Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company
🇨🇴 Colombia
Truelogic Software 🇨🇴 Colombia
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming complex workflows into intuitive user-centered experiences. Establish and evolve design systems while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.
Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Truelogic Software 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming complex workflows into intuitive user-centered experiences. Establish and evolve design systems while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.
Product Designer
🇨🇦 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Absorb 🇨🇦 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
The Product Designer will create intuitive, accessible, and visually compelling user experiences for learning solutions across web and mobile platforms. This includes prototyping, conducting research, and maintaining the design system in collaboration with developers and product managers.
Senior UX Product Designer
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Optomi 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
The Senior UX Product Designer will collaborate with stakeholders to deliver exceptional digital experiences and create accessible wireframes and prototypes. They will also contribute to the evolution of the enterprise design system and advocate for user needs throughout the design process.
Senior Product Designer (Contract - AI & Design Systems)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Pinecrest Group 🇺🇸 United States of America
The role involves building reusable Figma components and creating templates for various internal tools and dashboards. Additionally, the designer will develop AI-ready design standards and help establish a scalable design system.
UI/UX Designer
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Odixcity Consulting 🇹🇿 Tanzania
The UI/UX Designer will design user interfaces for web and mobile applications, conduct user research, and create wireframes and prototypes. They will collaborate with developers and stakeholders to improve usability and maintain design systems.
Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company
🇲🇽 Mexico
Truelogic Software 🇲🇽 Mexico
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming complex workflows into intuitive user-centered experiences. Establish and evolve design systems while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.
Sr. Product Designer, Public Space Incubator (English Services) (Hybrid/Telework)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Radio-canada 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Lead Product Designer for PSI is responsible for driving design-led solutions through strategic consultation and collaboration. This includes guiding the evolution of the design system and ensuring high design standards and accessibility.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇿🇦 Parow, 7501, South Africa
Herotel 🇿🇦 Parow, 7501, South Africa
Lead the end-to-end digital experience for a telecoms brand, from discovery and user research to delivering developer-ready designs. Govern the design system and optimize user flows across websites, apps, and customer portals.
Freelance Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Akqa 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Senior Product Designers lead the design of complex systems of interactions and contribute to design systems from both UX and UI perspectives. They develop high-fidelity wireframes and prototypes, ensuring clarity and coherence in multi-step experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Ncino, Inc. 🇺🇸 Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the full design lifecycle for complex cloud banking product features, from initial research to post-launch validation. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to evolve the design system and mentor junior designers.
Senior Product Designer – MLB App, Web and Streaming
🇺🇸 Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
Major League Baseball 🇺🇸 Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
Lead the design of live game experiences across MLB's app, web, and streaming platforms, focusing on real-time data and storytelling. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evolve the Basepath design system and mentor other designers.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Vega 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
The Senior Product Designer will design complex interfaces that transform security data into actionable insights and create a cohesive design system. They will lead user research and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver impactful features.
Senior Product Designer (Temp-to-Hire)
🇺🇸 Pasadena, California, United States of America
Prorata.ai 🇺🇸 Pasadena, California, United States of America
Design end-to-end product experiences for AI-driven products, translating complex AI capabilities into user-friendly interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity visuals while contributing to the AI design system.
Sr. Product Designer, Public Space Incubator (English Services) (Hybrid/Telework)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cbc/radio-canada 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Lead Product Designer for PSI is responsible for driving design-led solutions through strategic consultation and collaboration. This includes guiding the evolution of the design system and ensuring high design standards and accessibility.
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.