Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Videahealth 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Lead the design of voice-powered features and AI-assisted workflows for dental professionals. Conduct research to understand clinical workflows and translate them into intuitive voice interactions.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Kaizen Labs 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Product Designer will lead design work end-to-end, including driving research sessions, writing product requirement documents, and collaborating with engineers. They will also partner with the implementation team and contribute to the internal design system.
Lead Product Designer (m/f/d)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Getquin 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The Lead Product Designer will take ownership of design at getquin, defining the design direction and transforming the app into something users love. Responsibilities include leading design strategy, conducting user research, and collaborating with product and engineering teams.
Lead Product Designer (UX/UI) at Fyxer AI
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Jack & Jill/external Ats 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
You will lead the design of complex, high-utility interfaces and ensure every interaction feels premium and intuitive. Additionally, you will gather insights through user research and collaborate directly with Product Engineers.
Senior Product Designer, Mobile
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Bubble 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design of mobile app creation and experiences on the Bubble platform, focusing on both the mobile runtime and the web-based editor. This role involves collaborating with PMs and engineers to ensure usability for non-technical builders.
Experienced UX Designer
🇸🇰 Bratislava, Region of Bratislava, Slovakia
Eset 🇸🇰 Bratislava, Region of Bratislava, Slovakia
As a senior member of the User Experience team, you will lead and own the design of user experiences across multiple products or complex touchpoints. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to define the best possible experience for users.
Senior Product Designer, Training
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Rover.com 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
The Senior Product Designer will lead design for Training experiences, balancing customer needs and operational requirements. They will collaborate with product managers and engineers to establish product requirements and enhance user experiences.
Principal Product Designer (Math)
🇺🇸 United States
Savvas Learning Company 🇺🇸 United States
The Principal Product Designer will lead the creation and maintenance of the Savvas Product Design Systems, ensuring consistency and efficiency across product development. This role involves developing design guidelines, conducting audits, and driving the adoption of the design system across teams.
Staff UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Jane Street 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
You will lead initiatives to help your team understand user needs and apply user research to scope product development. Additionally, you will advocate for usability testing and standardize user research methodologies across teams.
Senior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Github, Inc. 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will collaborate with product management and development teams to create end-to-end experiences for products. They will also lead design quality checks and ensure successful implementation of designs.
Lead Product Designer
🇨🇦 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Neo Financial 🇨🇦 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
As a Lead Product Designer, you will craft, edit, and test writing to create engaging content across digital financial products. You will collaborate with various teams to improve content consistency and advocate for writing excellence.
Sr UX Designer
🇨🇳 China
Kohler Co. 🇨🇳 China
Lead UX/UI work through research and user-centered design processes to deliver leading-edge experiences. Collaborate with various teams to design physical and digital experiences and ensure cross-category design consistency.
Lead UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Cloudera 🌍 Remote
Lead cross-cutting product design initiatives related to data lifecycle management and other key initiatives. Drive the full user-centered design process, from user interviews to high-fidelity designs and prototypes.
Staff Product Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Easygo 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead the end-to-end design process for a multi-user platform, ensuring high-quality interfaces and a complete design system. Collaborate with Product and Engineering to align design with business goals and product strategy.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Sigma Computing 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
You will lead multiple areas of our product and help define the future of data analytics. You will own areas of the product from design concept to their release, actively seeking end-user feedback to improve product adoption.
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.