Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Fanatics 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the design of user-facing experiences across the Fanatics ecosystem, focusing on identity, authentication, and loyalty. Create reusable UX patterns and advocate for consistency and quality in user experiences.
AI4ALL Department - Senior UI/UX Designer
🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Valeo 🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Lead end-to-end UX/UI design for complex AI-driven products, from discovery to launch. Collaborate closely with product owners, developers, and stakeholders to ensure alignment and smooth delivery.
Product Designer Sr - PDS0201-0001
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Rules Cube 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Lead and contribute to key design decisions for high-impact digital products. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and ensure user-centered design principles are applied throughout the product lifecycle.
Product Designer, Reality Labs
🇺🇸 Burlingame, California, United States
Meta 🇺🇸 Burlingame, California, United States
The product designer will lead and deliver design projects, transforming broad ideas into valuable user experiences. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to oversee the user experience from conception to launch.
Lead UX Designer, VCS Purchase and Spend Management, Spain Remote
🌍 Remote
Cimpress/vista 🌍 Remote
The Lead UX Designer will focus on creating seamless experiences for both admins and customers in managing budgets and purchasing promotional items. They will partner with product teams to ensure best-in-class user experiences and drive UX consistency across the platform.
Lead Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Trinetix 🌍 Remote
Lead client-facing design activities and ensure alignment with system logic and workflows. Own design delivery from discovery to development handoff while supporting product design processes.
Lead Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Trinetix 🌍 Remote
Lead client-facing design activities and ensure alignment with system logic and workflows. Own design delivery from discovery to development handoff while supporting product design processes.
Lead Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Trinetix 🌍 Remote
Lead client-facing design activities and ensure alignment with system logic and workflows. Own design delivery from discovery to development handoff.
Lead Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Trinetix 🌍 Remote
Lead client-facing design activities and ensure alignment with system logic and workflows. Own design delivery from discovery to development handoff.
Senior Product Designer - UX
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arcadis 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead end-to-end design for enterprise applications, delivering user experiences that simplify complex systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align design with business objectives and user needs.
Senior Product Designer - UX
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arcadis 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead end-to-end design for enterprise applications, delivering user experiences that simplify complex systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align design with business objectives and user needs.
Senior Product Designer & Researcher
🌍 Remote
Netlify 🌍 Remote
Lead projects from research to fully realized features while collaborating with cross-functional teams. Manage participant recruiting and communicate findings to product teams to enhance user experience.
Senior UX Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Walmart Il 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Lead UX research and design initiatives for Walmart Israel's digital products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product goals and create impactful user experiences.
Product Designer (UX)
🌍 Remote
Moniepoint 🌍 Remote
As a Product Designer, you will lead the design process from research to final UI execution, collaborating with product managers and engineers. Your designs will enhance user engagement and drive business growth.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Believe 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design process for complex data management products and establish a design system strategy. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop tools that support various publishing services.
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.