Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Moment Technology 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Define the design standard and frameworks for a new AI operating system for investment management. Create beautiful, fast, and usable B2B products while collaborating with product, engineering, and leadership.
Mechanical Design Engineering Manager
🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan
Jabil 🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan
Lead and manage the electrical engineering department, focusing on recruitment, team development, and performance management. Oversee the design and development of equipment products while managing departmental costs and business strategies.
Senior Product Designer, Cefi
🇨🇳 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Okx 🇨🇳 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Lead the design of intuitive and trustworthy user experiences for CeFi products, transforming complex needs into comprehensive design deliverables. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product initiatives and elevate design quality through formal reviews and workshops.
Senior Product Designer, Defi
🇨🇳 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Okx 🇨🇳 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Lead the creation of intuitive and aesthetically appealing user experiences for CeFi products by synthesizing needs from product, engineering, and marketing. Transform qualitative and quantitative insights into disruptive features through detailed workflows, prototypes, and collaborative design reviews.
Principal UX researcher (IP Tech Transfer)
🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Rws Group 🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Lead user research and experience design for complex, AI-enabled workflow products within the IP Tech Transfer product line. Collaborate with stakeholders to map complicated workflows and translate research insights into intuitive, usable product experiences.
Mechanical Design Engineering Manager
🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan
Jabil 🇹🇼 New Taipei, Taiwan
Lead and manage the electrical engineering department, focusing on recruitment, team development, and performance management. Oversee the design and development of equipment products while managing business strategy, costs, and technical project execution.
Web Graphic Designer
🇵🇭 Pasig, Eastern Manila District, Philippines
Kdci 🇵🇭 Pasig, Eastern Manila District, Philippines
Conceptualize and execute high-level visual communications across digital, print, and social media platforms. Lead creative projects from ideation to final delivery while maintaining brand consistency and guiding junior designers.
Graphic Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Karsh Hagan + Madden Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Lead the creation of diverse visual assets including brand campaigns, websites, social media ads, and print materials. Collaborate with the creative team to translate complex concepts into impactful visuals that elevate client brands.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
The Citco Group Limited 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Lead the design process for a bespoke business process automation platform, translating enterprise strategy into high-quality user experiences. Orchestrate design activities including discovery, co-creation, and testing within a multi-disciplinary agile team.
Product Designer
Lead the end-to-end user experience for System1's product suite as part of a product trio. Focus on continuous discovery, AI-powered prototyping, and maintaining a coherent design system to drive business outcomes.
Staff User Experience (UX) Researcher (Hybrid-Acton, MA or San Diego, CA)
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Insulet Corporation 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Lead the global digital and service-based customer experience (DSCX) research roadmap to identify opportunity areas and inform product strategy. Conduct complex qualitative and quantitative studies while mentoring other researchers and collaborating with cross-functional partners.
Senior/Lead UX Researcher
🇵🇱 Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Spyrosoft 🇵🇱 Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Drive end-to-end UX research initiatives to improve digital products for customers and internal users. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate research findings into actionable product recommendations.
Principal UX Researcher
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Autodesk 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead complex, system-level research to define future personas and map operational workflows across interconnected platforms. Translate research insights into actionable recommendations to influence product strategy and drive long-term customer value.
Principal Design Engineering Specialist Piping
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Fluor 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Provide technical leadership and administrative oversight for piping engineering across all project phases. Responsibilities include developing estimates, reviewing specifications, and mentoring less experienced engineers to ensure technical accuracy.
UX UI Designer
🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States of America
Sbm Offshore 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States of America
Drive UX strategy and own design decisions to create impactful digital products for facilities management. Lead visuals, set brand design standards, and mentor other designers while influencing product direction.
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.