Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Staff Product Designer - AI
🇧🇷 Brazil
Deel 🇧🇷 Brazil
Lead the design vision and strategy for Deel's AI vertical, focusing on conversational interfaces, AI agents, and intelligent automation. Establish craft standards and mentor a team of designers to ensure a coherent AI experience across the platform.
Staff Product Designer, Growth
🇧🇷 Brazil
Deel 🇧🇷 Brazil
Lead growth-focused design initiatives to improve user activation, engagement, and retention. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prototype and experiment with features while mentoring other product designers.
Staff Design System Product Designer
🇭🇺 Hungary
Deel 🇭🇺 Hungary
Lead the evolution, documentation, and adoption of Deel's design system across web and mobile platforms. Develop scalable technical components and automate design-to-engineering workflows to improve operational efficiency.
Staff Product Designer, Growth
🇮🇱 Israel
Deel 🇮🇱 Israel
Lead growth-focused design initiatives to improve user activation, engagement, and retention. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prototype, test, and iterate on growth hypotheses using data-driven insights.
Staff Design System Product Designer
🇮🇹 Italy
Deel 🇮🇹 Italy
Lead the evolution, documentation, and adoption of Deel's design system across web and mobile platforms. Develop scalable technical components and automate design-to-engineering workflows to improve operational efficiency.
Senior Staff Product Designer - AI
🇮🇹 Italy
Deel 🇮🇹 Italy
Lead the design vision and strategy for Deel's AI vertical, focusing on conversational interfaces, AI agents, and intelligent automation. Establish craft standards and mentor a team of designers to create a coherent, intelligent system across the platform.
Staff Product Designer, Growth
🇮🇹 Italy
Deel 🇮🇹 Italy
Lead growth-focused design initiatives to improve user activation, engagement, and retention. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prototype and experiment with features while mentoring other product designers.
Staff Product Designer
🇮🇱 Israel
Deel 🇮🇱 Israel
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives and drive the adoption of the Deel UI/Design System. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality user experiences while mentoring other product designers.
Senior Staff Product Designer - AI
🇮🇱 Israel
Deel 🇮🇱 Israel
Lead the design vision and strategy for Deel's AI vertical, focusing on conversational interfaces, AI agents, and intelligent automation. Establish craft standards and mentor a team of designers to create a coherent, intelligent system across the platform.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Aftershoot 🌍 Remote
Lead the design strategy and execution for key product areas, transforming user research into intuitive SaaS solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evolve the design system and mentor junior designers to foster a strong design culture.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States
Cardiovascular Institute Of The South 🇺🇸 Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States
The Graphic Designer will create engaging print and digital materials that align with the organization's brand identity and marketing goals. They will collaborate with leadership and external partners to manage projects from concept to completion while maintaining high quality and accuracy.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States
Verisk 🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States
You will own the end-to-end experience strategy for a product area, leading discovery and delivery across multiple features. Additionally, you will drive user research, mentor other designers, and influence cross-functional decisions to elevate design quality.
Senior Staff Product Designer - AI
🇪🇸 Spain
Deel 🇪🇸 Spain
Lead the design vision and strategy for Deel's AI vertical, focusing on conversational interfaces, agentic workflows, and intelligent automation. You will codify craft standards, mentor other designers, and collaborate cross-functionally to integrate AI capabilities across the platform.
Staff Design System Product Designer
🇪🇸 Spain
Deel 🇪🇸 Spain
Lead the evolution, documentation, and adoption of Deel's design system across web and mobile platforms. Develop scalable technical components and automate design-to-engineering workflows to improve operational efficiency.
Staff Product Designer
🇪🇸 Spain
Deel 🇪🇸 Spain
Lead end-to-end product design initiatives and drive the adoption of the Deel UI/Design System across cross-functional teams. Mentor other product designers and collaborate with engineering and product partners to solve complex bottlenecks and deliver high-quality user experiences.
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.