Design Leadership Jobs
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Artificial Intelligence - Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Pellera Technologies 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Principal Designer will design and develop high-quality AI-driven solutions while collaborating with stakeholders to define project requirements and timelines. This role includes facilitating workshops, understanding user behavior, and proposing workflows that enhance user experience.
Principal Product Designer, SeekrGuard
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Seekr 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will own the end-to-end design vision for SeekrGuard, focusing on AI model evaluation and certification workflows. This includes leading user discovery, defining systems-level UX, and collaborating with Product and Engineering to make model risk legible and trustworthy.
Senior/Principal Product Designer - OP02142
🇧🇬 Sofia, Sredec, Bulgaria
Dev.pro 🇧🇬 Sofia, Sredec, Bulgaria
In this role, you'll own end-to-end product design while influencing product strategy and direction. You will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Design on product strategy and execution priorities.
Senior/Principal Product Designer - OP02142
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Dev.pro 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
In this role, you'll own end-to-end product design while influencing product strategy and direction. You will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Design on product strategy and execution priorities.
Principal Product Designer, Conversational Platforms
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Remitly 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead the design of next-generation conversational experiences across AI platforms, messaging apps, and voice/chat interfaces. Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to define requirements and develop scalable design standards for conversational platforms.
Principal Product Designer, Supply (Remote)
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Ezcater Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Define and drive the design strategy for the Supply ecosystem, ensuring a user-centered vision that aligns with business goals. Lead cross-domain design initiatives and mentor designers to elevate the overall design quality and impact.
Senior/Principal Product Designer - OP02142
🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Dev.pro 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
In this role, you'll own end-to-end product design while influencing product strategy and direction. You'll collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Design on product strategy and execution priorities.
Principal Product Designer, Supply (Remote)
Remote (🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Ezcater, Inc Remote (🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Lead the design strategy and vision for the Supply ecosystem to improve how catering partners operate and grow. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Data leadership to define roadmaps and mentor other designers to elevate the overall craft.
Senior/Principal Product Designer - OP02142
🇵🇱 Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Dev.pro 🇵🇱 Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
In this role, you'll own end-to-end product design while influencing product strategy and direction. You will collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Design on product strategy and execution priorities.
Senior/Principal Product Designer - OP02142
🇵🇱 Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Dev.pro 🇵🇱 Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Own end-to-end product design for AI-native enterprise products and a large-scale data infrastructure platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product strategy and streamline design-to-engineering workflows.
Senior/Principal Product Designer - OP02142
🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Dev.pro 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Own end-to-end product design for AI-native enterprise products and a large-scale data infrastructure platform. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define product strategy and streamline design-to-engineering workflows.
Senior/Principal Product Designer - OP02142
🇧🇬 Sofia, Sredec, Bulgaria
Dev.pro 🇧🇬 Sofia, Sredec, Bulgaria
Own end-to-end product design for AI-native enterprise products and a large-scale data infrastructure platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence product strategy and streamline design-to-engineering workflows.
Senior/Principal Product Designer - OP02142
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Dev.pro 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Own end-to-end product design for AI-native enterprise products and a large-scale data infrastructure platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product strategy and streamline design-to-engineering workflows.
Principal UX Designer, Prime Video Experience Design (PVXD)
🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Lead the design of experimental, AI-first entertainment experiences including conversational characters and generative video for Prime Video. Partner with science and engineering teams to prototype bold, high-ambiguity concepts and advocate for the future vision of the product.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America
Epicor Software Corporation 🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America
Define and drive design strategy across multiple product areas to align feature experiences with platform vision and business objectives. Establish organizational standards for interaction design and design system governance while integrating AI-enabled workflows into the design process.
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.