Design Leadership Jobs
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Head of Design
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Froda 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
The Head of Design will own Froda's full visual expression, ensuring consistency across brand and product touchpoints. They will lead design strategy, manage the design system, and coach designers to drive business growth and high-quality user experiences.
Lead Visual Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Aspora 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Lead Visual Designer will shape the brand identity across all touchpoints, including OOH, social media, and in-app placements. They will collaborate with Product, Growth, and Content teams to ensure visual coherence and evolve the design system.
UI/UX Designer
🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary
Simplepay Zrt. 🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary
The UI/UX Designer will be responsible for end-to-end design of payment interfaces and merchant admin systems. This includes creating wireframes, prototypes, and maintaining a design system while collaborating closely with product managers and developers.
Product Designer with Design System
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Hcltech 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The Senior Product Designer will be responsible for advancing technological innovation and creativity through design. They will work within product teams and technology to enhance user experience.
Product Designer
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Universe 🇺🇦 Ukraine
The Product Designer will own the design process for web funnels and mobile apps, focusing on growth, retention, and monetization metrics. They will implement AI-first workflows and manage the design system while collaborating closely with product and engineering teams.
Founding Product Designer / Legal / Hybrid in NYC
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Motion Recruitment 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end product design process and design intuitive user experiences for complex legal and AI-driven workflows. Collaborate directly with engineers and leadership to influence product strategy and establish foundational design systems.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America
Bread Financial 🇺🇸 New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America
Lead the design of customer-facing digital product experiences by creating high-fidelity prototypes and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Drive product excellence by implementing design systems and ensuring usability and accessibility across financial services products.
Product Designer (New Bank Project)
Develop new features and improve existing ones for PayPay Bank's consumer and corporate apps, focusing on end-to-end UX/UI design. Responsibilities include creating design concepts, conducting user research, and maintaining the design system.
Senior Product Designer (New Bank Project)
Lead the end-to-end UX/UI design for PayPay Bank's consumer and corporate applications across various platforms. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to develop new features and maintain the design system while mentoring junior designers.
UX / UI Designer
🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
Aunica Interactive Marketing 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
The UX/UI Designer will plan and execute user research, conduct product discovery, and map user journeys to ensure a smooth experience. They will also develop prototypes, validate designs with real users, and maintain a design system for consistency.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Blinkops 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Design and deliver high-quality UI/UX for core product areas from concept to execution. Own and evolve the design system while collaborating with engineers and product managers to ensure a polished user experience.
Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
M3 Communications 🇸🇬 Singapore
Design end-to-end digital product experiences for web and mobile, including user flows and high-fidelity UI. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement user-friendly designs and maintain design systems.
Staff Product Designer - San Francisco
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Plaud 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Define the global product experience standard and visual language while building and maintaining the cross-platform Design System. Lead information architecture and core interaction frameworks, ensuring high-quality design specifications.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Steame Llc 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Product Designer owns end-to-end user experiences, from conducting user research and prototyping to implementing high-quality design materials. They collaborate with product managers and engineers to maintain a consistent design system across four products.
Senior Antenna Design Systems Engineer – Satellite Communications
🇺🇸 Milpitas, California, United States of America
Globalstar 🇺🇸 Milpitas, California, United States of America
The Senior Antenna Design Systems Engineer will lead the development and qualification of multi-band antenna systems for satellite communication. This includes reviewing vendor designs, developing verification plans, and coordinating testing activities.
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.