Design Leadership Jobs
Find your next Design Leadership role at companies that value creative talent
Showing 1489 jobs
Principal Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Captivateiq 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Define and drive the design vision for CaptivateIQ’s Incentive Compensation Management product line while leading design across multiple teams. Identify and lead complex initiatives that drive customer and business impact, and mentor other designers to elevate execution standards.
Lead Graphic Designer – Visual Storyteller
🇺🇸 Hartford, Arkansas, United States
Travelers 🇺🇸 Hartford, Arkansas, United States
As a Lead Graphic Designer, you will create compelling visuals for internal and external channels, including presentations and digital media. You will collaborate with leaders and vendors to ensure high-quality design and adherence to brand guidelines.
Enterprise Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, United States
Nvidia 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, California, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead innovative design and campaign solutions across various media including events, social media, video, animation, web, and presentations within an in-house creative studio.
Senior Product Designer - Outside IR35
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Reapit Uk 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will lead design for a responsive CRM product and a new consumer-facing product, creating user experiences and documenting design requirements. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams and conduct user research to inform design decisions.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Varo Bank 🇺🇸 United States
Lead end-to-end design for Varo's core banking experience, transforming complex financial flows into seamless experiences. Guide cross-functional teams towards user-centered outcomes while managing multiple large-scale projects.
Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Pagefreezer 🌍 Remote
As a Product Designer, you will contribute to the user experience of the SaaS platform by creating user-centered solutions and maintaining the design system. You will also lead usability testing sessions and collaborate with developers and stakeholders to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇴 Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Munu 🇳🇴 Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Own the design direction for guest-facing products and lead design for Team Guest across various touchpoints. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to create cohesive experiences and ensure high-quality design standards.
Product Designer
🇳🇴 Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Visma Enterprise As 🇳🇴 Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Lead the design process from user insights to finished user experiences. Collaborate with a team of designers and other professionals to explore new design paradigms.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Salford, England, United Kingdom
Bupa 🇬🇧 Salford, England, United Kingdom
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead and deliver high-quality product design work within a squad, focusing on creating meaningful digital experiences. You will also guide product discovery and ensure design excellence while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior UX Designer- Remote
🌍 Remote
Icf 🌍 Remote
The Senior UX Designer will collaborate with UX leadership, product owners, and researchers to implement a UX vision aligned with business objectives. They will create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups while ensuring user experiences are successfully implemented.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Goodleap 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
The Senior UX Designer will inform the vision and drive the execution of UX design within key product surfaces, collaborating with senior leadership and cross-functional teams. They will lead complex design projects from concept to implementation, ensuring high-quality design standards and seamless user experiences.
Senior Product Designer, Amazon Health
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex user experiences in healthcare. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to create impactful design solutions that enhance usability and improve health outcomes.
Senior Product Designer UX
🇮🇳 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Lytx, Inc. 🇮🇳 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
The Senior Product Designer will drive cross-geo collaboration with Product Managers and Engineering teams in India while partnering with a US design team to deliver cohesive experiences. Responsibilities include leading design by defining personas and journeys, planning and executing various forms of user research, and using data to inform design decisions and influence product direction.
Senior Product Designer - UX
🇷🇸 Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia
Arcadis 🇷🇸 Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia
Lead UX/UI design across applications within the Enterprise Decision Analytics suite, delivering world-class user experiences. Collaborate closely with product management, engineering, and data science teams to align design with business objectives and user needs.
Senior Product Designer - UX
🇷🇸 Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia
Arcadis 🇷🇸 Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead UX/UI design across applications within the Enterprise Decision Analytics suite, simplifying complex data into intuitive user experiences. You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to ensure high-quality design work and contribute to the Arcadis Design System.
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.