Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
Intellipro Group Inc. 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States
The Senior UI/UX Designer will pioneer new interaction models for human-robot communication and design end-to-end experiences across various platforms. They will lead user research, build design systems, and collaborate with engineering and research teams to create seamless experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Contentsquare 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
As a Senior AI Product Designer, you will lead the design of intuitive experiences that help users action insights and manage data. You will collaborate with engineers and product managers to ensure functionality and usability while elevating design quality.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Lead the design of complex end-to-end experiences across multiple teams and products. Partner with various stakeholders to define vision and deliver cohesive solutions.
Senior Product Designer
Lead end-to-end product design projects ensuring high-quality user experiences that align with business objectives. Conduct user research and collaborate with cross-functional teams to create design solutions.
Senior Product Designer - Maternity Leave Cover (9 Months)
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Justt 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
The Senior Product Designer will own end-to-end design processes across multiple product areas, leading design solutions for complex systems and workflows. They will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to ensure high-quality, feasible designs and elevate design standards across the organization.
Lead Product Designer
🇷🇴 Romania
Trinetix 🇷🇴 Romania
The role involves leading client-facing design activities, clarifying requirements, and aligning solutions, while owning design delivery from concept through development handoff. Responsibilities also include working closely with developers and analysts to ensure alignment with system logic and maintaining product design processes like user research and design system contributions.
Graphic Designer II - Nike Apparel
🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States
Fanatics 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States
The Graphic Designer II will create apparel graphics for licensed sports business and lead design efforts aligned with seasonal creative stories. They will also develop presentation decks and maintain an understanding of trends in sports apparel.
Graphic Designer- Onsite OKC, OK
🇺🇸 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Apmex 🇺🇸 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
The Graphic Designer will execute product and packaging concepts and prepare graphic layouts and production artwork. They will collaborate with teams to ensure design specifications are met and lead ideation sessions.
Senior Product Designer, Product & Experience Design, Studio+
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Ey 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead design workstreams of digital products and services, from concept development to delivery. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality design assets and support project delivery.
Product Designer, Brand and Creative
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Fanatics 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
The role involves defining and elevating the creative vision for Topps.com, shaping fan engagement across various digital platforms. The candidate will lead creative direction for product launches and marketing campaigns while ensuring brand consistency.
Staff Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Fanatics 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead key product initiatives within a cross-functional team to craft high-quality fan experiences. Collaborate with various teams to define user needs and deliver polished design work based on solid research.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Fanatics 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead key product initiatives within a cross-functional team to craft high-quality fan experiences. Collaborate with various teams to define user needs, create user flows, and deliver polished design work.
Senior UX Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Cancer Research Uk 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Senior UX Designer will lead user research and experience design across various initiatives, supporting junior team members and collaborating with stakeholders. They will also identify opportunities for UX to add value and drive the delivery of the UX strategy.
Founding Product Designer (Full Time)
🌍 Remote
Innercrowd 🌍 Remote
The Founding Product Designer will own the end-to-end product design process, leading discovery and turning ambiguous problems into clear solutions. They will also oversee visual quality and ensure consistency between product and marketing.
Senior UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bangalore South, Karnataka, India
Netbramha Studios 🇮🇳 Bangalore South, Karnataka, India
The Senior UX Designer will lead UX research and drive the end-to-end design process, creating user-centered designs that align with business goals. They will also mentor junior designers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective design solutions.
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.