Design Leadership Jobs
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Group Graphic Designer
🇸🇪 Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Nord-lock Group 🇸🇪 Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Create high-quality visual assets for digital and print channels to strengthen brand identity and support global B2B marketing campaigns. Lead design projects from concept to delivery while contributing to the evolution of the company's design system and UX/UI efforts.
UI DESIGNER H/F
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Paris, France
The UI Designer will create graphical interfaces and enrich Design Systems while collaborating with UX Designers, Product Owners, and Developers. They are responsible for ensuring responsive design and accessibility standards across web and mobile platforms using agile methods.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America
Youversion 🇺🇸 Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will focus on delivering design concepts and solutions to stakeholders while enhancing user experiences. They will collaborate with teams to understand problems, generate solutions, and ensure designs align with the brand's design system.
Product Design Manager, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lyft 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the strategy, vision, and execution of the Lyft Product Language (LPL) across product, marketing, and brand surfaces. Manage a team of designers and illustrators while integrating AI into system tooling and workflows.
Senior Product Designer - (Enterprise Design Systems & Fintech)
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Global Software Solutions Group 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The Senior Product Designer will define end-to-end digital experiences and design visual components at scale while collaborating with cross-functional Agile squads. They will also conduct user research and testing to optimize usability and ensure design consistency across platforms.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Virtusa 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The Senior Product Designer will focus on creating and implementing design systems at an enterprise scale. They will work closely with product teams and technology within an Agile framework.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Pendo 🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design across the platform, from problem framing to shipping, while partnering with product and engineering. Integrate AI-assisted workflows into the design process and evolve the company's design systems and principles.
Senior Product Designer (Design System) - India
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Disco 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
The Senior Product Designer will serve as the strategic architect of the design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across the product experience. They will also contribute to product feature design when necessary, applying systems thinking to complex challenges.
UX / UI Designer – Practical Tutoring & Private Lessons
Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Findtutors Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Deliver practical 1-to-1 tutoring sessions on UX/UI fundamentals, Figma, and design systems. Support students and junior designers with portfolio reviews and real-world project development.
Senior UX Designer
Lead the end-to-end design of data-rich B2B products, including dashboards and analytics interfaces, within the marketing and social analytics ecosystem. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate complex data into intuitive user experiences and maintain a scalable design system.
Sr. UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Coreweave 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will create intuitive, scalable, and high-performing digital experiences across the company's web ecosystem. This includes evolving design systems, supporting website migrations, and transforming complex technical requirements into conversion-focused interfaces.
Senior UI Engineer - Design Systems Team Lead
🇨🇿 Capital Apartments, Wenceslas Square 36, 110 00 Prague, Czechia
Barclays 🇨🇿 Capital Apartments, Wenceslas Square 36, 110 00 Prague, Czechia
Lead a team of UI engineers to develop a comprehensive React-based component library and design system. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure components are accessible, performant, and well-documented.
Senior Product Designer - (Enterprise Design Systems & Fintech)
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Gsstech Group 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
The role involves defining end-to-end digital banking experiences and maintaining an enterprise-level design system for web, desktop, and mobile platforms. The designer will collaborate with Agile squads and lead workshops to translate complex business requirements into actionable designs.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Emeryville, CA 94608, United States of America
Gantri 🇺🇸 Emeryville, CA 94608, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will deliver user-centered designs that align with Gantri's aesthetic and functional goals while developing a cohesive design system across various digital platforms. They will collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate design vision into impactful products and foster a design-thinking culture.
Design Systems Engineer, HMI
🇺🇸 Emeryville, CA 94608, United States of America
Revel 🇺🇸 Emeryville, CA 94608, United States of America
The Design Systems Engineer will research and synthesize HMI standards and accessibility guidelines, translating them into a concrete design system. Responsibilities also include auditing existing interfaces and defining how the product conveys meaning visually.
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.