Design Leadership Jobs
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Lead UI & UX Designer
🇺🇸 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Ukg 🇺🇸 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Design and evolve AI behavior systems, including conversation response patterns and structured content models for the Bryte AI platform. Define agentic experiences and interaction strategies while ensuring trust, safety, and compliance within HCM environments.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Flipdish 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Own end-to-end design for core product areas, translating complex problems into simple, high-quality user experiences. Lead the improvement of the design system and UI/UX for client-facing surfaces while partnering with Product and Engineering teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Coveo 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end design process from discovery and research to prototyping for AI-powered products. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to transform customer insights into impactful, user-centric solutions.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇬🇮 Gibraltar)
Bullfinch Recruitment Remote (🇬🇮 Gibraltar)
Lead AI-powered design workflows to create high-performing player experience surfaces and monetization flows. Collaborate with Product and CRM teams to deliver production-ready specs and interactive prototypes that drive revenue.
UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Webfx.com 🇺🇸 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end UX process to create high-quality creative solutions, wireframes, and prototypes for complex problems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers and researchers, to influence the product roadmap and advocate for the user.
Jr. UI Designer
🇺🇸 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Webfx.com 🇺🇸 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Lead the UX process to create high-quality creative solutions, including user flows, wireframes, and prototypes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers and researchers, to build and ship designs that advocate for the user.
Jr. UX Designer
🇺🇸 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Webfx.com 🇺🇸 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Lead the UX process to create high-quality creative solutions, user flows, wireframes, and prototypes for user interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including UI developers and UX researchers, to build and ship designs that advocate for the user.
Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America)
Knotch Remote (🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America)
Lead the end-to-end design of Knotch's platform and a new AI-powered tool from research to implementation. Collaborate with leadership and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into intuitive user experiences.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Wise 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design of region-specific features and journeys for US customers to grow market share in North America. Partner with cross-functional teams to discover customer needs and deliver scalable, high-quality product experiences.
Product Designer
Lead the end-to-end design process from inception to completion, collaborating with product managers and engineers to create human-centric healthcare experiences. Responsibilities include developing product visions, mentoring junior designers, and maintaining a high-quality UI consistent with the brand.
Senior Product Designer, Agentic Vulnerability Elimination
Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Hackerone Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered experiences to help customers identify and remediate vulnerabilities across the software development lifecycle. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to build intuitive workflows leveraging LLMs and automation while evolving the company's Design Language System.
Senior Product Designer (Mobile App)
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Boats Group 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design of native iOS and Android experiences for boating marketplaces, focusing on search, discovery, and lead generation. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to create scalable mobile components and high-fidelity prototypes.
Senior Product Designer (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Ostrom 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lead the end-to-end product design process to simplify complex energy logic into intuitive customer journeys across mobile and web platforms. Mentor other designers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define the product roadmap and elevate design standards.
Lead Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Monzo 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the creation of product visions and solve complex, ambiguous design challenges to improve customer experience. Drive improvements in design systems and mentor other designers to foster team growth.
Lead Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Illumin 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design of complex DSP workflows and scalable interaction patterns for a product-led advertising platform. Mentor a team of product designers while collaborating with Product Management and Engineering to translate technical requirements into intuitive user experiences.
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.