Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer, Principal Associate Level
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will combine your craft expertise with an understanding of customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions. You will leverage your design skills to create artifacts such as journey maps, blueprints, high-fidelity designs, and prototypes.
Principal Associate, Product Designer
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will combine your craft expertise with an understanding of customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions to complex problems. You will leverage your design expertise and collaborate with cross-functional partners to create high-quality design artifacts.
Principal Product Designer - Loyalty
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Expedia Group 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will tackle complex product challenges and shape the experience strategy and roadmap for loyalty experiences. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create user interactions that enhance traveler engagement and satisfaction.
Product Designer, Principal Associate Level
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will combine your craft expertise with an understanding of customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions. You will leverage your design skills to elevate the quality of the design practice and collaborate with cross-functional partners.
Principal Product Designer, Business Intelligence for QuickBooks and Mid-Market
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Intuit 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Define and drive the design vision for Business Intelligence initiatives while guiding strategic direction across partner teams. Lead design for complex efforts from concept to launch, utilizing AI tools and innovative solutions.
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Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Stash 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will lead the design process from research to launch, ensuring a human-centered approach throughout. They will also mentor other designers and influence product direction through strong storytelling and strategic thinking.
Principal Associate, Product Designer
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States of America
The Product Designer will co-create innovative solutions to complex problems by combining craft expertise with customer and business insights. Responsibilities include creating high-fidelity designs, prototypes, and journey maps while collaborating with cross-functional partners to elevate the design practice.
Product Designer, Principal Associate Level
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Product Designer will co-create innovative solutions to complex problems by combining craft expertise with customer and business insights. Responsibilities include creating high-fidelity designs, prototypes, and journey maps while collaborating with cross-functional partners.
Principal Design Manager
🇦🇺 South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Stantec 🇦🇺 South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
The Principal Design Manager will plan, program, and coordinate studies, investigations, design, and construction management projects to deliver outputs on budget and on time. They will also develop strong client relationships and lead technical teams to ensure integrated technical solutions.
Principal Product Designer, Partner Experience
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Motive Software 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design vision for Partner Hub, Performance Intelligence, and analytics and reporting surfaces. Shape how HR executives and administrators make sense of complex organizational data to drive insight and action.
Principal Data Center Design Manager
🇺🇸 United States of America
Oracle 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Principal Design Manager is responsible for leading the design lifecycle of Oracle Cloud data center projects, ensuring designs are delivered safely and reliably. This includes collaborating with engineering teams, resolving technical challenges, and representing the design organization in cross-functional forums.
Principal Product Designer, Partner Experience
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Betterup 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design vision for Partner Hub, Performance Intelligence, and analytics and reporting surfaces. Shape how HR executives and administrators make sense of complex organizational data, translating behavioral and performance signals into experiences that drive insight, trust, and action.
Principal Product Designer, Partner Experience
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Betterup 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design vision for Partner Hub, Performance Intelligence, and analytics and reporting surfaces. Shape how HR executives and administrators make sense of complex organizational data to drive insight, trust, and action.
Principal Product Designer, Partner Experience
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Betterup 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design vision for Partner Hub, Performance Intelligence, and analytics and reporting surfaces. Shape how HR executives and administrators make sense of complex organizational data, translating behavioral and performance signals into experiences that drive insight, trust, and action.
Principal Product Designer, Partner Experience
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Betterup 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design vision for Partner Hub, Performance Intelligence, and analytics and reporting surfaces. Shape how HR executives and administrators make sense of complex organizational data, translating behavioral and performance signals into experiences that drive insight, trust, and action.
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.