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Lead UX Designer App H/F
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Nexton 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Lead the user vision and design strategy for mobile applications within an industrial BtoE context. Collaborate with Product Owners and developers to conduct user research, lead ideation workshops, and produce high-fidelity interfaces.
Visual Design Manager
🇵🇭 Taguig, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Qbe Insurance 🇵🇭 Taguig, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Oversee a team of graphic designers to realign creative assets with the new brand guidelines and manage the design hub's operations. Lead the development of brand-compliant templates to facilitate self-serve options for the business.
Senior Architectural Design Manager
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Arup 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex projects, specifically focusing on data centers and mission-critical facilities. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including architects and engineers to ensure technical excellence and compliance with all regulations.
Senior Product Designer (Bilingual in Chinese & English)
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Bybit 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Lead UX/UI design for crypto trading products across web and mobile platforms while conducting user research to drive design decisions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate research findings into actionable product recommendations.
Senior Product Designer (Mobile App)
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Polarsteps 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead the design for the 'Plan' team by creating intuitive ways for travelers to chart their journeys. Oversee the full product lifecycle from concepting and prototyping to iterating based on user testing and feedback.
Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Coach 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the delivery of primary and secondary digital campaigns across European and International markets by creating assets for websites, email, social, and in-store channels. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop UX/UI designs and manage external creative agencies to ensure brand consistency and commercial effectiveness.
Store Planning & Design Manager
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
David Jones 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the Store Design & Planning team to deliver commercially focused design outcomes and high-quality documentation for store refurbishments and major works. Coordinate with internal departments and external consultants to ensure design integrity and brand consistency across the store network.
Lead Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Us Mobile 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the strategic design vision and execution across all user-facing surfaces, including a new desktop web app and rebranded marketing pages. Establish design rituals, governance models for design systems, and mentor other designers to elevate the overall craft of the organization.
Principal UX designer - Monopoly GO!
🇪🇸 Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Scopely 🇪🇸 Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Lead the end-to-end UX strategy and execution for product areas within Monopoly GO!, driving initiatives from discovery to implementation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create innovative gameplay experiences while evolving UX frameworks and design patterns.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 New Delhi, India
Cialfo 🇮🇳 New Delhi, India
Lead the visual expression and brand guardianship across four distinct brands, producing high-quality creative for digital campaigns, events, and corporate collateral. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate briefs into polished deliverables and build scalable design templates.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Us Mobile 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design vision and strategy across all user-facing surfaces, including the development of a new desktop web app and design system. Partner with executive leadership to define design's role in company strategy and mentor other designers to elevate the team's craft.
Senior UX designer, RBS
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Amazon 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the end-to-end UX design for AI-powered automation products, focusing on LLM-driven interfaces and agent-based workflows. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex technical AI capabilities into intuitive enterprise-scale user experiences.
Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Kate Spade New York 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the delivery of digital campaigns across European and International markets by creating assets for websites, email, social platforms, and in-store marketing. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize UX/UI designs and leverage AI tools to enhance creative efficiency and localization.
Senior UX Designer
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Weekday Ai 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Lead the end-to-end UX design process from research and discovery to final delivery of scalable digital experiences. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to simplify complex workflows and mentor junior designers to improve design standards.
Electronics Design Engineering Manager
🇬🇧 Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Kingdom People - Professional Services 🇬🇧 Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Lead a multidisciplinary team in the design, development, and introduction of innovative high-voltage electronic products. Oversee the full product development lifecycle from concept to production while providing technical leadership and mentoring engineers.
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.