Design Leadership Jobs
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UI/UX Designer (m/w/d)
🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
Firestart 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
The role involves conducting user research and usability tests to create wireframes, prototypes, and intuitive user interfaces. You will collaborate with product management and development to maintain the design system and ensure a consistent user experience.
Senior Associate-Product Designer Digital Lounge Services
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
American Express 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Design intuitive digital experiences for consumer, agent-facing, and internal products within the Global Lounge Collection. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver user-centered artifacts and maintain the scalable design system.
Senior UI Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Vml 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Design pixel-perfect responsive interfaces and digital brand identities to improve user experience and increase conversion for eCommerce clients. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX consultants, product managers, and developers to execute scalable design systems.
Senior UI Designer
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Vml 🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Create pixel-perfect responsive interfaces and digital brand identities that enhance user experience and drive conversion for eCommerce clients. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to evolve design systems and implement high-quality visual solutions.
Senior UI Designer
🇵🇱 Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Vml 🇵🇱 Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Create pixel-perfect responsive interfaces and digital brand identities that enhance user experience and drive conversion for eCommerce clients. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX consultants, product managers, and developers to implement scalable design systems.
Senior UI Designer
🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
Vml 🇮🇳 Mumbai, Mumbai Suburban District, India
The role involves designing visually engaging and user-friendly interfaces for web and mobile platforms while ensuring consistency with design systems. You will collaborate with UX designers and developers to translate wireframes into polished, high-quality UI designs.
Senior UX Designer
🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Vml 🇦🇺 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Lead UX work from early conceptualization to delivery, translating CX visions into testable prototypes and structured information architectures. Collaborate with creative teams and clients to facilitate workshops and manage design systems for digital products.
Web Designer & UX Sr.
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Vml 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Lead end-to-end UX/UI design for complex web projects, including brand sites and high-impact landing pages. Create and maintain design systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive digital solutions.
Senior UI Designer
🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Vml 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Create pixel-perfect responsive interfaces and digital brand identities that enhance user experience and drive conversion for eCommerce clients. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX consultants and developers to implement scalable design systems.
Senior UI Designer
🇵🇹 Faro, Portugal
Vml 🇵🇹 Faro, Portugal
Create pixel-perfect responsive interfaces and digital brand identities that enhance user experience and drive conversion for eCommerce clients. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX consultants, product managers, and developers to implement scalable design systems.
Senior UI Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Vml 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Create pixel-perfect responsive interfaces and digital brand identities that improve user experience and increase conversion for large consumer-facing brands. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX consultants, product managers, and developers to execute design systems at scale.
Principal Product Designer, Vrbo
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Expedia 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of Vrbo traveler experiences, focusing on shopping, discovery, and booking journeys. Translate brand strategy into high-quality product experiences while integrating AI-enabled workflows and maintaining scalable design systems.
Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
Marble Technology Inc. Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
Lead the branding and end-to-end UX design for an AI-powered tax platform, defining the company's design system and language. Collaborate with founders and engineering to translate complex accounting workflows into intuitive product experiences.
Principal Product Designer, AI Experiences
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Expedia 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Lead the visual and UI strategy for AI-powered travel experiences, creating high-fidelity prototypes and intuitive interface patterns. You will evolve the design system to support agentic and conversational AI while ensuring trust and clarity for travelers.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Noon 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Translate complex AI capabilities and product frameworks into intuitive, high-quality user experiences. Design and ship core product features while refining workflows and maintaining design system standards.
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.