Design Leadership Jobs
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UX DESIGNER
🇨🇱 Providencia, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Hr Burô 🇨🇱 Providencia, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
The UX Designer will lead the identification of user needs and design end-to-end digital journeys, prototypes, and interfaces. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate solutions through usability testing and data-driven insights.
Design Manager, Footwear Sportstyle - W/M
🇫🇷 Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Salomon 🇫🇷 Paris, Ile-de-France, France
The Design Manager defines and leads the creative strategy for the Sportstyle footwear perimeter while managing a design team across Paris and Annecy. They are responsible for ensuring artistic consistency, driving the creative process, and fostering innovation through modern design tools.
Design Manager, Footwear Sportstyle - H/F
🇫🇷 Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Salomon 🇫🇷 Paris, Ile-de-France, France
The Design Manager will define and lead the Sportstyle design strategy while ensuring creative coherence across all footwear collections. They are responsible for managing and developing a design team split between Annecy and Paris while overseeing the entire creative process from concept to production.
Design Manager, Footwear Sportstyle - W/M
🇫🇷 Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Salomon 🇫🇷 Paris, Ile-de-France, France
The Design Manager defines and leads the creative strategy for the Sportstyle footwear perimeter while managing a design team across Paris and Annecy. They are responsible for ensuring artistic consistency, driving the creative process, and fostering innovation through modern digital workflows.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead design management projects, oversee sub-consultant contracts, and manage financial processes for international infrastructure projects. They are also responsible for mentoring junior team members and ensuring all design outputs meet quality and contractual standards.
Senior UI/UX Designer - AI Assistants
🇵🇹 Portugal
Intermedia Intelligent Communications 🇵🇹 Portugal
You will design intuitive AI-powered experiences, including copilots and conversational interfaces, across various platforms. You will also lead design initiatives from discovery through launch while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure AI trust and usability.
Director UI/UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
O9 Solutions, Inc. 🇮🇳 Bangalore, Karnataka, India
You will lead the product design team and define the long-term vision for the platform while staying hands-on with interaction and visual design. You will also partner with engineering and product teams to simplify complex enterprise workflows and build a scalable design system.
Senior MEP Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Dalkia Uk 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Lead the MEP design process from pre-construction through to delivery for complex projects valued between £5 million and £50 million. Shape technical strategies, manage consultants, and ensure compliance with industry standards and safety regulations.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇲🇾 Selangor, Malaysia
Cognition Evolve 🇲🇾 Selangor, Malaysia
Lead and quality-assure a local team of graphic designers to create curriculum-aligned educational resources for the Solomon Islands. Collaborate with international teams across multiple time zones to ensure accurate and timely delivery of materials.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Croydon, England, United Kingdom
Rework Recruitment Group Ltd 🇬🇧 Croydon, England, United Kingdom
Lead the mechanical design function and oversee the design process across multiple projects to ensure technical soundness and buildability. Develop the design team and act as the senior internal voice for mechanical design management.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇲🇾 Malaysia
Cognition Learning Group 🇲🇾 Malaysia
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead and quality-assure a local team of designers while creating curriculum-aligned educational resources. They will also liaise with international teams to ensure project deliverables meet standards and deadlines.
Senior product designer
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Mimo 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
You will lead end-to-end design work for an AI-native accounting platform, collaborating with cross-functional teams to shape product strategy. This involves conducting user research, building design systems, and utilizing AI tools to prototype and iterate on complex workflows.
Design Manager (Water Projects)
🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Wsp 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage design projects within the water sector, overseeing engineering work from concept to completion while ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Collaborate with internal teams and external clients to deliver integrated solutions, manage budgets, and resolve technical challenges.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Maidstone, England, United Kingdom
Knights Brown 🇬🇧 Maidstone, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the design process from project development through to construction delivery while providing technical leadership on complex civil engineering projects. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure designs are safe, buildable, sustainable, and compliant with industry standards and client requirements.
Senior Graphic Designer & Communication Coordinator
🇮🇹 Rome, Lazio, Italy
3ti Progetti 🇮🇹 Rome, Lazio, Italy
Lead the visual communication strategy and evolve the corporate identity across digital and traditional channels. Translate complex architectural and engineering concepts into compelling visual narratives and high-impact presentations for international stakeholders.
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.