Design Leadership Jobs
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Staff Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Function Health 🌍 Remote
The Staff Product Designer will own problems end-to-end, from framing opportunities to shipping high-quality UI that impacts key metrics. They will also lead research efforts and partner with Product and Engineering teams to ensure effective collaboration.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Medtrainer 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of user-centered experiences across various platforms. Responsibilities include designing user flows, creating prototypes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Product Designer - Labs
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Doordash Usa 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
The Product Designer will lead end-to-end design projects, working closely with engineers and stakeholders to ensure high-quality implementation of features across mobile, tablet, and web platforms. They will be responsible for owning the design for specific products serving consumer, merchant, dasher, and internal teams.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the design and prototyping of AI-driven user experiences across multiple M365 products. Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to deliver high-quality, user-centered outcomes.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Home-in 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Design world-class human-centered experiences for new proof of concepts and x15 Ventures. Lead end-to-end product design, collaborating with various stakeholders to deliver scalable experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Commonwealth Bank 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The role involves designing world-class human-centered experiences for new proof of concepts and ventures, leading end-to-end product design from discovery through final UI implementation. Key tasks include conducting user research, prototyping, usability testing, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver thoughtful, scalable solutions.
Sr UX Designer, Cross Border & International Expansions
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Amazon 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Lead the design of intuitive shopping experiences that bridge cultural, linguistic, and geographic boundaries. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions for international shopping experiences.
Remote Sr. Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
The Principal Product Designer will lead cross-functional teams to align stakeholders and identify design opportunities that enhance member satisfaction. They will create design deliverables focusing on usability across multiple devices.
Lead Product Designer (UX/UI)
The Lead Product Designer will own the end-to-end user experience and visual design of the treasury management platform, modernizing its look and feel while ensuring intuitive navigation of complex financial workflows. Key responsibilities include establishing a design system, leading user research, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product design.
Staff Product Designer (All Genders)
🇫🇷 Issy-les-Moulineaux, Ile-de-France, France
Dailymotion 🇫🇷 Issy-les-Moulineaux, Ile-de-France, France
Lead the strategic product area by taking end-to-end ownership of an AI-powered platform and drive product improvements through collaboration with cross-functional teams. Elevate design craft by mentoring designers and establishing design objectives that align with long-term product strategy.
CPU Design Engineering Intern
🇮🇳 India
Intel Corporation 🇮🇳 India
The intern will work on CPU design projects for leading Intel Client Projects, focusing on physical design, logic design, and pre-silicon verification. This role involves contributing to various aspects of VLSI design.
SDS Design Engineering Director 1
🇺🇸 United States
Northrop Grumman 🇺🇸 United States
The Director will drive design engineering execution across the Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) Division portfolio, leading Electrical Design, Parts Materials & Process, and Specialty Engineering functions throughout the product lifecycle. This includes establishing and directing standardized design engineering practices, tools, and technical training resources across dispersed teams and subcontractor sites.
Electrical Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Industrial Electric Manufacturing 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States
The Electrical Design Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the Electrical Design Engineering team and ensuring the quality of engineering outputs. This includes reviewing drawings, mentoring staff, and driving continuous improvement in design processes.
Electrical Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Fremont, California, United States
Industrial Electric Manufacturing 🇺🇸 Fremont, California, United States
The Electrical Design Engineering Manager is responsible for leading the Electrical Design Engineering team and ensuring the quality of custom electrical switchgear solutions. This includes overseeing engineering outputs, mentoring staff, and facilitating communication between design and manufacturing.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Carolinas Center For Oral & Facial Surgery 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
The Graphic Designer will act as a primary creative point of contact, leading collaboration and developing visual solutions that translate strategic direction into high-quality designs across various media. Responsibilities include creating layouts, images, animations, and videos for marketing materials while maintaining and updating content management systems.
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.