Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
Notable 🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
Own product design across multiple workstreams to create AI-powered healthcare workflows for internal builders, operators, and patients. Partner with product and engineering teams to iterate on designs, evolve shared design systems, and communicate technical tradeoffs.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 McKinney, Texas, United States of America
Srs Distribution Inc. 🇺🇸 McKinney, Texas, United States of America
The Product Designer will create intuitive user experiences for B2B eCommerce web and native mobile platforms. This includes conducting user research, developing high-fidelity mockups, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement a scalable design system.
UI/UX DESIGNER
🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
Harmonytech 🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America
The designer will create intuitive, user-centered interfaces and design specifications for mission-critical federal government web applications. Responsibilities include conducting user research, developing design systems, and collaborating with stakeholders to translate requirements into effective experiences.
Manager (IC), Product Design - Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own the end-to-end lifecycle of component architecture from Figma tokenization to production-ready code. Establish system logic and guardrails for AI-native environments to ensure cohesive customer journeys.
Product Design Manager (f/m/d)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Bunch 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lead and mentor a team of product designers while defining the overall design vision and strategy for the platform. Oversee the development of scalable design systems and collaborate cross-functionally to align design solutions with business objectives.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Rec Technologies 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own end-to-end design across staff-side admin tools and consumer-facing experiences. Lead the design of AI-powered product features and build Rec's design system.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Upkeep 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the user experience vision and design processes for an AI-first Asset Operations Management platform across web and mobile. Partner with Product and Engineering to translate customer needs into intuitive workflows and maintain a robust design system.
Digital Product Designer
🇺🇸 Carson, California, United States of America
Dmf Lighting 🇺🇸 Carson, California, United States of America
The Digital Product Designer will take ownership of UX and UI across multiple digital properties, building a design system and component library while establishing an A/B testing program. They will also work on new digital projects and continuously improve digital properties as the business scales.
Lead UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Carson, California, United States of America
Dmf Lighting 🇺🇸 Carson, California, United States of America
You will take ownership of UX and UI across multiple digital properties and build a design system that serves various channels. The role involves continuous improvement of digital properties and defining best-in-class digital experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lemfi 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Own end-to-end design for core product flows and set the visual bar across the LemFi app. Build and evolve the design system while partnering closely with product managers and engineers.
Staff Product Designer, Supply (Remote)
Remote (🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Ezcater, Inc Remote (🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex product areas within the Restaurant Partner Experience organization. Partner with Product and Engineering to shape roadmaps, define success metrics, and maintain high craft standards through the design system.
Product Designer
🇳🇱 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Virtual Vaults 🇳🇱 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
You will manage features from start to finish, conducting user research and collaborating closely with product and engineering teams. Your role will also involve contributing to the design system and exploring AI integration in the product.
Senior UI Designer - Design System
🇪🇸 Spain
Super 🇪🇸 Spain
The Senior UI Designer will own and evolve the asset library across the design system, ensuring visual consistency and collaboration between brand and product design teams. They will also contribute to the design and maintenance of UI components and patterns while leveraging AI tools for asset creation.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lemfi 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Own the end-to-end design and visual polish of core product flows, focusing on typography, layout, and motion. Build and evolve a scalable design system while partnering with product managers and engineers to ship pixel-accurate UI.
Senior Product Designer (Boosters R&D)
Remote (🇺🇦 Ukraine)
Genesis Remote (🇺🇦 Ukraine)
The role involves leading the entire design direction for a new product, from ideation and user research to implementation and collaboration with developers. Key tasks include designing UX/UI for new features, building a design system, and conducting usability tests to iterate based on feedback.
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.