Design Leadership Jobs
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Staff Product Designer, Core Treatments
🇺🇸 United States of America
Hims & Hers 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will own the design of core treatment categories from end to end, leading large, complex initiatives autonomously. You will partner with various teams to navigate tradeoffs and contribute to design systems.
Senior/Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Pulley 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process from concept to launch, creating compelling user flows and high-fidelity prototypes. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to evolve the design system and advocate for user needs based on direct customer feedback.
Interaction Designer [210983]
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aquent 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Interaction Designer will solve complex banking workflows and transform them into user-centric design solutions while collaborating with various teams. They will also mentor peers and promote the adoption of the design system.
Freelance Senior Product Designer (AI-Driven) - Barcelona [210971]
Remote (🇫🇷 France)
Aquent Remote (🇫🇷 France)
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead end-to-end UX/UI design activities and collaborate with various stakeholders to create high-performing digital experiences. You will also integrate AI into design processes and contribute to a scalable Design System.
Design Engineer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Confido 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a Design Engineer, you will build an AI-ready design system from scratch, including tokens, components, styles, and documentation. You will work closely with product and engineering teams to ensure design intent aligns with the final product experience.
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Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Treeswift 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will own end-to-end product design across Treeswift’s web platform and hardware interfaces, shaping customer interactions with complex data. This role involves designing interfaces for operational decisions and building scalable design systems.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Rentspree 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Lead design for high-impact initiatives from discovery to delivery, shaping end-to-end user experiences for agents, landlords, and renters. Collaborate with Product and Engineering to drive product vision and contribute to a scalable design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Blue J 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior Product Designer will lead the creation and maintenance of a scalable design system and craft intuitive user experiences for a generative AI tax solution. They will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to translate user insights into high-fidelity designs and front-end code.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Elevate 🇺🇸 United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will own practical UX/UI work across the product ecosystem and partner closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to design clear and consistent workflows. You will maintain the design system and ensure a coherent product experience as the platform grows.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Adaptive 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Design and ship end-to-end product features and AI agents in collaboration with product and engineering teams. Conduct user research and evolve the design system to ensure a scalable and consistent user experience.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Treeswift Inc 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own end-to-end product design for the web platform and hardware interfaces, focusing on making complex geospatial and LiDAR data actionable. Establish the company's design systems, product patterns, and overall design culture from the ground up.
Senior Product Designer Associate (External Agency Staff)
🇺🇸 Inglewood, California, United States of America
The National Football League 🇺🇸 Inglewood, California, United States of America
Design compelling, user-centered digital experiences and high-fidelity UI/UX specifications across the NFL portfolio. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build and manage a cohesive design system and ensure experience cohesion across platforms.
Design Systems Engineer
🇮🇹 Modena, Italy
Bright Matrix Global 🇮🇹 Modena, Italy
The Design Systems Engineer will audit and improve a React component library to ensure it aligns with design standards and is production-ready. Responsibilities include reviewing components for design fidelity, ensuring accessibility, and maintaining Storybook coverage.
Head of Design
Remote (🇳🇴 Norway)
Cybret Ai Remote (🇳🇴 Norway)
The Head of Design will define and execute the design vision for CYBRET AI across product, brand, and user experience. This includes owning end-to-end platform design, building scalable design systems, and evolving the company's visual identity.
Product designer
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Tentens Tech 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Design complex internal admin systems and dashboards from scratch to optimize business processes and data management for millions of users. Create and maintain a UI Kit/Design System while collaborating with top management and analysts to transform business goals into interface solutions.
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.