Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal UX Designer, Design Systems
🌍 Remote
Sophos 🌍 Remote
The Principal UX Designer will drive end-to-end experience design across critical product areas and manage the design system. They will collaborate with product managers, developers, and researchers to create intuitive and scalable solutions.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Redmond, Washington, United States
Deliver world-class design solutions from initial concept through finished product while collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers. Advocate for design solutions by aligning them with business and user goals.
Principal Product Designer, Content
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Define and design innovative product features leveraging generative AI to enhance media experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape product roadmaps and establish design principles.
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.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Ohio, United States
Independence Pet Group 🇺🇸 Ohio, United States
The Principal Product Designer will own product UX and UI end-to-end across the AI-powered claims automation platform. This role involves crafting design processes, mentoring designers, and establishing user research practices.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Drive product experience strategy and interaction design for a v1 product while collaborating across teams. Lead design initiatives that influence product direction and ensure design coherence.
Principal Product Designer
🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Workhuman 🇮🇪 Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
As a Principal Product Designer, you will shape employee experiences related to recognition, belonging, and engagement by aligning business goals with customer insights. You will guide design efforts across multiple initiatives and mentor other designers to elevate the quality of strategic thinking in Product Design.
Artificial Intelligence - Principal UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Converge Technology Solutions 🌍 Remote
The Principal Designer will design and develop high-quality AI-driven solutions while collaborating with stakeholders to define project requirements and timelines. This role ensures the successful delivery of innovative AI solutions.
Principal Product Designer, Content
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Define and design innovative product features that leverage generative AI to transform user engagement with content. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape product roadmaps and establish design principles.
Principal UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Marcura 🌍 Remote
The Principal UX Designer will own design quality across Martrust and set a high bar for design across customer-facing and internal experiences. They will work closely with product and engineering teams to shape strategy and ensure research is integrated into the design process.
Senior/Principal AI Product Designer Senior/Principal AI Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Bae 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Design intuitive AI-powered experiences and lead end-to-end design processes. Guide teams in creating user-centred design artifacts and represent the company in client engagements.
Principal Product UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Halcyon 🌍 Remote
Lead and evolve the end-to-end user experience of the Halcyon platform, ensuring high-quality and usable designs. Collaborate with various teams to translate complex security data into intuitive and actionable user experiences.
Principal Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States
Zscaler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States
Drive the evolution of the design ecosystem, ensuring consistency and scalability across all products. Refine core components and patterns to elevate the design system and empower teams.
Principal UX Designer, Amazon.com, North American Stores Design
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
The Principal UX Designer will lead design on complex customer problems and strategic initiatives across the North American Stores portfolio. They will work closely with product teams and mentor less experienced designers.
Senior Principal AI Product Designer Senior Principal AI Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Bae 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Design intuitive AI-powered experiences and lead end-to-end design processes. Guide teams in creating user-centred design artefacts and represent the company in senior client engagements.
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.