Design Leadership Jobs

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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company

🇧🇷 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.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company

🇲🇽 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.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company

🇨🇴 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.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

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.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company

🇵🇦 Panama

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.

Full-timeSenior
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Lead UX Designer

🇺🇸 United States of America

Drive end-to-end design strategy and execution for complex B2B SaaS products, specifically integrating AI-native features. Lead the creation of user flows and design specifications while mentoring junior designers and maintaining the design system.

$145,000 - $160,000Full-timeLead
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UX Designer – Design Systems & AI Workflows

🇸🇮 Šenčur, Slovenia

The UX Designer will maintain and evolve the design system library, optimize design tools, and explore AI-driven workflows. They will also collaborate with developers to ensure alignment between design and engineering.

Full-time
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UI Designer SR (Mobilidade)

🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

The UI Designer will create digital interfaces for web and mobile, focusing on visual quality and consistency. They will develop prototypes, apply design systems, and collaborate with product designers and development teams.

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Web Designer (Figma + HTML/CSS) - Hybrid

🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal

Design and craft high-quality web experiences while collaborating closely with engineers and other designers. Help evolve design systems and refine details to enhance user interfaces.

HybridFull-time
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UX Designer

🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

The UX Designer will lead user research and create wireframes and prototypes to build accessible digital experiences. They will collaborate with product managers and engineers to maintain design systems and iterate based on user feedback.

Full-time
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Lead Product Designer, Platform

🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lead design for complex product surfaces and platform capabilities while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Guide teams in applying design system patterns and mentor other designers to elevate the quality of work.

$148,000 - $185,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇮🇪 Equinix, Dublin, Ireland

The Senior Product Designer will lead user and experience research, design end-to-end user journeys, and own the design system. They will engage closely with engineering to bring experiences to life and measure their impact.

Full-timeSenior
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(Senior) Product Designer (m/w/d) · Hamburg | Hybrid

🇩🇪 Germany

You will be responsible for the entire design process from concept to go-live, collaborating closely with product management and engineering. This includes conducting user research, creating prototypes, and maintaining the design system.

Full-time
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UX Designer

🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland

The Experience Designer will create impactful user experiences and take ownership of specific features while collaborating with senior team members. They will leverage generative AI tools to accelerate ideation and prototyping while adhering to design system guidelines.

Full-time
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Sr UX & UXP & UI Designer

🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico

Lead end-to-end digital experience design, creating wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity prototypes. Conduct user research and maintain design systems to ensure visual and functional consistency across platforms.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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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.