Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Ethena 🌍 Remote
Own the end-to-end design process for new product features from concept to shipment, collaborating with product and engineering teams. Lead the qualitative research practice and integrate AI tools to accelerate design iterations and product direction.
Principal Product Designer, Customer Design Lead
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Thumbtack 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end customer experience across native and web platforms to ensure product coherence and consistency. Drive strategic product direction by identifying systemic gaps and mentoring senior and mid-level designers.
Principal Product Designer, Customer Design Lead
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Thumbtack 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end customer experience across native and web platforms to ensure product coherence and consistency. Drive strategic product direction by identifying systemic gaps and mentoring senior and mid-level designers.
Director of Sensor Product Design Engineering
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Fairchild Imaging, Inc. 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead the design, verification, and validation of next-generation image sensor products from specification to delivery. Manage multi-disciplinary engineering teams and third-party design services to meet customer and marketing requirements.
Manager, Design & Engineering Innovation
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Inspire 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead the design and engineering of food service equipment integration and operational space planning for a multi-brand corporate portfolio. Oversee project lifecycles from inception through validation, ensuring compliance with engineering standards and operational efficiency.
Morgan Stanley at Work, UX Designer – Vice President
🇺🇸 Purchase, Town/Village of Harrison, NY 10577, United States of America
Morgan Stanley 🇺🇸 Purchase, Town/Village of Harrison, NY 10577, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end UX strategy and execution for workplace financial solutions, translating complex financial concepts into intuitive digital workflows. Partner with cross-functional teams to define product roadmaps and mentor designers to maintain high standards of design craft.
Manager Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Tat Technologies Ltd 🇺🇸 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Lead and mentor a team of design engineers supporting aerospace heat exchanger product lines and MRO programs. Oversee the full product lifecycle from requirements and 3D CAD development to validation and certification compliance.
Senior UX/UI Product Designer I
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Life360 Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Lead the end-to-end product design for the Circle Expansion team to create scalable UI/UX solutions for diverse family structures. Partner with PMs, engineering, and research to deliver high-quality experiences across software and hardware surfaces while mentoring other designers.
Graphic Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Marketbridge Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Create high-impact visual materials including PowerPoint presentations, proposals, and thought leadership content. Develop digital marketing assets and data visualizations while ensuring strict adherence to brand standards.
Web Designer
Remote (🇺🇦 Ukraine)
Regex Seo Remote (🇺🇦 Ukraine)
Lead the creative process to design intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications. Collaborate with technical teams to produce wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and consistent brand experiences.
Web Designer
Remote (🇵🇱 Poland)
Regex Seo Remote (🇵🇱 Poland)
Lead the creative process to design intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications. Collaborate with technical teams to produce wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and consistent brand experiences.
Web Designer
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Regex Seo Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Lead the creative process to design intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications. Collaborate with technical teams to produce wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups that align with brand standards.
Web Designer
Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico)
Regex Seo Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico)
Lead the creative process to design intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications. Collaborate with technical teams to produce wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and consistent brand experiences.
Web Designer
Remote (🇦🇷 Argentina)
Regex Seo Remote (🇦🇷 Argentina)
Lead the creative process to design intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications. Collaborate with technical teams to produce wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and consistent brand experiences.
SME UX Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Leidos 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Lead the user experience strategy and design standards for enterprise data and analytics products within the Department of War. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate operational requirements into scalable, production-ready UI/UX solutions using human-centered design principles.
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.