Design Leadership Jobs
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Lead UI/UX Designer
🇷🇸 Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Serbia
Sigma Group 🇷🇸 Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Serbia
You will lead and mentor the UI/UX team while driving the quality and consistency of user experiences across digital products. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to conduct user research, maintain design systems, and support data-driven design initiatives.
Senior UX Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Cancer Research Uk (cruk) 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Senior UX Designer will lead user research and experience design initiatives while mentoring junior team members. They will partner with stakeholders to deliver user-focused solutions across various internal and external products.
Warehouse Solutions Design Manager
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Gxo Logistics 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Warehouse Solutions Design Manager will lead the design of innovative, cost-effective warehouse solutions using AutoCAD and 3D visualization. They will manage multiple design projects, engage with customers to gather requirements, and collaborate with internal teams to ensure operational and financial success.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Peak Retirement Planning, Inc. 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will create marketing materials, social media content, and branded assets while maintaining brand consistency. They will also collaborate with leadership to develop visual campaigns and assist with internal document design.
Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will lead design projects and mentor junior team members while collaborating with cross-functional partners to solve complex problems. You will also influence product strategy by applying human-centered design principles and data-driven insights to business challenges.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Pogo Technologies, Inc. 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will lead end-to-end product design for a B2B platform and consumer app, defining the roadmap and design language. You will work cross-functionally with engineering and GTM teams to ship high-quality, polished interfaces in a fast-paced environment.
Graphic Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Olympic Community Action Program 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The role involves creating visual content to attract visitors and convert them into leads. Responsibilities include designing headlines, subheaders, and form headers to effectively communicate offers.
Senior Product Designer (£82k-£104k + Equity) at Yonder
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Jack & Jill 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end design process for a lean squad, transforming complex financial concepts into high-fidelity mobile features. Maintain the design system and conduct user research to ensure the app remains premium and solves member pain points.
Brand & Web Designer at Model ML
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Jack & Jill 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The role involves owning the visual identity across LinkedIn and the web, specifically designing and building responsive pages in Framer. The designer will also create motion and static assets for social channels and collaborate with leadership to refine the brand's visual story.
UX Designer
🇩🇪 Germany
Fetchjobs.co 🇩🇪 Germany
Lead the strategic direction of user experience design across multiple products while establishing standards for interaction design at scale. Coach and mentor global design teams to elevate UX quality and advocate for user-centered principles across the organization.
Product Designer ($90k-$150k + Equity) at Aios Medical
🇩🇪 Germany
Jack & Jill 🇩🇪 Germany
Lead the end-to-end design of customer-facing mobile apps for GLP-1 treatments and optimize internal clinical tools. Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to balance user needs with regulatory and commercial constraints.
Product Designer at Series B backed AI startup
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role involves architecting a scalable design system from the ground up, including tokens and components. The designer will also lead specific product areas to define the interaction layer for next-generation AI agents.
Founding Product Designer at Fiddle
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the full product design lifecycle from research and UX to high-fidelity interaction prototyping for a new category of design tooling. Collaborate with founders to replace static mockups with a live, code-integrated IDE and evolve the product's design system.
Senior Product Designer ($160k-$220k + Equity) at well-funded AI agent orchestration startup
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of a complex AI agent orchestration platform, focusing on human-in-the-loop approvals and layered memory systems. Collaborate with founders and engineers to define the product vision and build a robust design system.
Senior Product Designer at PromptQL
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of core collaboration features for an AI-native chat platform, focusing on threading and message composition. Develop and maintain a comprehensive design system to ensure a cohesive user experience across the interface.
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.