Design Leadership Jobs
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Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
At&t 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design and optimization of user experiences across all platforms for acquisition, care, and product services. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create wireframes, prototypes, and documentation while mentoring junior designers.
Principal Product Designer - Customer Lifecycle
🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Ancestry 🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Lead design initiatives across multiple product areas to ensure a cohesive and high-quality end-to-end customer journey. Partner with Product Marketing and cross-functional teams to align product experiences with value communication and broader business strategy.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Plus Communications 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Lead creative strategy and branding guidelines in collaboration with the Creative Director. Develop a variety of visual assets including infographics, social media content, and professional presentations for clients.
Senior Design Manager - Natural Environment
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Heathrow 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Manage the development of integrated blue and green infrastructure solutions to ensure high-quality, coordinated delivery across multiple work packages. Lead the delivery of tranche package documentation aligned with the Long Term Growth Programme's strategic objectives.
Senior Admin Assistant- Design Engineering and Process Design & Innovation
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Target 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Provide high-level administrative support to multiple leaders within the Design Engineering and Process Design & Innovation teams. Manage multiple priorities, anticipate leader needs, and ensure smooth operational execution in a fast-paced retail environment.
Product Designer I
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Icon 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead end-to-end UX work for the BuildOS platform, from conducting discovery research and customer interviews to delivering developer-ready specs. Collaborate with engineers and product leadership to map complex construction workflows and build tested prototypes.
Sr. Product Designer
🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Pendo 🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Own end-to-end design execution for assigned product areas, translating customer insights into high-fidelity UI and prototypes. Partner with product and engineering leaders to prioritize backlogs and ensure cohesive customer experiences across the platform.
Senior UI/UX Designer
Remote (🇨🇷 Ulloa, Heredia, Costa Rica)
Transunion Remote (🇨🇷 Ulloa, Heredia, Costa Rica)
The role involves leading UX/UI design efforts for multiple products, translating business goals into high-fidelity designs and interactive prototypes. You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to maintain design systems and optimize user experiences for a highly visible web application.
Lead Quantitative UX Researcher
Remote (🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America)
Prizepicks Remote (🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America)
Own the quantitative UX research strategy and roadmap for major product lines to drive product evolution. Conduct complex multi-method studies and synthesize large data volumes into actionable strategic narratives for leadership.
Staff Product Designer, NAPP
Remote (🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America)
The New York Times Remote (🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America)
Lead the design and prototyping of AI-powered editorial experiences to enhance the subscription strategy. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI into products while ensuring journalistic integrity and ethical standards.
Senior Data Center Design Manager, Data Center Engineering
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Amazon 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Lead a team of engineers in the design and delivery of data center critical infrastructure systems across the APAC region. Manage the full project lifecycle from due diligence and budgeting to construction and operational hand-off.
Senior Visual Designer
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Redthreadinnovations Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Lead the visual execution of digital products and brands, creating polished UI and production-ready designs. Collaborate with UX designers and engineers to deliver scalable visual solutions and maintain design systems.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇬🇧 United Kingdom)
Smartrecruiters Inc Remote (🇬🇧 United Kingdom)
Own a product domain to deliver high-quality, scalable user experiences and intuitive workflows. Collaborate with Product and Engineering leads to drive design decisions from discovery through delivery.
Civil Design Manager - Site Design
🇺🇸 Overland Park, Kansas, United States of America
Olsson 🇺🇸 Overland Park, Kansas, United States of America
Lead quality assurance and senior-level design reviews for land development projects while managing technical project staff. Act as a consultative resource for clients and oversee the production of high-quality project deliverables.
Civil Design Manager - Site Design
🇺🇸 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Olsson 🇺🇸 Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Lead quality assurance and senior-level design reviews for mixed-use, commercial, and residential land development projects. Direct project staff on technical aspects and serve as a consultative resource for clients.
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.