Design Leadership Jobs
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UX Designer
🇩🇪 Germany
Fetchjobs.co 🇩🇪 Germany
You will be responsible for transforming complex financial transactions into intuitive user experiences and ensuring UX consistency across all touchpoints. Additionally, you will lead discovery and research activities and support the evolution of design systems.
Design Manager/Group Engineer/ Senior Group Engineer/ Senior Design Manager
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Atkinsréalis 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Lead civil engineering teams in developing solutions from concept through construction for wastewater projects. Provide technical sign-off, assurance, and guidance during the delivery and handover of assets while ensuring regulatory compliance.
Senior Product Designer | Data & AI
🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States of America
Epicor 🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for major features and product initiatives, ensuring design outcomes reflect real user needs. Collaborate closely with Product Management and Engineering while mentoring other designers and advancing design craft.
Senior Design Manager, Toys & Hardlines, Japan
🇯🇵 Japan
Nbcuniversal 🇯🇵 Japan
The Senior Design Manager will oversee product approvals, development, and strategies for the Toys and Hardlines team, primarily focusing on the Japanese market. They will lead design direction throughout the product lifecycle and manage relationships with internal and external partners.
Graphic Designer
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Agilegrid Solutions 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
The Graphic Designer will lead and coordinate multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery within scope and budget. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline processes and improve operational efficiency.
UX Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Thermo Fisher Scientific 🇸🇬 Singapore
The UX Designer will explore and implement UX design for new digital user experiences and collaborate with cross-functional teams. They will also lead discussions with product teams to understand project scope and user needs.
Senior Design Manager, Toys & Hardlines, Japan
🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Nbcuniversal 🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Lead product design, development, and approval processes for Toys and Hardlines in the Japan market to ensure brand integrity and storytelling alignment. Manage and coach a team while collaborating with internal stakeholders and external licensees to drive product innovation and growth.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles County, CA 90292, United States of America
Dr. Squatch 🇺🇸 Los Angeles County, CA 90292, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will lead user research, usability testing, and information architecture to create intuitive digital experiences. They will collaborate closely with Product Management, Product Design, and Engineering teams to ensure consistency across all digital touchpoints.
Senior Product Designer | Data & AI
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Epicor 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for major features and product initiatives, ensuring design outcomes reflect real user needs. Collaborate closely with Product Management and Engineering while mentoring other designers and advancing design craft.
Sr. UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Novoed 🇺🇸 United States of America
Design scalable, collaborative, and social online learning experiences for various organizations. Own major projects as the design lead, collaborating closely with product management and engineering teams.
Sr. UX Designer
🇨🇦 Canada
Novoed 🇨🇦 Canada
Design scalable online learning experiences for Fortune 500 companies and lead major design projects from exploration to implementation. Collaborate with product management to frame problems, conduct user research, and contribute to product strategy.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Commonwealth Bank 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead discovery work to uncover customer problems and inform product strategy through research and co-design. Create engaging wireframes and prototypes while collaborating closely with diverse stakeholders throughout the agile lifecycle.
Graphic Designer III – Consumer Electronics
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Core Home 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the development of innovative packaging for consumer electronics products, managing projects from concept to production. Collaborate with various teams to enhance user experience and ensure designs meet manufacturing and regulatory standards.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Guild.ai 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of AI infrastructure products for both enterprise buyers and technical developers. Collaborate with founders and engineers to shape product direction, roadmaps, and the overall design system.
Senior Software Engineer - Design Systems
🇵🇦 Panama City, Distrito de Panamá, Panama
Netflix 🇵🇦 Panama City, Distrito de Panamá, Panama
Lead the development and maintenance of the Design Platform and component libraries to accelerate product design workflows. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to drive the adoption of the Design System and implement AI-driven productivity tools.
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.