Design Leadership Jobs
Find your next Design Leadership role at companies that value creative talent
Showing 2595 jobs
Design Manager - Interiors
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Manage all phases of corporate interior projects from set-up through construction administration, ensuring they are delivered on time and on budget. Lead project teams and maintain client relationships while overseeing scheduling, budgets, and financial performance.
Design Manager (Civils)
🇬🇧 Crawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Bechtel 🇬🇧 Crawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Lead the engineering design management of major airfield civil infrastructure projects from inception through handover. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and external consultants to ensure solutions meet safety, quality, and cost objectives.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Tempo Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Lead the end-to-end design of complex B2B features and product areas, translating complex problems into intuitive, scalable user experiences. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to drive design strategy and evolve the company's design system.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇨🇦 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Playstation Global 🇨🇦 Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end UX design for mobile and web experiences, from initial concept to launch. Partner with Product and Engineering teams to define interaction models, scalable UI frameworks, and overall product strategy.
Staff/Principal Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Skylight Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Lead the end-to-end design process from research to implementation to improve government public services. Set design standards across workstreams and mentor other designers to raise the overall quality of product delivery.
Adoption Design Manager - Business Analytics - Evernorth - Remote
🇺🇸 Connecticut, United States of America
Cigna Healthcare 🇺🇸 Connecticut, United States of America
Lead an Innovation Lab to translate business strategies into operational processes through simulation, rapid testing, and data-driven insights. Oversee a high-performing team to improve business performance and enhance customer experiences across the enterprise.
Program Design Manager - Aviation
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Colliers Engineering & Design 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead all design-related activities for the Airport Authority, overseeing the integration of planning, design development, and delivery across multiple consultants. Manage BIM implementation, stakeholder coordination, and the fulfillment of overarching organizational goals for large-scale aviation projects.
Senior UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Tustin, California, United States of America
Vesync 🇺🇸 Tustin, California, United States of America
Lead end-to-end mixed-methods research to shape product strategy and inform design decisions across multiple product lines. Establish and scale research operations, including the development of a research repository and participant panel management.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Tempus Ai 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Drive the end-to-end vision of AI-enabled care platform workflows to help clinicians deliver guideline-based patient care. Collaborate with leadership, product, and engineering teams to align business strategy with technical implementation and design standards.
Senior Staff Product Designer, Finance
🇨🇦 Quinte West, Ontario, Canada
Gusto, Inc. 🇨🇦 Quinte West, Ontario, Canada
Set the UX vision and strategy for the Money and Risk teams to create a cohesive, trustworthy financial platform. Lead the definition of AI-first financial UX while mentoring other designers and influencing product roadmaps.
Design Engineering Director
🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan
Celestica International Lp 🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan
Lead the Switching Network Hardware Design Group in the development and sustaining of hardware products and systems. Collaborate with Product Marketing, Procurement, and Software teams to drive product definitions and implement operational policies.
Senior Product Designer (6-month Contract)
🇵🇹 Portugal
Bounce 🇵🇹 Portugal
The Senior Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for consumer web and mobile products, from discovery to polished UI. They will maintain the design system and collaborate with product managers and engineers to ensure technical feasibility and user satisfaction.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Waters Corporation 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the Waters brand graphic design to ensure consistency and impact across digital and print channels. Translate creative briefs into high-quality visual assets and evolve the brand's visual language across all touchpoints.
Manager or Senior Manager, Design Engineering, Energy Storage
🇺🇸 Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States of America
Desri 🇺🇸 Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States of America
Lead the technical definition and engineering oversight of battery energy storage systems from early development through operations. Establish technical standards, review OEM/EPC deliverables, and serve as the technical authority for BESS integration and quality.
Lead Design Systems Engineer, Engine and Engine Hardware Release
🇺🇸 Novi, Michigan, United States of America
Scout Motors 🇺🇸 Novi, Michigan, United States of America
Lead the full system engineering execution for the Harvester gasoline Range Extender system, including engine assembly and fuel systems. Manage project reviews, technical guidance, and the release of work products to ensure functional objectives and milestones are met.
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.