Design Leadership Jobs

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Senior UX Researcher

🇺🇸 Tustin, California, United States of America

Lead end-to-end research to shape product strategy and inform design decisions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate user insights into product development and enhance research operations.

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Senior Product Designer (Growth & Conversion)

🇳🇱 Netherlands

Design and optimize user experiences across web and mobile digital products, focusing on improving key business and engagement metrics. Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to transform insights into impactful design solutions.

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Senior Product Designer (Growth & Conversion)

🇫🇷 France

Design and optimize user experiences across web and mobile digital products, focusing on improving key business and engagement metrics. Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to transform insights into impactful design solutions.

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Senior UX Designer

🇦🇺 Australia

Lead the design of customer journeys across native mobile apps and online service portals for a large organization. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate strategy into scalable, user-centered UX solutions using established design systems.

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Senior UX Designer

🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Lead UX activities for Japan initiatives, including discovery, problem framing, research, UI design, usability testing, and implementation support. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to create implementation-ready product experiences.

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3D Senior Graphic Designer

🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines

The designer will create Point-of-Sale Materials and 3D structural visuals, ensuring designs are production-ready and aligned with brand guidelines. Collaboration with the creative team and project managers is essential to manage timelines and revisions.

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Senior Product Designer

🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom

The Senior Product Designer will own end-to-end product design across core workflows, from discovery to launch. They will create intuitive workflows and experiences while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America

Lead end-to-end product design across key initiatives, from concept to launch. Translate complex product problems into simple, intuitive user experiences.

$110,000 - $140,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX UI Designer

🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States of America

The Senior UX UI Designer is responsible for creating visually striking and user-friendly interfaces while collaborating with a team to transform complex concepts into simple experiences. This role includes defining design criteria, conducting research, and developing production-ready front-end code.

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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Design and produce creative assets across digital, retail, and marketing channels to maintain a consistent brand identity. Partner with cross-functional teams to execute seasonal campaigns, product launches, and brand initiatives.

$76,000 - $120,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (Growth & Conversion)

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Design and optimize user experiences across web and mobile digital products, focusing on improving key business and engagement metrics. Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to transform insights into impactful design solutions.

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Senior Product Designer (Growth & Conversion)

🇮🇪 Ireland

Design and optimize user experiences across web and mobile digital products, focusing on improving key business and engagement metrics. Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to transform insights into impactful design solutions.

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Mid-Senior Graphic Designer

🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Mid-Senior Graphic Designer will produce high-quality, on-brand design work across various print and digital touchpoints. This includes developing concepts through to final art for signage, branding, corporate communications, and integrated campaigns.

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Senior Product Designer (Growth & Conversion)

🇨🇭 Switzerland

Design and optimize user experiences across digital products, focusing on improving business and engagement metrics. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to transform insights into impactful design solutions.

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Senior UI/UX Designer

🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India

The Senior UI/UX Designer will contribute to defining the user experience of Cyara’s products by conducting research, creating wireframes, and validating design solutions through user testing. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet business goals and user needs.

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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.