Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior/Lead Product Designer (Contract)
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Waracle 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Senior/Lead Product Designer will own end-to-end design for complex initiatives and ensure solutions align with business goals and brand vision. They will lead multidisciplinary teams, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor junior designers.
Lead Product designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rbc 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Lead Digital Designer will manage complex projects, delivering visual and interactive artifacts for RBC Wealth Management's products. They will also provide strategic advice and expertise to stakeholders while mentoring peers.
Sr. Product Designer - Consumer
🌍 Remote
Kraken 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will take ownership of complex design challenges and lead the design and delivery of consumer-focused trading apps. They will collaborate closely with other designers, product managers, and engineers to craft exceptional user experiences.
Sr. Product Designer - Consumer
🌍 Remote
Kraken 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will take ownership of complex design challenges and lead the design and delivery of consumer-focused trading apps. They will craft exceptional user experiences by collaborating closely with other designers, product managers, and engineers.
Staff UX Designer, Lime for Business
🌍 Remote
Lime 🌍 Remote
Design intuitive, end-to-end mobile experiences for business users and define the multi-platform vision for Lime for Business. Lead full-cycle user-centered design and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality mobile experiences.
Staff UX Designer, Lime for Business
🌍 Remote
Lime 🌍 Remote
Design intuitive, end-to-end mobile experiences for business users and define the multi-platform vision for Lime for Business. Lead full-cycle user-centered design and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality mobile experiences.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Agiloft 🇺🇸 United States
As a Senior UX Designer, you will lead UX for the enterprise Contract Lifecycle Management platform, focusing on transforming contracts into connected, data-driven experiences. You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams to solve complex problems efficiently.
Staff Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Tekion 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Lead design strategy for complex product areas and conduct user research to inform product direction. Mentor junior designers and drive design quality standards across the organization.
Senior Product Designer - UX/UI Team
🇫🇷 Montpellier, Occitania, France
Teads 🇫🇷 Montpellier, Occitania, France
As a Senior Product Designer, you will own the entire user experience, transforming user insights into powerful products. You will design core flows, lead research, and mentor fellow designers.
Senior UX Designer
🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Adp 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
As a Senior UX Designer, you will lead the design process for features from discovery through delivery, creating intuitive experiences for client self-service and related workflows. You will champion user insights, facilitate alignment among stakeholders, and apply design system principles to ensure consistency and quality.
Senior Product Designer
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Dlthub 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Lead complex design initiatives and own the design of major product features from concept through launch. Collaborate with engineering and go-to-market teams to ensure design work drives measurable impact for users.
Senior Product Designer
🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Airtame 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
You will lead the design of the next-generation interface for the Airtame app, ensuring a seamless experience across various platforms. Additionally, you will improve error handling and manage the component library to enhance UI consistency.
Lead UX Designer
🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Cd Projekt Red 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
The Lead UX Designer will define the overall user experience for Project Sirius, focusing on creating an inclusive and immersive experience. This involves collaborating with various departments, leading a team of UX designers, and refining the user experience based on player feedback.
Senior Product Designer - Mission Driven AI Startup
🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Spicy Minds Ltd 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
You will own the entire product design function, working directly with the CEO and Tech Lead to shape product strategy through user research. Your role includes managing subscription and retention KPIs, conducting user research, and driving product experience development.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
We Are 54 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the creation of high-quality visual content and ensure brand consistency across various platforms. They will also design presentations and promotional content while overseeing photography and video production.
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.