Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States
Leidos 🇺🇸 Reston, Virginia, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer leads the design and production of creative assets across various formats, ensuring creative excellence on high-visibility projects. This role also involves providing visual leadership and mentorship within the Creative Studio.
USCENTCOM PAO Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Hillsborough County, Florida, United States
Vistra Communications 🇺🇸 Hillsborough County, Florida, United States
The Graphic Designers will design and produce original visual content for various platforms, ensuring compliance with visual communication policies. They will collaborate with leadership to plan and coordinate visual information products while maintaining high standards of design excellence.
Senior Product Designer (all genders)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Shiftmove 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The Senior Product Designer will lead the full design process, collaborating with Product and Engineering teams to create scalable solutions. They will conduct user research to identify pain points and design intuitive experiences that simplify complex workflows.
Senior/Lead UX Designer (Remote2026)
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States
Realmanage 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States
The Senior/Lead UX Designer will design and lead end-to-end product experiences, defining interaction models and producing wireframes and prototypes. They will also lead product discovery and research to inform product direction and ensure high-quality design standards.
Senior/Lead UX Designer (Remote2026)
🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States
Realmanage 🇺🇸 Plano, Texas, United States
The Senior/Lead UX Designer will design and lead end-to-end product experiences, including defining interaction models and producing wireframes and prototypes. They will also lead product discovery and research to uncover user needs and inform product direction.
Senior Product Designer (Full Remote)
🌍 Remote
Loft 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will translate value propositions into user experiences, ensuring clarity and consistency throughout the customer journey. They will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to enhance lead management and optimize conversion rates.
UX Designer, CIO Office
🇸🇬 Singapore
Public Service Division 🇸🇬 Singapore
As a UX Designer, you will lead the design aspects to improve employee experience and organizational effectiveness. You will conduct user research and work closely with product management and engineering to build impactful products.
Senior UX Designer
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Tricentis 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Lead the design process for major features or components of the product and conduct advanced user research and usability studies to guide design decisions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product requirements and design solutions.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 India
Method, A Globallogic Company 🇮🇳 India
You will define and execute the product experience strategy while leading design initiatives and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Your role will involve creating user-centric solutions that enhance product usability and engagement.
Product Designer - BEAMON
🌍 Remote
Bryter 🌍 Remote
As a Product Designer for BEAMON AI, you will own UX and UI strategy and execution, leading complex UX initiatives and partnering with Product Management. You will conduct user research, create high-fidelity designs, and evolve BRYTER’s design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Fanatics 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the design of user-facing experiences across the Fanatics ecosystem, focusing on platform and SDK-powered design. Advocate for consistency and quality while collaborating with cross-functional teams to create reusable components.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Beyond 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will lead the full design lifecycle, from discovery to final UI, while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers. They will also contribute to the design system and gather insights to inform design decisions.
Sr. Product Designer - Data Management
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Addepar 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead all design aspects of a project from start to finish, collaborating within cross-functional agile teams. Elevate Addepar’s product experience through outstanding displays of interaction design and data visualization.
Senior Product Designer (Zürich)
🇨🇭 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Rivia 🇨🇭 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Lead product design from strategy and definition to execution, validation, and future iterations. Design intuitive interfaces for complex, data-heavy B2B SaaS environments.
Digital Product Designer
🇬🇧 Andover, England, United Kingdom
Schneider Electric 🇬🇧 Andover, England, United Kingdom
The role involves overseeing digital design within Schneider Electric, focusing on user-centered design and delivering quality digital products. Responsibilities include conducting user research, leading workshops, and advocating for sustainable design practices.
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.