Design Leadership Jobs
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UX Researcher
🇧🇷 Brazil
Flutter Brazil 🇧🇷 Brazil
Lead end-to-end research initiatives for Casino and Generosity verticals to identify customer needs and pain points. Translate complex qualitative and quantitative findings into actionable product recommendations to drive business value.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Kalpataru 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the design team and develop creative concepts for various projects. They are responsible for producing high-quality visual materials while staying updated on design trends and AI technology.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States
Citi 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States
The Lead UX Designer will lead the design of digital products by collaborating with product, engineering, and research teams throughout the entire UX lifecycle. Responsibilities include creating high-fidelity designs, ensuring accessibility compliance, and mentoring junior team members.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Jeanne D Arc Credit Union 🇺🇸 Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer leads the development of high-quality visual communications across print and digital platforms to strengthen the brand. They collaborate with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure brand consistency and support strategic marketing initiatives.
St. Charles Prep: Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States
Catholic Diocese Of Columbus 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States
The Graphic Designer will lead the creation of engaging visual and digital content across print, video, social media, and web platforms to support school initiatives. They will also collaborate with school stakeholders and mentor a student creative team to strengthen the school's brand presence.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Hdr 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Design Manager leads and coordinates design delivery across multi-discipline project teams to ensure client requirements are translated into robust delivery plans. They manage the design programme, interfaces, and change control to ensure outputs are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Hdr 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate design delivery across multi-discipline project teams to ensure client requirements are translated into robust delivery plans. Manage the design programme, interfaces, and change control to ensure outputs are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Hdr 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate design delivery across multi-discipline project teams to ensure client requirements are translated into robust delivery plans. Manage the design programme, interfaces, and change control to deliver outputs safely, on time, and within budget.
Senior Product Designer
🇵🇹 Portugal
Olx 🇵🇹 Portugal
Lead design strategy across product squads and establish high craft standards using AI-native workflows. Mentor junior and mid-level designers while partnering with Product and Engineering to align experience strategy with business outcomes.
Senior Product Designer
🇲🇾 Malaysia
Manpower Malaysia 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Lead product design outcomes by creating end-to-end user journeys, wireframes, and prototypes for mobile and web platforms. Collaborate with engineering teams to develop and maintain design system component SDKs and ensure seamless design-to-code workflows.
Graphic Designer - Volunteer
🌍 Remote
Fiete Netwark 🌍 Remote
The role involves refining the organization's visual identity and creating high-quality digital and print assets for community engagement. The designer will also provide creative leadership and produce illustrative storytelling to support advocacy work.
Sr. Manager Silicon Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Lead and manage a high-performance engineering team responsible for hardware and firmware co-verification of embedded microprocessor subsystems and hardware accelerators. Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to drive project success, manage career development, and ensure verification metrics are met.
Design Manager
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Fletcher Piccolo Associates (fpa) 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Manage the full design process from pre-bid and tender stages through to detailed design and construction delivery. Lead multidisciplinary teams and coordinate consultants to ensure designs are technically sound and commercially viable.
Design Manager / Senior Interior Designer (35,000 AED) (Dubai based) - Must have Jumeirah Hotel (Spa / Restaurant) experience
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Rig (recruitment International Group) 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Lead the interior design development of luxury hospitality projects, including hotels, spas, and restaurants, from concept through to site delivery. Coordinate with various consultants and contractors to ensure design quality and technical compliance.
Design Engineering Manager
🇮🇪 County Clare, Munster, Ireland
Careerwise Recruitment 🇮🇪 County Clare, Munster, Ireland
Lead and manage the Design Engineering team through the entire new product introduction (NPI) process for electronic sensor products. Drive continuous improvement projects, factory yield enhancements, and cost management while ensuring alignment with customer and business objectives.
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.