Design Leadership Jobs

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Lead/Head Product Designer (Growth / Monetization)

Remote (🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)

Lead the design of intuitive interfaces and flows for large-scale B2C consumer products while collaborating with executives to translate strategy into user experiences. Drive product decisions using metrics and UX research while mentoring other designers and maintaining scalable design systems.

Remote$60,000 - $90,000Full-timeSenior
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PRINCIPAL PRODUCT DESIGNER

🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico

Lead strategic product initiatives focused on sustainability, ESG, and net-zero objectives to create scalable, user-friendly experiences. Define product visions and roadmaps while mentoring design teams and managing senior stakeholder relationships.

Onsite$120,000 - $180,000ContractSenior
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PRINCIPAL PRODUCT DESIGNER

🇨🇴 Colombia

Lead strategic product initiatives focused on sustainability and environmental impact to help organizations achieve ESG and net-zero goals. Define product visions and roadmaps while transforming complex, data-rich ecosystems into scalable, user-friendly experiences.

Onsite$120,000 - $180,000Full-timeSenior
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SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER

Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico)

Lead end-to-end design execution for complex digital products, translating user needs and business goals into intuitive experiences. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver iterative design transformations from discovery through to delivery.

Remote$80,000 - $120,000ContractSenior
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SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER

Remote (🇨🇦 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)

Lead the end-to-end design process from discovery to delivery, creating intuitive digital products and services for clients. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate user needs into scalable components and high-fidelity prototypes.

Remote$80,000 - $120,000ContractSenior
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PRINCIPAL PRODUCT DESIGNER

🇨🇦 St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Lead strategic product initiatives focused on sustainability, ESG, and net-zero objectives to transform complex data ecosystems into user-friendly experiences. Define product visions and roadmaps while mentoring design teams and collaborating with executive stakeholders.

Onsite$100,000 - $150,000ContractSenior
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SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER

Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)

Lead end-to-end design execution for digital products, translating user needs and business goals into intuitive experiences. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver iterative design transformations from discovery through to delivery.

Remote$100,000 - $120,000Full-timeSenior
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Product Designer

🇺🇸 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.

Hybrid$175,000 - $275,000Full-timeMid-level
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Mechanical Design Engineering Manager

🇹🇼 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.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer, Cefi

🇨🇳 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.

Onsite$100,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer, Defi

🇨🇳 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.

Onsite$100,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal UX researcher (IP Tech Transfer)

🇬🇧 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.

Full-timeSenior
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Mechanical Design Engineering Manager

🇹🇼 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.

Onsite$100,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Web Graphic Designer

🇵🇭 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.

HybridFull-timeMid-level
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Graphic Designer

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.

Remote$50,000 - $58,000Full-time
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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.