Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Phillip Burton Federal Building & United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States of America
Aspiron Search 🇺🇸 Phillip Burton Federal Building & United States Courthouse, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, United States of America
The role involves upgrading design systems and creating aesthetically pleasing dashboards and data visualizations for complex data sources. The designer will also develop feature workflows and scalable UI patterns to ensure the product is intuitive for CISO and technical users.
Senior Graphic Designer (Packaging)
🇺🇸 Edison, New Jersey, United States of America
Spalife Beauty 🇺🇸 Edison, New Jersey, United States of America
The role involves designing a high volume of original packaging, brand collateral, and digital assets while ensuring brand consistency across all channels. Additionally, the designer will mentor junior staff and integrate AI tools into the production workflow to elevate the brand's visual story.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Calm.com 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will own end-to-end product design initiatives, creating high-quality user-centered mobile experiences across iOS, Android, and web. You will also prototype using modern AI tools and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality execution from concept to launch.
Senior Web Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Monterrey)
Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
The role involves building and owning client design systems, focusing on token architecture, variables, and core component libraries. You will document these systems to ensure seamless execution by developers or automated pipelines across multiple client brands.
Senior Web Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Manizales)
Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)
The role involves building and owning client design systems, focusing on token architecture, variables, and core component libraries. You will document these systems to ensure seamless execution by developers or automated pipelines across multiple client brands.
Senior Web Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Pereira)
Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)
The role involves building and owning client design systems, focusing on token architecture, variables, and core component libraries. You will document these systems to ensure seamless execution by developers or automated pipelines across multiple brands.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Divisions Maintenance Group 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
You will own the product design lifecycle from brainstorming to launch while representing end-users in a leadership capacity. Additionally, you will collaborate with developers and product managers to create interactive prototypes and identify critical success metrics.
Design Engineering Manager, Kiewit Nuclear Solutions-Lenexa, KS, Itasca, IL, or Oak Ridge, TN
🇺🇸 Itasca, Addison Township, IL 60143, United States of America
Kiewit 🇺🇸 Itasca, Addison Township, IL 60143, United States of America
The Design Engineering Manager oversees the planning, coordination, and delivery of engineering work for nuclear projects, managing multi-discipline teams to meet scope, budget, and schedule requirements. They are also responsible for client engagement, project pursuit estimates, and communicating project status to senior management.
4 Senior Product Designer
🇨🇴 Medellín, Valle de Aburrá, Colombia
Katapult Labs 🇨🇴 Medellín, Valle de Aburrá, Colombia
Design the core visual identity and user experience for an early-stage consumer product. Partner with the product lead to translate strategic decisions into polished, culturally relevant designs.
RQ11362 - UX Designer - Senior
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Maarut 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The UX Designer will lead user experience design activities across four delivery phases including discovery, alpha, beta, and live. They are responsible for facilitating user research, creating prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver user-centered solutions.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Abby Care 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives from discovery to delivery while shaping product strategy and design architecture. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build scalable design systems and deliver intuitive, AI-assisted solutions for family caregivers.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Fanatics Collectibles 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will execute high-quality design solutions for trading cards, branding, and marketing assets while managing projects from concept to production. They will also facilitate pre-production processes, coordinate with vendors, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure brand consistency and workflow efficiency.
Senior Product Designer - Compute, Nebius Console
🇫🇷 France
Jobgether 🇫🇷 France
Own the end-to-end product design process for compute-related features within a cloud infrastructure platform. Translate complex technical workflows into intuitive user experiences through collaboration with product managers and engineers.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Glenview, Illinois, United States
Wespath 🇺🇸 Glenview, Illinois, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer creates visually impactful graphics, presentations, and data-driven content to communicate Wespath's value proposition and strengthen brand identity. They manage projects from concept to delivery, providing creative leadership for digital initiatives and collaborating with internal clients.
Graphic Designer
🇨🇴 Bogota, Capital District, RAP (Especial) Central, Colombia
Xploy Solutions 🇨🇴 Bogota, Capital District, RAP (Especial) Central, Colombia
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the visual identity by creating high-impact digital and print assets across various channels. They are responsible for maintaining brand consistency, mentoring junior designers, and collaborating with marketing and product teams.
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.