Design Leadership Jobs

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Sr. SW UX Designer

🇨🇳 Suzhou, Anhui, China

Lead design initiatives for software experiences with hardware connections while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams. Communicate design thinking to senior leadership and engineering partners through wireframes, prototypes, and specifications.

Hybrid$100,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer

🇨🇿 Pilsen, okres Plzeň-město, Czechia

You will actively participate in various projects to voice ideas and create high-quality, user-friendly interfaces for web and mobile. Additionally, you will be responsible for maintaining and creating new design systems for Ubiquiti products.

OnsiteFull-time
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Senior UI/UX Designer

🇨🇿 Prague, Czechia

The designer will actively participate in various projects and contribute creative ideas to the team. They are responsible for maintaining and creating design systems while developing high-quality interfaces for web and mobile platforms.

HybridFull-time
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Senior UI/UX Designer - Krakow

🇵🇱 Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

You will collaborate with product, development, and design teams to craft intuitive and impactful user experiences. Your role involves ideating and developing thoughtful, user-centered design solutions across the company's product portfolio.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer:in (m/w/d)

🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany

You will be responsible for the design of complex digital products, including UI/UX for web and mobile applications. You will also manage design systems, conduct handovers to developers, and collaborate closely with the creative director and clients.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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787 Systems Design Engineering Senior Manager

🇺🇸 North Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

The Senior Manager will lead engineering teams in the development, support, and optimization of complex mechanical, electrical, and electronic systems for the 787 aircraft. Responsibilities include managing project plans, overseeing technical approaches, and maintaining relationships with global partners and suppliers.

Onsite$170,000 - $230,000Full-timeSenior
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787 Systems Design Engineering Senior Manager

🇺🇸 North Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

The Senior Manager will lead engineering teams in the development and support of complex mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems for the 787 program. Responsibilities include managing project plans, optimizing designs for production and reliability, and overseeing relationships with global partners and suppliers.

Onsite$170,000 - $230,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer will support corporate marketing and franchisees by creating high-quality digital and in-center marketing materials. Responsibilities include designing and coding responsive email campaigns, managing brand standards, and producing photography and video content.

Full-timeSenior
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Sr Graphic Designer (Onsite)

🇺🇸 San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer will conceptualize and produce a wide range of print and digital marketing materials while adhering to brand standards. They will also coordinate with vendors, manage production processes, and provide guidance to other design team members.

OnsiteFull-timeMid-level
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Sr Graphic Designer (Onsite)

🇺🇸 San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer will conceptualize and produce a wide range of print and digital marketing materials while adhering to brand standards. They will also coordinate with vendors, manage production processes, and provide guidance to other design team members.

OnsiteFull-timeMid-level
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end design process for the consumer app and internal tools, ensuring intuitive and scalable user experiences. Conduct user research and collaborate with product and engineering teams to align design strategies with business goals.

Onsite$140,000 - $160,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 California, United States of America

The Senior Product Designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design innovative, customer-centric software solutions. Responsibilities include creating design specifications, conducting user research, and managing the iterative design roadmap to meet product requirements.

Onsite$130,700 - $205,200Full-timeSenior
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Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Roscoe Township, Illinois, United States of America

The Graphic Designer will manage the full creative process from defining requirements to producing compelling graphics for various media. They will collaborate with the Senior Designer to shape brand identity across websites, packaging, and advertising materials.

Onsite$22 - $27Full-timeMid-level
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Senior Product Designer

🇨🇦 Ontario, Canada

Lead the end-to-end UX/UI design process for mission-critical features, collaborating with engineering teams from discovery through implementation. Translate complex client requirements into intuitive interfaces, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes while maintaining the company's design system.

Hybrid$110,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Junior UI Designer:in (m/w/d)

🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany

You will design innovative UI interfaces for web and mobile applications while collaborating closely with senior designers and the creative director. Your role involves developing responsive layouts, maintaining component libraries, and ensuring accessibility standards are met across all digital products.

Onsite$35,000 - $50,000Full-timeJunior
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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.