Design Leadership Jobs

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Product Designer

🇮🇹 Milan, Lombardy, Italy

The Product Designer will lead features from ideation and UX research to final production, focusing on translating complex AI data into simple interfaces. They will maintain the Design System and collaborate with developers and PMs to ensure technical feasibility and scalability.

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Product Designer Lead

🌍 Remote

Lead the end-to-end product design process for complex payment experiences across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user insights and business challenges into intuitive, high-quality digital solutions.

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Product Designer Lead

🌍 Remote

Lead the end-to-end product design process for complex payment experiences across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user insights and business challenges into scalable, high-quality design solutions.

RemoteFull-time
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Product Designer Lead

🌍 Remote

Lead the end-to-end product design process for complex payment experiences across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user insights and business challenges into scalable, high-quality digital solutions.

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Product Designer Lead

🌍 Remote

Lead the end-to-end product design process for complex payment experiences across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user insights and business challenges into scalable, high-quality design solutions.

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Staff Product Designer

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

The Staff Product Designer will lead the visual and experiential direction of the global brand and expand the design system into scalable infrastructure. They will own the end-to-end design of new product offerings and set the high-quality craft standard for the design team.

Full-timeSenior
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Design Engineering Supervisor

🇺🇸 United States

Lead the design and development of innovative hydraulic cylinder solutions from concept through production release. Manage the engineering team and align technical initiatives with the company's strategic objectives and customer requirements.

Onsite$100,000 - $125,000Full-timeManager
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Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Manager | High Performance Radar

🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States

Lead a team of early-career analog design engineers to develop and integrate high-performance analog and mixed-signal IPs for mmWave radar front-end systems. Oversee design implementation, architectural analysis, and post-silicon verification to ensure first-pass silicon success.

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Lead Product Designer, Growth

🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom

Lead the design of high-quality web experiences to help customers discover Monzo's value through data-informed experimentation. Partner with cross-functional teams to turn customer problems into hypotheses and long-term product visions.

$90,000 - $110,000Full-timeLead
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Graphic Designer (Remote)

🌍 Remote

Design and develop high-impact presentation decks for leadership and client-facing communications. Translate complex data and strategic concepts into visually compelling narratives while maintaining brand guidelines.

Remote$20 - $60Contract
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UX DESIGNER SENIOR H/F

🇫🇷 Montpellier, Occitania, France

Define the transverse UX vision for complex banking products and interconnected systems while leading advanced user research and prototyping in Figma. The role involves mentoring junior designers, evolving the organizational design system, and collaborating with Product Owners and Lead Developers.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Product Designer Lead

🇫🇷 France

Lead the end-to-end product design process for complex payment experiences across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user insights and business challenges into scalable, high-quality design solutions.

Full-timeLead
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Product Designer

🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States

Lead end-to-end product design from concept to shipment, focusing on complex workflows for non-desktop users. Responsibilities include conducting user research, maintaining a scalable design system, and collaborating with PMs and engineering to ensure platform coherence.

Full-timeSenior
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Graphic Designer (Remote)

🌍 Remote

Design and develop high-impact presentation decks for leadership and clients by translating complex data into visual narratives. Collaborate with experts to ensure brand consistency and create reusable templates to streamline the design process.

Remote$20 - $60Contract
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Lead Visual / UI Designer

🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom

Lead the visual evolution of an existing design system to modernize its look and feel while incorporating AI-driven interaction models. Collaborate with senior stakeholders to align on concepts and hand off designs to engineering teams for implementation.

$550 - $700Full-timeLead
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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.