Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal Member of Technical Staff RF Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Globalfoundries 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
The role involves designing and developing RF front-end solutions, including switches, antenna tuners, and low noise amplifiers using RFSOI technologies. The candidate will also perform pre-silicon verification, characterization, and engage with customers to translate technical requirements into effective reference designs.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Serko 🇺🇸 California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end traveller experience and product design strategy, taking the product from discovery through delivery across web and mobile. Build and govern design systems, shape AI-powered workflows, partner with product, engineering, and data teams, and raise the team's design quality through critique and mentorship.
Senior Principal UX Designer (6 month FTC)
🇸🇪 Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden
King 🇸🇪 Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden
Lead research into existing CI workflows to identify pain points and unmet needs for developer teams. Design, prototype, and evaluate efficient CI workflows while facilitating workshops to align cross-functional teams.
Principal Member of Technical Staff RF Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Santa Clara, Franklin County, New York, United States of America
Globalfoundries 🇺🇸 Santa Clara, Franklin County, New York, United States of America
Design and validate RF front-end circuits—including switches, antenna tuners, low-noise amplifiers, and associated control circuitry—for cellular and Wi-Fi applications using GlobalFoundries RFSOI technology. Develop design documentation and characterization plans, engage with customers to create reference designs, and promote the technology through presentations and technical content.
Principal Member of Technical Staff RF Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Globalfoundries 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Design and enable RF front-end circuits—including switches, antenna tuners, low-noise amplifiers, and associated control circuitry—for cellular and Wi-Fi applications using GlobalFoundries RFSOI technology. Verify and characterize designs, document design decisions, engage with customers to develop reference designs, and promote the technology through presentations and technical content.
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Principal Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Servicenow 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead large, cross-product strategic initiatives to transform global work processes through beautiful and productive design. Provide strategic vision and leadership while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to drive product success.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Inspyr Solutions 🇺🇸 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will lead the translation of validated opportunities into compelling product experiences through rapid prototyping and interaction design. They are responsible for evolving experience foundations and coaching design teams to improve overall product development practices.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Volkerwessels Uk 🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will serve as the principal point of contact for design aspects of tenders and current projects within the Aviation business. They are responsible for leading and providing a professional, comprehensive, and sustainable design service throughout the bid and delivery stages.
Principal UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States of America
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States of America
The Principal UX Researcher will develop and scale human-centered evaluation approaches to ensure AI models meet user needs and quality standards. They will partner with applied scientists and product teams to translate user behaviors into measurable constructs and actionable research inputs.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 West Midlands, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
Volkerwessels Uk 🇬🇧 West Midlands, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will serve as the principal point of contact for managing design aspects of tenders and active projects. They are responsible for leading the design service throughout both the bid and delivery stages to ensure professional and sustainable outcomes.
Principal UX Designer (m/f/x) – AI Design
🇩🇪 Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Appliedai 🇩🇪 Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
You will own the user experience strategy for complex AI engagements, guiding projects from discovery through to implementation-ready designs. Additionally, you will establish DesignOps and governance standards to ensure high-quality, accessible, and trustworthy AI interfaces across the organization.
Principal UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
The Principal UX Researcher will develop and scale human-centered AI model evaluation approaches to ensure systems meet user needs in realistic workflows. They will partner with applied scientists and product teams to translate user behaviors into rigorous evaluation criteria and actionable product inputs.
Principal Product Designer, AI Experiences
🇺🇸 Itasca, Addison Township, IL 60143, United States of America
Ifs 🇺🇸 Itasca, Addison Township, IL 60143, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end design process for AI-driven features, working within a cross-functional squad to frame problems and deliver production-ready solutions. Additionally, you will conduct user research and leverage quantitative and qualitative data to iterate on designs and improve user outcomes.
Principal Product Designer, AI Experiences
🇺🇸 Itasca, Addison Township, IL 60143, United States of America
Ifs 🇺🇸 Itasca, Addison Township, IL 60143, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end design process for AI-driven features, working within a cross-functional squad to solve complex problems for maintenance and field service industries. This involves conducting user research, creating production-ready designs in Figma, and iterating based on quantitative and qualitative performance data.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States
Fivetran 🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States
Lead the end-to-end design strategy and execution for complex data interfaces and cloud-hosted offerings. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to align design with business goals while mentoring other designers to raise the bar for UX quality.
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.