Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UX Researcher
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Aj Bell 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end UX research across complex D2C problem spaces to inform product and business decisions. Collaborate with stakeholders to translate research findings into actionable insights and maintain a central research repository.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇪🇬 Sheikh Zayed, Giza, Egypt
Talent-360.me 🇪🇬 Sheikh Zayed, Giza, Egypt
Lead the development of visual content for branding, marketing campaigns, and product launches across digital and print platforms. Responsibilities include designing packaging, creating motion graphics, and ensuring brand consistency across all communication channels.
Senior UX Researcher
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Aj Bell 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end UX research for complex D2C problem spaces to inform product and business decisions. Collaborate with Product Managers and UX Designers to translate challenges into actionable insights and maintain a research repository.
Senior UX Designer, Android Accessibility, Talkback
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Design and iterate on critical multi-modal accessibility features like TalkBack, magnification, and high contrast mode. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to advocate for accessibility best practices and integrate AI-driven task completion for screen-reader users.
Senior Design Manager
🇮🇪 County Limerick, Ireland
3d Personnel 🇮🇪 County Limerick, Ireland
Lead and manage the design process across multiple concurrent construction projects while coordinating architects, engineers, and subcontractors. Ensure design information is delivered on time and within budget while driving value engineering and compliance with building regulations.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Board Intelligence 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Own end-to-end product design workstreams from discovery to shipment for a B2B SaaS platform. Lead the design of AI-powered features and contribute to the evolution of the company's design system.
Senior Strategic Product Manager, Sr. Product Designer (Life Science Reagents)
🇺🇸 Piscataway Township, New Jersey, United States of America
Biospace 🇺🇸 Piscataway Township, New Jersey, United States of America
Design long-term product portfolio strategies and roadmaps for life science reagents by identifying market white spaces and customer needs. Collaborate with R&D, marketing, and executive leadership to transform scientific insights into high-impact commercial product programs.
Senior UX Researcher, Applied AI Solution
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Lead end-to-end research programs to shape AI-native business applications by identifying customer needs and de-risking product decisions. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex findings into actionable recommendations that influence product roadmaps.
Senior UX Researcher, Applied AI Solution
🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America
Amazon Web Services (aws) 🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America
Lead end-to-end research programs to shape AI-native business applications by identifying customer needs and de-risking product decisions. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex findings into actionable recommendations that influence product roadmaps and strategy.
Senior Architectural Design Manager
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Arup 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex projects, specifically focusing on data centers and mission-critical facilities. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including architects and engineers to ensure technical excellence and compliance with all regulations.
Senior Product Designer (Bilingual in Chinese & English)
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Bybit 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead UX/UI design for crypto trading products across web and mobile platforms while conducting user research to drive design decisions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate research findings into actionable product recommendations.
Senior Product Designer (Mobile App)
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Polarsteps 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead the design for the 'Plan' team by creating intuitive ways for travelers to chart their journeys. Oversee the full product lifecycle from concepting and prototyping to iterating based on user testing and feedback.
Senior Engineer, Digital Design Engineering
🇮🇪 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Analog Devices 🇮🇪 Cork, County Cork, Ireland
The role involves the architectural design and RTL development of complex digital blocks and SoC systems using Verilog and SystemVerilog. Responsibilities include FPGA prototyping, timing and power analysis, and collaborating with verification and analog teams to convert designs to silicon.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Cohesity 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Senior Product Designer will own key areas of the Cohesity experience, designing end-to-end user journeys and high-fidelity UI for complex data management workflows. They will collaborate with PMs and Engineering to translate user needs into intuitive, data-rich enterprise applications.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 New Delhi, India
Cialfo 🇮🇳 New Delhi, India
Lead the visual expression and brand guardianship across four distinct brands, producing high-quality creative for digital campaigns, events, and corporate collateral. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate briefs into polished deliverables and build scalable design templates.
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.