Design Leadership Jobs
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Principal UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Athenahealth 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Principal UX Researcher will lead discovery research and experience measurement initiatives to inform product strategy for clinician-facing mobile applications. They will partner with cross-functional teams to translate research insights into actionable product outcomes and facilitate workshops to align stakeholders.
Head Of Design
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Quizlet 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role begins as a hands-on principal designer focused on shipping AI-powered learning experiences and setting visual direction. Subsequently, the role transitions into leading the design organization, managing designers, and overseeing design quality across the company.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Via 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will own end-to-end UX/UI design for complex AI-native platforms and secure data-sharing environments. They will collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate sophisticated technical architectures into intuitive, human-centered experiences.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
Via 🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will own end-to-end UX/UI design for complex AI-native platforms and secure data environments. They will collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate sophisticated technical architectures into intuitive, human-centered experiences.
Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
Relias 🇺🇸 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
The Principal UX Designer will optimize and scale product operations by standardizing UX processes and driving cross-functional alignment across product and engineering teams. This role also involves managing design systems, implementing strategic initiatives, and utilizing data-driven methodologies to improve user experience outcomes.
Principal Product Designer – UI Platform
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Okta 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
You will serve as a foundational design lead for Okta's global user experience infrastructure, shaping design patterns, architecture, and accessibility standards. You will partner with cross-functional leads to drive platform-level initiatives and mentor designers to promote craft excellence.
Principal UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Athenahealth 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Principal UX Researcher will lead discovery research and experience measurement initiatives to inform product strategy for clinician-facing mobile applications. This role involves conducting onsite customer shadowing, synthesizing research into actionable insights, and partnering with cross-functional teams to drive evidence-based design decisions.
Principal Design Manager (Data Centres) - London, Bicester or Newcastle upon Tyne
🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom
Red Engineering Design 🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom
The Principal Design Manager will lead project teams and manage client relationships to ensure high-quality, profitable delivery of complex engineering projects. They are responsible for overseeing design procedures, sub-consultant contracts, and ensuring compliance with technical and safety standards throughout the project lifecycle.
Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
Bertelsmann 🇺🇸 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
The Principal UX Designer will own and standardize UX processes, templates, and operating models to enable efficient execution at scale. They will also lead process innovation and drive cross-functional alignment across UX, Product, and Engineering teams.
Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
Bertelsmann-jobs 🇺🇸 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States
The Principal UX Designer will own and standardize UX processes, templates, and operating models to enable efficient execution at scale across the product portfolio. They will also drive cross-functional alignment and lead the adoption of product tools and design systems to ensure operational excellence.
Principal Product Designer, Mid-Market Design Studio
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Intuit 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will act as a connective force across vision setting, AI incubation, and product quality to drive momentum in ambiguous projects. They will facilitate collaboration between design, product, and engineering teams while mentoring designers and maintaining high craft standards.
Principal Product Designer, Mid-Market Design Studio
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Intuit 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Principal Product Designer will act as a connective force across vision setting, AI incubation, and product quality to drive ambiguous projects from concept to execution. They will facilitate cross-functional collaboration between design, product, and engineering teams to maintain high craft standards and momentum.
Principal Product Designer, Mid-Market Design Studio
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Intuit 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role involves acting as a connective force across vision setting, AI incubation, and product quality to drive momentum in an AI-native design studio. You will facilitate cross-functional collaboration and mentor designers while independently taking ambiguous problems to concrete product solutions.
Principal Engineer – Mechanical Design Engineering
🇮🇳 Bangalore South, India
Nopo Nanotechnologies India Private Limited 🇮🇳 Bangalore South, India
The Principal Engineer leads the mechanical design, development, and optimization of Tubular Reactors and Plug Flow Reactor systems across the equipment lifecycle. This role provides technical leadership, performs stress analysis, and ensures compliance with international engineering standards for high-pressure and high-temperature environments.
Principal Product Designer, AI Experiences
🇺🇸 Itasca, Addison Township, IL 60143, United States of America
Ifs 🇺🇸 Itasca, Addison Township, IL 60143, United States of America
Lead the design of AI-driven enterprise software solutions to enhance customer productivity and experience. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to innovate and deliver cutting-edge products that solve complex societal challenges.
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.