Design Leadership Jobs
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VDC Electrical Design Manager
🇺🇸 Gibsonton, FL 33534, United States of America
Power Design, Inc. 🇺🇸 Gibsonton, FL 33534, United States of America
Lead the virtual design and coordination process for electrical construction projects from preconstruction through completion. Manage BIM deliverables, clash detection, and constructability reviews to ensure code-compliant and cost-effective installations.
Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Creative Niche 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead interaction design strategy by creating wireframes, prototypes, and design artifacts to improve user experiences. Facilitate usability testing and research to inform product decisions and present solutions to stakeholders.
Graphic Designer + Video Editor for a Co-working Brand
🇮🇳 India
Weekday Ai 🇮🇳 India
Create high-quality static and video content for social media to strengthen brand presence and B2B engagement. Collaborate with leadership to maintain a consistent visual identity and produce thought leadership assets.
Principal Product Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Bitpanda La 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Lead the long-term vision and strategy for Bitpanda's Design System and shared product design language. Partner with senior leadership to ensure high-quality, accessible, and consistent user experiences across all platforms.
Junior UI/UX & Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States of America
Inadev 🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States of America
The designer will lead the visual identity and UI/UX strategy for federal and commercial accounts, focusing on emerging technologies like AI/ML and augmented reality. Responsibilities include creating wireframes, prototypes, and responsive designs while collaborating within an Agile cross-functional team.
Senior Product Designer B2C (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Rabot Energy 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Responsible for the end-to-end B2C product design of the conversion and winback funnels to drive customer acquisition and retention. This includes leading the discovery process, implementing an AI-first design workflow, and iterating directly within the codebase.
Founding Product Designer
🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America
Fit:match.ai 🇺🇸 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end product design for a new clinical platform and establish the company's first design system and visual identity. Collaborate with engineering and clinicians to create high-stakes user experiences for Body AI technology across healthcare, sports, and retail.
Design Manager, Hosiery
🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Implus 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the design and development of active and lifestyle sock categories, including accessories and private label programs for mass-market retailers. Manage and mentor a team of designers while driving the seasonal process from concept to commercialization.
Product Designer L1 (Consumer Facing / Marketing) (Bangkok - Based)
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Agoda 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
The role involves leading discovery phases, testing prototypes with users, and designing intuitive, scalable customer journeys for consumer-facing products. The designer will collaborate with product managers and engineers to ensure a cohesive and customer-centric user experience across the platform.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇸 Spain
Rover.com 🇪🇸 Spain
The Senior Product Designer will lead the creation of intuitive user experiences across web, iOS, and Android platforms by collaborating with product managers and engineers. They will own the design process from concept to delivery, utilizing user research and data to refine features and maintain the company's design system.
Intermediate to Senior UX Designer
🇿🇦 Midrand, 1682, South Africa
Executiveplacements.com 🇿🇦 Midrand, 1682, South Africa
Lead the design of user-centric digital experiences by translating user insights and business goals into seamless solutions. Responsibilities include conducting user research, creating wireframes and prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product performance.
Senior Store Design Manager
🇺🇸 Coraopolis, PA 15108, United States of America
Dick's Sporting Goods 🇺🇸 Coraopolis, PA 15108, United States of America
Leads the design and delivery of new and remodeled stores by blending brand, merchandising, and athlete experience. Manages the entire design process from concept to completion while mentoring a team of store designers.
Senior Software Engineer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Biospace 🇺🇸 North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Develop and maintain the Unity React component library and pioneer AI-assisted developer workflows using Claude Code and MCP integrations. Serve as the primary technical resource and community lead for a developer population of over 600 members.
Head of Design (Apparel)
🇮🇳 Reserve Bank of India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, - 400038, Maharashtra, India
Jsw Sports Pvt Ltd 🇮🇳 Reserve Bank of India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, - 400038, Maharashtra, India
Lead the overall design vision and strategy for performance and lifestyle apparel, ensuring products are innovative and functional. Manage the end-to-end product development process from concept to production while collaborating with athletes and cross-functional teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇪 Tbilisi, Georgia
Tradingview 🇬🇪 Tbilisi, Georgia
Lead the design process from discovery to delivery for the Pulse Cluster, creating intuitive solutions for complex interface challenges. Collaborate with product managers and developers to refine user experiences based on stakeholder feedback.
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.