Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Traba 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will rapidly prototype designs and develop user experiences for mobile and web applications. Additionally, you will drive the evolution of the design system and conduct user research to validate concepts.
Product Designer (Zable app)
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lendable 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Product Designer will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to define product visions and goals, conduct user research, and create wireframes and prototypes. They will also maintain a consistent visual language and ensure adherence to the design system.
Graphic Designer– 4 months Internship/Coop (Summer 2026)
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Intact Fc 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Graphic Designer will create and adapt visual elements for various brands and contribute to the design system. They will also participate in brainstorming sessions and design communication tools.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Pylon 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
The Product Designer will collaborate with engineers and cofounders to understand customer problems and ship significant features. They will also be responsible for generating high-fidelity mocks and building the design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Akqa 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
As a Senior Product Designer, you will take ownership of setting up and operationalizing a design system for a globally renowned company. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and be responsible for delivering high-priority projects that create meaningful value.
Staff Product Designer, Design Systems
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Airwallex 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Staff Product Designer will conduct audits to gather use cases and UX patterns, create reusable component definitions, and ensure alignment and adoption of design components. They will also enhance the design system based on user feedback and advocate for its value within the organization.
Experienced Product Designer - Design System
🇨🇿 Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia
Eset 🇨🇿 Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia
As an Experienced Product Designer, you will lead specific areas of the Design System and advocate for best practices across the organization. You will also validate design decisions through usability testing and collaborate with various stakeholders.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Delphi 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Design end-to-end user experiences for interacting with digital minds, including conversation flows and onboarding. Build design systems and prototype rapidly to validate ideas and ship designs to production.
Senior Product Designer (UI/UX)
🌍 Remote
Sleek 🌍 Remote
You will define how the user interacts with Sleek throughout their journey, focusing on improving onboarding and service experience. You will be responsible for enhancing usability and contributing to the design system.
Senior Product Designer (UI/UX)
🌍 Remote
Sleek 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will define how users interact with Sleek throughout their journey, focusing on simplifying onboarding and enhancing service experiences. They will be responsible for improving usability and activation metrics while contributing to Sleek’s design system.
Senior Product Designer (UI/UX)
🌍 Remote
Sleek 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will define how users interact with Sleek throughout their journey, focusing on improving onboarding and service experience. They will be responsible for enhancing usability and contributing to the design system.
Senior Product Designer, AIFT Enterprise
🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan
Aift 🇹🇼 Taipei, Taiwan
The Senior Product Designer will partner with Product Managers and Engineers to create intuitive B2B product experiences and own the end-to-end product design workflows. They will also design visual assets for marketing and business purposes while maintaining design systems for consistency.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Luminance 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Product Designer will create intuitive and impactful experiences for AI-powered workflows across various enterprise functions. They will guide the full design process from research to polished prototypes, ensuring alignment with Luminance’s design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Formalize 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Lead the end-to-end design process for new integrations and collaborate with the Product Manager and Tech Lead to define the design strategy. Build high-quality solutions while maintaining and evolving the design system for consistency across the platform.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Remote - Referral Board 🌍 Remote
Influence strategy for your product team and apply the right research methodology to empathize with customer challenges. Lead initiatives for your team, craft high-fidelity user interfaces, and advocate for the design system.
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.