Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Appsforbharat 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead end-to-end design for AI-powered consumer experiences across mobile and web platforms while driving 0 to 1 product initiatives. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align design decisions with business metrics and mentor junior designers to elevate design culture.
Junior Graphic Designer for Packaging & Listing Images (Detail-Obsessed | Amazon/Ecommerce Focus) (Long-term Freelance)
🇩🇪 Germany
Skyve 🇩🇪 Germany
Transform wireframes and creative direction into polished Amazon listing images and advertising assets. Finalize and maintain print-ready packaging designs across various product variations for health and wellness brands.
Senior Design Manager
🇶🇦 Qatar
Power International Holding 🇶🇦 Qatar
Lead the creative direction and manage the design process from concept through to project execution, ensuring compliance with contract specifications. Oversee design deliverables, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize value engineering and user experience.
Senior UX Designer - Online Team
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Home Depot 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The role involves driving product strategy and alignment by combining user research with business goals and leading stakeholder meetings. Additionally, the designer will execute end-to-end UX artifacts, conduct usability testing, and mentor junior team members.
Senior Product Design Manager & Collection Lead (H/F)
🇫🇷 Nice, Maritime Alps, France
French Tex By Uit 🇫🇷 Nice, Maritime Alps, France
Lead the artistic direction of seasonal collections for Road, Gravel, and Lifestyle ranges while ensuring brand consistency. Manage and mentor a junior designer and oversee the creative production of all clothing and accessories.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Petsafe Brands 🇺🇸 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design for containment and tracking IoT products, managing the full experience from physical setup to in-app features. Collaborate closely with engineering and hardware teams to handle real-world hardware constraints and mentor junior designers.
Project Manager (Design Manager) – Workplace
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead and manage multiple design teams and consultants for the delivery of retail stores and center projects. Drive project delivery through all phases, managing client communications, budgets, schedules, and the mentorship of junior staff.
Project Manager (Design Manager) - Architecture
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Drive project delivery across all phases, managing budgets, schedules, and relationships with clients and consultants. Oversee project documentation, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and mentor junior staff to ensure high-quality architectural outcomes.
Graphic Designer, Retail and Brand
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
24 Seven Talent 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Design and execute integrated brand campaigns across digital, retail, and in-store channels. Translate creative briefs into polished visual solutions and provide mentorship to junior designers.
Design Manager - Workplace Interiors & Architecture
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead all phases of corporate interior projects from inception to completion while managing client and consultant relationships. Responsible for driving project delivery, managing budgets and schedules, and mentoring junior design staff.
Design Manager - Retail
🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Lead the execution and delivery of large-scale retail projects and branch rollouts for financial centers. Manage client relationships, project schedules, budgets, and mentor junior staff to ensure high-quality design and client satisfaction.
Senior UX Designer - Online Team
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Home Depot 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The role involves crafting end-to-end user experiences by combining research outputs with business objectives to drive product alignment. Key duties include delivering UX design artifacts, conducting usability tests, and mentoring junior designers.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Provido Global 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead the creation of visual assets for digital and print media while maintaining brand consistency across all platforms. Provide creative direction and mentorship to junior designers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful designs.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Provido Global 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Junior Graphic Designer will create visually compelling designs for digital and print media while ensuring brand consistency. They will collaborate with senior designers and marketing teams to produce social media assets, website graphics, and promotional materials.
Junior Graphic Designer | Scale-up | Centre of Rotterdam
🇳🇱 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Monday Merch 🇳🇱 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Create tailored merchandise concepts, mockups, and marketing assets for a variety of clients. Prepare print-ready files and maintain a consistent brand identity across all digital and physical touchpoints.
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.