Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Newcore 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Own the design of admin and end-user experiences for an agentic identity platform across web and mobile. Define new interaction patterns for AI agent behavior and build the company's design system from the ground up.
Midweight Graphic Designer (12 month contract)
🇦🇺 Surry Hills NSW 2010, Australia
Guzman Y Gomez 🇦🇺 Surry Hills NSW 2010, Australia
The role involves executing high-volume, multi-channel campaigns by translating creative briefs into finished assets for digital, social, print, and in-restaurant channels. The designer will maintain brand consistency across various formats and support the Senior Graphic Designer on major campaign builds.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Quicken 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for the Mac desktop application, from initial ideation to final implementation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive financial tools and maintain design system consistency.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Unframe 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
The Senior Product Designer will create intuitive end-to-end workflows and data-heavy interfaces for complex AI-powered enterprise products. They will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to turn technical requirements into polished user experiences from discovery through delivery.
Senior Product Designer
🇻🇳 Hà Nội, Vietnam
Aimexy 🇻🇳 Hà Nội, Vietnam
The Product Designer will apply human-centered design principles to create purpose-driven user experiences and manage the design system. They will conduct extensive user research and data analysis to drive evidence-based design decisions and optimize product accessibility.
Senior Product Designer (Figma + Cloud Cursor) - Remote - Latin America
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Fullstack Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
The Senior Product Designer will integrate into client teams to design complex digital products from concept to delivery. Responsibilities include creating intuitive product experiences, maintaining design systems, and collaborating with engineers for frontend handoff.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇪🇬 Giza, Egypt
Noon 🇪🇬 Giza, Egypt
The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating marketing, digital, and content creatives for noon and its in-house brands. This includes overseeing projects from conception to delivery, producing a wide array of media, and ensuring consistency with the brand identity.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Unframe 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Design intuitive end-to-end workflows and data-heavy interfaces for complex AI-powered enterprise products. Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to turn technical requirements into polished user experiences from discovery to launch.
Senior Graphic Designer for Pharma
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Dragons Group 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Lead the design and execution of digital content and marketing materials for pharmaceutical and healthcare clients while maintaining high visual standards. Mentor a Mid-level Graphic Designer and help establish scalable design systems and processes.
Senior Design Manager
🇶🇦 Qatar
Power International Holding 🇶🇦 Qatar
Lead the creative direction and manage the design process from concept through to project execution, ensuring compliance with contract specifications. Oversee design deliverables, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize value engineering and user experience.
Senior Product Designer & Developer, Toys & Crafts
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Peachybbies Slime Shop 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The role focuses on designing and developing new products across craft kits, sensory play, and toy categories from ideation to production. Responsibilities include creating physical prototypes, conducting play tests, and managing factory communications to ensure brand consistency and quality.
Senior Design Manager, Product Design
🇯🇵 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Vf Corporation 🇯🇵 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Responsible for ensuring product concepts and art direction align with brand strategy to create innovative and commercially viable apparel for Japan, Asia, and global markets. The role involves overseeing the creative process from 2D and 3D digital design to retail execution while collaborating with merchandising and development teams.
Senior UX Researcher
🇺🇸 Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Uxr Hunt 🇺🇸 Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute research studies from scope to delivery. Utilize various qualitative and quantitative methods to generate actionable insights that drive design decisions.
Senior UX Designer, Alexa Enterprise and Emerging Design
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Shopbop 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Manage the lifecycle of complex cross-functional programs to align business stakeholders and technical teams within marketing technology domains. Drive the implementation of AI-native technologies and consolidate brand-specific systems into shared platforms to enhance personalized customer experiences.
Design Manager - Healthcare - Senior
🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Gensler 🇺🇸 Oakland, California, United States of America
Lead and deliver a variety of healthcare project types through all phases while serving as the primary point of contact for clients. Manage cross-functional teams, project budgets, and consultant coordination to ensure high-quality design and client satisfaction.
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.