Design Leadership Jobs
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Graphic Designer (English speaker) - Tunis, Hybrid
🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Cimpress/vista 🇹🇳 Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
Lead live design consultations with customers to transform their ideas into impactful visual solutions using screen sharing and real-time feedback. Create high-quality custom designs while acting as a creative advisor to guide customers through design decisions and best practices.
Principal Design Manager
🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Aecom 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Lead and integrate large multidisciplinary design teams to ensure cohesive, high-quality technical outcomes across various sectors. Act as the primary client interface to define operational requirements, manage project strategy, and ensure compliance with technical and security standards.
Senior Product Designer, Transit Operations
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Via 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the design of the Transit Operations platform, focusing on booking and dispatching modules for public sector transit agencies. The role involves creating intuitive user journeys for special needs populations and contributing to the company's scalable design system.
UX Designer - AI
🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States
Netimpact Strategies Inc. 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States
The UX Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for the AI Forge platform, translating complex software lifecycle workflows into intuitive human-AI interfaces. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create user flows, prototypes, and design system components while validating designs through user research.
UX Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Public Service Division 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
You will lead the end-to-end design process for digital products and platforms, translating complex workflows into intuitive and accessible user experiences. This involves conducting user research, facilitating workshops, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions meet both user needs and operational constraints.
Senior UI/UX Designer (all genders)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Quantum Stack Jobs 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Responsible for the end-to-end design process of complex professional applications, from strategic vision and design language to final UI. This includes managing design systems, advising clients on digital product development, and leading small UX/UI teams.
Product Designer ($90k-$150k + Equity) at Aios Medical
🇩🇪 Germany
Jack & Jill 🇩🇪 Germany
Lead the end-to-end design of customer-facing mobile apps for GLP-1 treatments and optimize internal clinical tools. Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to balance user needs with regulatory and commercial constraints.
Senior Product Designer- Manage and Own / Home Buying
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Commonwealth Bank 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead end-to-end design for mission-critical initiatives while partnering with product and engineering teams to deliver measurable outcomes. Facilitate user research, design intuitive workflows, and evolve design systems to ensure scalable and accessible digital experiences.
Sr. Graphic Designer, Marketing & Communications
🇺🇸 Hawthorne, California, United States
Spacex 🇺🇸 Hawthorne, California, United States
Lead the creative development and execution of visual design projects to inspire and educate the public across print, digital, and experiential platforms. Partner with cross-functional teams to maintain brand aesthetics and manage projects from initial concept to final execution.
Security Design Manager
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Securitas Group 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Security Design Manager leads the design, specification, and implementation of physical security systems for critical infrastructure and datacenters across the APAC region. The role involves overseeing project delivery, collaborating with stakeholders, and driving continuous improvement through data-driven decision-making.
Innovation and Design Engineer, Worldwide Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States
Design high-quality, cost-effective fulfillment and distribution systems using automated material handling and robotics. Lead projects from concept realization through design approval and support the installation and commissioning phase.
Senior Product Designer, Amazon Autos
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Lead the design and strategic planning of new automotive research and shopping products for Amazon's global customer base. Create intuitive multi-modal user experiences while collaborating with cross-functional teams to balance customer needs and partner requirements.
Design Manager
🇸🇦 AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia
Atkinsréalis 🇸🇦 AlUla, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia
The Design Manager oversees Lead Design Consultants across RIBA Stages 1-4 to ensure projects align with client objectives and budgets. Key duties include managing design reviews, coordinating stakeholder approvals, and monitoring design progress and risk assessments.
Manager of Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Springfield, Missouri, United States
Realtruck, Inc. 🇺🇸 Springfield, Missouri, United States
Manage all product development activities for new and current products, including testing, validation, and continuous improvements. Lead and coach a team of design engineering professionals while coordinating cross-functional projects and managing the R&D budget.
Graphic Designer (French Services) (Telework/Hybrid)
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Cbc/radio-canada 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
The Graphic Designer is responsible for leading the creative direction for graphic and infographic concepts across various visual platforms and programming. They oversee the entire project life cycle, from planning and development to final implementation, while coordinating and reviewing the work of contributors.
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.