Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer II
🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
Lead the end-to-end creation of user-centered designs by incorporating user research insights and delivering high-quality design artifacts. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on UX goals and ensure design consistency across products.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
Jerry.ai 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
As a Staff Product Designer, you will lead design initiatives for key products and shape the user experience for millions. Your work will involve creating elegant, frictionless experiences and evolving Jerry's design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Natick, Massachusetts, United States
Cogeco Ontario 🇺🇸 Natick, Massachusetts, United States
Lead multiple projects through all aspects of the design cycle, including requirements gathering, brainstorming, and prototyping. Collaborate with engineers and product marketers to ensure cohesive product experiences and maintain internal documentation for designs.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States
Td Synnex 🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States
The UX Designer II is responsible for designing wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity mockups, while also leading user research activities to validate designs. They collaborate with developers and stakeholders to ensure designs align with business strategies.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States
Td Synnex 🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States
The UX Designer II is responsible for designing wireframes, user flows, and high-fidelity mockups, as well as leading user research activities to validate designs. They collaborate with developers and stakeholders to ensure designs align with business strategies.
Staff UI/UX Designer
🇳🇱 Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands
Cvs Health 🇳🇱 Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands
The Staff UI/UX Designer will lead multiple design work streams to solve complex business challenges while advocating for users. They will collaborate with various stakeholders to deliver digital solutions that meet user needs and business goals.
Lead UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Hmh 🇺🇸 United States
The Lead UX Designer will create and drive exceptional experiences for the NWEA assessment space, focusing on user-centered design. They will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to improve the overall user experience and eliminate pain points.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Preply 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will own design at a squad level, co-creating product strategy and leading design from understanding user needs to high-quality execution. They will partner closely with Engineering to deliver polished, scalable solutions while contributing to shared patterns and maintaining coherence across Preply.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Canada
Happyco 🇨🇦 Canada
As a Senior Product Designer, you will own and deliver high-impact web experiences, working end-to-end from problem framing to delivery. You will collaborate closely with a Product Manager and Engineering Lead to define the team's roadmap and ensure alignment with company goals.
Senior Product Designer - UX
🇨🇦 Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Arcadis 🇨🇦 Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Lead end-to-end design for enterprise applications, delivering user experiences that simplify complex systems. Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to define requirements and ensure alignment with user needs.
Web UX Designer 3
🌍 Remote
Twilio 🌍 Remote
The UX Designer will serve as the point of contact with stakeholders, gathering requirements and leading production projects to completion. Responsibilities include designing AEM components, optimizing the authoring experience, and creating test variants for conversion rate optimization initiatives.
Senior UX Designer, Web & E-Commerce
🇺🇸 San Bruno, California, United States
Mill 🇺🇸 San Bruno, California, United States
Own the UX vision and execution for Mill’s website and e-commerce experiences, leading design across key customer journeys. Partner with various teams to translate complex business needs into intuitive user-centered solutions.
Product Designer, Core Rider
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lyft 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the design of rider experiences across key Offerings initiatives, from concept through delivery. Develop empathy for user needs through research and data analysis while partnering with cross-functional teams.
Product Designer, Core Rider
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lyft 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the design of rider experiences within the Lyft app, focusing on rider conversion, retention, and service excellence. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify friction points and design intuitive solutions that enhance the rider experience.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Vendasta 🇮🇳 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
The Senior Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process, collaborating with product managers and engineers to create AI-enhanced user experiences. They will also mentor junior designers and contribute to evolving design processes and systems.
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.