Design Leadership Jobs

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UX Designer (UAE National)

🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Lead end-to-end product design from discovery to delivery, focusing on scalable and usable financial product experiences. Own and evolve the design system while collaborating with engineering and product teams to ensure brand consistency and accessibility.

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Senior Product Designer

🇮🇳 New Delhi, India

The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of the Cialfo platform, turning conceptual ideas into valuable user experiences. Responsibilities include maintaining design systems, conducting user research, and mentoring junior UX designers.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Product Designer II POS Hospitality (all genders)

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

Lead full design cycles for the native iOS POS experience to streamline operations for hospitality professionals. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate operational requirements into resilient, user-centric product features.

Hybrid$90,000 - $120,000Full-timeMid-level
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India

Lead visual communication and branding execution across digital, social media, and offline touchpoints. Design creatives for ads, websites, and events while ensuring consistency with the brand identity.

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Staff Engineer, Digital Design Engineering

🇨🇳 Shanghai, China

Lead the digital design execution from specification through physical implementation, focusing on RTL development and synthesis. Collaborate with DFT and physical design teams to ensure timing closure and deliver production-ready designs.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Staff Engineer, Digital Design Engineering

🇨🇳 Shanghai, China

Lead the digital design execution from specification through physical implementation, focusing on RTL development and synthesis. Collaborate with DFT and physical design teams to ensure timing closure and deliver production-ready designs.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Staff Product Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead the design infrastructure and standards as the third product designer, focusing on complex AI-driven workflows and data-dense decision tools. You will establish design systems, conduct field research in hospitals, and mentor the team to scale design operations.

Onsite$230,000 - $300,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal Product Designer, Toast IQ Core (AI Product Team)

🇺🇸 United States of America

Lead the design strategy and execution for Toast IQ, an AI assistant product, across web, mobile, and hardware platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop agentic workflows and drive the adoption of intelligence features for restaurant operators.

Hybrid$149,000 - $304,000Full-timeSenior
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Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Irving, Texas, United States of America

Lead the conceptualization and design of high-impact visuals for digital and print media while maintaining a consistent global brand identity. Oversee professional photo editing, art direction for shoots, and the management of digital assets.

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UX Designer

🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end UX design process for complex B2B SaaS product initiatives from discovery to final delivery. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define user needs and maintain the company's design system.

Onsite$125,000 - $140,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end design process for AI-powered maintenance and asset management tools across web and mobile platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to simplify complex workflows for frontline users while contributing to the scalable design system.

Full-timeSenior
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Sr. Product Designer, Growth

Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)

Lead the end-to-end design of acquisition and growth products to drive member engagement and adoption. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex regulatory and business requirements into high-quality mobile experiences.

Remote$150,000 - $224,000Full-timeSenior
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Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Harris County, Texas, United States of America

The Graphic Designer is responsible for creating and maintaining consistent branded visual materials across print, web, and social media platforms. They also manage the church's website and application content while collaborating with ministry leaders to execute creative campaigns.

OnsiteFull-timeMid-level
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Lead Product Designer, Partners

🇺🇸 United States of America

Lead the end-to-end design strategy and execution for the ClassPass Partners platform to improve business engagement. Translate behavioral insights and business objectives into intuitive SaaS product experiences while mentoring other designers.

$150,000 - $210,000Full-timeLead
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Senior Product Designer (Hybrid)

🇺🇸 Franklin, Tennessee, United States of America

Lead end-to-end product design from discovery to launch, focusing on core product areas and user flows. Build and evolve the Figma design system while partnering with product and engineering teams to create intuitive experiences.

Onsite$103,000 - $140,000Full-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.