Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal Product Designer, Partner Experience
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Betterup 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design vision for Partner Hub, Performance Intelligence, and analytics and reporting surfaces. Shape how HR executives and administrators make sense of complex organizational data, translating behavioral and performance signals into experiences that drive insight, trust, and action.
Principal Product Designer, Partner Experience
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Betterup 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design vision for Partner Hub, Performance Intelligence, and analytics and reporting surfaces. Shape how HR executives and administrators make sense of complex organizational data to drive insight and action.
Principal Design Manager
🇬🇧 Milton Keynes, City of Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Wates Group 🇬🇧 Milton Keynes, City of Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
The Principal Design Manager will lead the design management strategy from pre-construction through to completion, ensuring successful coordination and delivery of design across all stages. This role involves managing multidisciplinary design teams and driving quality, compliance, and value throughout the project lifecycle.
Principal Product Designer, Partner Experience
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Betterup 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design vision for the Partner Experience, including the Partner Hub, Performance Intelligence, and analytics surfaces. Lead 0 to 1 design work on complex B2B problems and shape the company-wide AI strategy for product experiences.
Principal Product Designer, Partnerships
🇫🇷 65400 Uz, France
Yahoo 🇫🇷 65400 Uz, France
Lead the strategic design vision and visual architecture for partner-facing portals and brand-integrated platforms. Orchestrate AI-augmented workflows to generate high-fidelity prototypes and mentor senior designers in AI-collaborative design.
Principal Product Designer, Partnerships
🇺🇸 United States of America
Yahoo 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will drive the strategic design vision for partner-facing portals and integrated platforms, ensuring high-quality visual standards. They will collaborate with stakeholders to translate business strategies into intuitive product experiences.
Principal UX Designer
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Oliver Bernard 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
As Principal UX Designer, you will lead the design of complex digital experiences and drive end-to-end UX activities. You will partner with senior stakeholders to shape UX strategy and mentor designers.
Principal Design Manager
🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Vantage Data Centers 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
The Principal Design Manager will lead the design life cycle, manage engineering teams, and oversee procurement processes. They will also cultivate client relationships and drive continuous improvement in design and construction processes.
Principal Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering (Verification, NAND, Memory, System Verilog) with 8 to 12 years of experience
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Sandisk 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the development and execution of comprehensive test plans and verification strategies for complex IP blocks and SoC designs. Collaborate across multiple disciplines to ensure design quality and silicon success.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Yahoo 🇺🇸 United States of America
As Principal Product Designer, you will own the Yahoo Home experience design and define the cross-platform design language. You will partner with various teams to enhance user engagement and participation on the platform.
Principal Engineer, Digital Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
Analog Devices 🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
As a Principal Digital Design Engineer, you will drive technical strategy and innovation for complex digital systems, including System on Chips (SoCs). You will define product and technology roadmaps, lead architecture for mission-critical projects, and serve as a technical authority within the organization.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Bezos Academy 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
As a Principal Product Designer, you will lead the design of end-to-end experiences for new products that support young children, their teachers, and families. You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and curriculum experts to bring new ideas to life.
Principal Engineer, VLSI Design Engineering (Verification, NAND, Memory, System Verilog) with 8 to 12 years of experience
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Sandisk 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead verification efforts for complex IP blocks and full-chip designs, driving functional verification closure and infrastructure development. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design quality and mentor junior engineers in verification best practices.
Senior/Principal Design Manager for Design & Build
🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Atkinsréalis 🇬🇧 Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Design Manager will lead a team of engineers in delivering technical design work on complex multi-disciplinary Design & Build projects. They will also manage project design deliverables and contribute to business operational activities.
Principal Engineer, Digital Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
Analog Devices 🇺🇸 Chandler, Arizona, United States of America
Drive technical strategy and innovation for complex digital systems and System on Chips (SoCs). Lead architecture development, mentor technical talent, and influence business direction through technical expertise.
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.