attica, Greece
As a Senior Product Designer, you will design, prototype, and validate end-to-end product experiences within the Account & Payments vertical. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define problems and co-create solutions while ensuring scalability and consistency with the KATA Design System.
Product Designer - Mobile App (4+ years)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Baselane 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Design and evolve the mobile app experience while maintaining the Design System for mobile use-cases. Collaborate with PMs and the development team to create elegant design solutions and validate them with users.
Senior UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Goto 🌍 Remote
As a Senior UX Designer, you will focus on design systems and component libraries, ensuring consistent and high-quality user experiences across multiple websites. You will collaborate with engineering teams to maintain the component library and uphold standards for visual polish and accessibility.
Sr. UI/UX Designer - Design Systems
🌍 Remote
Realpage, Inc. 🌍 Remote
As a Design System Lead, you will drive the strategic evolution of the design system and ensure its adoption across products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain design consistency and quality.
Junior-Middle UI/UX Designer (Mobile Apps)
🇵🇱 Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Faria Education Group 🇵🇱 Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
The role involves designing native iOS and Android app interfaces, contributing to mobile design systems, and collaborating with product managers and engineers on implementation-ready designs. Additionally, the designer will create wireframes, UI designs, and interactive prototypes in Figma.
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.