Design Leadership Jobs
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Sr. UX Designer - Onsite, Springfield, MO
🇺🇸 Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Bass Pro Shops 🇺🇸 Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer is responsible for improving the usability of digital products through research, testing, and user-centered design methodologies, leading design solutions for key projects. This role also involves leading the creation and governance of design systems and pattern libraries for Bass Pro, Cabela’s, and White River Marine Group.
Sr. UX Designer - Onsite, Springfield, MO
🇺🇸 Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Bass Pro Shops 🇺🇸 Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will drive key design decisions by leading the creation, governance, and evolution of design systems and contributing to foundational UX frameworks based on user insights and research findings. This role involves creating design solutions through various research methods, producing artifacts like wireframes and high-fidelity designs, and mentoring junior designers.
Junior UX Designer
🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Tes 🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
The role involves executing discovery and delivery tasks, including turning research findings into prototypes, modernizing legacy platforms to meet accessibility standards, and supporting the research team by running usability tests on designs. Additionally, the designer will support Design Operations by acting as a user of the Design System, organizing libraries, and facilitating clarity in workshops.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Backops-ai 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Senior Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for a core product area, partnering closely with product and engineering from discovery through delivery and iteration. Responsibilities include planning and conducting user research, creating design artifacts in Figma, and contributing to the evolution of the design system.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Noma Security 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
The Senior Product Designer will lead the entire design lifecycle from research through iteration, collaborating closely with Product and R&D teams to translate complex requirements into intuitive user experiences. They will own key product domains, simplify sophisticated AI and security workflows, and contribute to evolving the design system.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
Fertifa 🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
The Product Designer will own the design of the entire product ecosystem, focusing on the user interface and experience for both the patient mobile app and the clinical/admin web portal. This involves leading the design process from research through to production-ready assets and maintaining the design system.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom)
Aave Labs Remote (🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom)
The role involves designing end-to-end product experiences across web and mobile platforms, translating complex DeFi mechanics and data flows into intuitive, user-centered interfaces. Responsibilities also include contributing to the design system, ensuring design vision alignment with engineering, and partnering with product teams on problem definition.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, City of London, United Kingdom
Moneybox 🇬🇧 London, City of London, United Kingdom
The Senior Product Designer will own high-impact problems from initial discovery through launch and measurable outcomes, focusing on turning intricate financial concepts into simple, intuitive mobile experiences. They will partner with Product and Engineering to define success, drive measurable outcomes, and contribute to the design system.
UI/ UX Designer
🇬🇧 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Ptc 🇬🇧 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
The Product Designer will be responsible for executing high-quality product design for a new PTC product, defining interaction, behavior, and workflows for web applications with an emphasis on 3D CAD visualization and AI native experiences. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver valuable features, building prototypes for user testing, and contributing to PTC’s design system.
UX Designer Senior H/F
🇫🇷 41100 Saint-Ouen, France
Inetum 🇫🇷 41100 Saint-Ouen, France
The Senior UX Designer will be responsible for understanding complex functional requirements within the banking sector and designing mockups and prototypes in Figma, ensuring compliance with accessibility standards and enriching the existing design system. They will actively participate in Agile Scrum rituals, iterating quickly and verifying the quality of developed screens against the Figma designs.
Senior Product Designer, Core UX & Mobile
Remote (🇺🇦 Ukraine)
Pandadoc Remote (🇺🇦 Ukraine)
The Senior Product Designer will manage end-to-end design cycles, from research through implementation, focusing on crafting user journeys aligned with product behavior and needs. Responsibilities also include planning and conducting research to refine design hypotheses and collaborating with the design system team for improvements.
Senior Product Designer, Core UX & Mobile
Remote (🇵🇹 Portugal)
Pandadoc Remote (🇵🇹 Portugal)
The Senior Product Designer will manage end-to-end design cycles, from research through implementation, crafting user journeys aligned with product behavior and needs. Responsibilities also include planning and conducting user research to refine design hypotheses and collaborating with the design system team for improvements.
Senior Product Designer, Core UX & Mobile
Remote (🇮🇪 Ireland)
Pandadoc Remote (🇮🇪 Ireland)
This role involves owning the Core UX & Mobile area, defining foundational experience patterns and architecture across mobile and web platforms, and ensuring consistency and scalability. Responsibilities include managing end-to-end design cycles, crafting user journeys, conducting research, and collaborating closely with the design system team.
Senior Product Designer, Core UX & Mobile
Remote (🇩🇪 Germany)
Pandadoc Remote (🇩🇪 Germany)
The Senior Product Designer will manage end-to-end design cycles, from research through implementation, crafting user journeys aligned with product behavior and needs. Responsibilities also include planning and conducting user research to refine design hypotheses and collaborating with the design system team for improvements.
Senior Product Designer, Core UX & Mobile
Remote (🇪🇸 Spain)
Pandadoc Remote (🇪🇸 Spain)
The Senior Product Designer will manage end-to-end design cycles, from research through implementation, crafting user journeys aligned with product behavior and needs. Responsibilities also include planning and conducting user research to refine design hypotheses and collaborating with the design system team for improvements.
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.