Design Leadership Jobs

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Senior eCommerce UI/UX Designer - APAC

🇸🇬 Singapore

Execute high-conversion end-to-end customer journeys and growth creative for premium DTC brands. Develop and maintain AI-native design systems and component libraries to accelerate production and scale.

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Senior eCommerce UI/UX Designer - APAC

🇨🇳 China

Execute high-conversion end-to-end customer journeys and growth creative for premium DTC and ecommerce brands. Develop and maintain AI-native design systems and component libraries to accelerate production and scale output.

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Senior eCommerce UI/UX Designer - APAC

🇯🇵 Japan

Execute high-conversion ecommerce experiences and full customer journey redesigns using AI-native design systems. Build and maintain scalable component libraries while collaborating with the VP of Design to drive measurable growth in conversion and AOV.

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Senior Product Designer

🇳🇿 Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Lead the design and optimization of the onboarding funnel for various retailer profiles to reduce friction and increase user adoption. Collaborate with engineers and product managers to transform complex workflows into simple, user-friendly customer journeys.

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Senior eCommerce UI/UX Designer - South Africa

🇿🇦 South Africa

The role involves executing high-conversion end-to-end customer journeys and growth creative for premium DTC brands. You will also build and maintain AI-native design systems and component libraries to accelerate production speed.

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Senior eCommerce UI/UX Designer - APAC

🇦🇺 Australia

Execute high-conversion ecommerce experiences and full customer journey redesigns using AI-native design systems. Build and maintain scalable component libraries while collaborating with the VP of Design to drive measurable growth in conversion and AOV.

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Senior eCommerce UI/UX Designer - APAC

🇵🇭 Philippines

Execute high-conversion end-to-end customer journeys and growth creative for premium DTC brands. Develop and maintain AI-native design systems and component libraries to accelerate production and scale.

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Senior eCommerce UI/UX Designer - Phillipines

🇵🇭 Philippines

Execute high-conversion end-to-end customer journeys and growth creative for premium DTC brands. Develop and maintain AI-native design systems and component libraries to accelerate production and scale output.

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Senior UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Lead user-experience design efforts for cloud-based applications and mission-critical interfaces within a federal modernization program. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex workflows into intuitive, accessible, and secure user-centered designs.

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Senior Product Designer - Remote Work | REF#303949

🌍 Remote

Design and improve the usability of complex enterprise product workflows using AI-first tooling. Collaborate with UI engineers to ensure efficient handoffs and integrate customer feedback into design improvements.

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Graphic Designer

🇪🇸 Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain

The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for conceptualizing and executing high-quality visual solutions across digital and print platforms to support brand identity and marketing goals. This includes leading campaigns, ensuring visual consistency across touchpoints, and mentoring junior designers.

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Graphic Designer

🇮🇱 Israel

Create high-quality visual assets for monetisation funnels, including paywalls, upsells, and promotional banners. Collaborate with senior designers and product marketing teams to iterate on designs and maintain visual consistency across various platforms.

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Senior Product Designer

🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The role involves designing intuitive and visually engaging digital experiences across MetaComp's products by translating business requirements into user flows and high-fidelity prototypes. The designer will collaborate with product managers and engineers to maintain a consistent design system and improve overall product usability.

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Senior Product Designer — SuppCo

🇺🇸 United States

Lead end-to-end product design for mobile and web experiences, focusing on high-stakes surfaces and the integration of SuppCo and Function Health. Own and scale the design system to enable an AI-accelerated engineering team to ship high-quality work independently.

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Senior Graphic Designer - Accent Group

🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Senior Graphic Designer will develop and deliver creative concepts across print, digital, and retail platforms while managing projects from brief to finished artwork. Additionally, the role involves leading and mentoring the design team to ensure high creative standards and brand consistency.

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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.