Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
Quarks 🇺🇦 Kyiv, Ukraine
The Junior Product Designer will be responsible for creating design solutions to improve key metrics and conducting hypothesis testing. They will also generate ideas for user acquisition funnels and support the design system.
Senior Product Designer - Enterprise
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
First Street 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead product design for climate risk products, conducting user research and usability testing. You will also develop and maintain design systems and collaborate with product managers and engineers on product requirements.
UI/UX designer
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
Rasulson Consulting 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
As a UI/UX Designer, you will design and refine user interfaces and experiences for digital banking services. This includes collaborating with various stakeholders in an agile environment to ensure consistency and alignment with the organization’s design system.
UI Designer at Basket
🌍 Remote
Jack & Jill/external Ats 🌍 Remote
The UI Designer will design polished, high-quality UIs for a Gen Z audience and own the end-to-end design process. They will also define and evolve Basket's design system and visual language.
Senior Product Designer - MetaMask
🌍 Remote
Consensys 🌍 Remote
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead the design of complex features and products from concept to launch while collaborating with product managers to define product strategy and requirements. You will also conduct user research, create prototypes, and contribute to the design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Creativex 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will architect the design system and ensure a cohesive product experience as the platform evolves. They will also embed with marketers to understand their workflows and create scalable design frameworks.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
The Principal Product Designer will engage with customers to identify challenges and design AI-powered solutions. They will also create visually compelling interfaces and evolve design systems for scalability.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Aidn 🌍 Remote
As a Senior Product Designer, you will own design challenges from discovery to delivery, ensuring design decisions are based on user insights and business goals. You will work on designing complex flows and creating user-centered, accessible designs aligned with Aidn’s design system.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Aidn 🌍 Remote
As a Senior Product Designer, you will own design challenges from discovery to delivery, ensuring design decisions are based on user insights and business goals. You will work on designing complex flows and creating user-centered, accessible designs aligned with Aidn’s design system.
Leading Product Designer (UX/UI)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Mama 🇩🇪 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Lead the design system and product UI in preparation for a major launch. Collaborate with the Head of Product to design core product interfaces and user flows.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Accellor 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
The Senior UI/UX Designer will be responsible for designing user interfaces for web and mobile products, creating wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups. They will also conduct user research and usability testing, collaborate with product managers and developers, and maintain design systems.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Darrow 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
The Senior Product Designer will lead complex product experiences from discovery to polished UI, transforming challenging problems into clear, intuitive workflows. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality delivery and contribute to the design system.
Staff Product Designer, Design Systems
🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Alphasense 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
The Staff Product Designer will lead the definition and design of the design system, ensuring alignment with business objectives and user requirements. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create high-quality user experiences at scale.
Senior UI Designer (UK)
🌍 Remote
Slingshot Aerospace 🌍 Remote
The Senior UI Designer is responsible for elevating the visual quality and consistency of digital product interfaces while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role includes designing high-quality UI mockups, contributing to the design system, and ensuring visual excellence across various products.
Senior UI/UX Designer (E-commerce) - A204
🌍 Remote
Pearl 🌍 Remote
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead design initiatives to enhance user experience and conversion performance for Shopify storefronts. This includes creating conversion-focused experiences and maintaining design systems across multiple client projects.
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.