Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer, Capital Advances
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lightspeed Commerce 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the design vision for the Capital Advances team by transforming complex operational workflows into intuitive, automated merchant experiences. Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and risk teams to build and refine internal tools and customer-facing interfaces.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Gallatin Ai, Inc. 🇺🇸 United States of America
Collaborate with product managers and engineers to design user interfaces for complex military logistics systems. Conduct user research and utilize AI-assisted prototyping to iterate on design solutions and maintain design system consistency.
Senior Web Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Piura)
Remote (🇵🇪 Peru)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇵🇪 Peru)
You will build and maintain scalable design system architectures in Figma using tokens, variables, and semantic naming. Additionally, you will ship core component libraries and document systems to ensure they can be executed by automated pipelines.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Popl 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own end-to-end design for the Popl web and mobile platforms while evolving the design system and processes. They will also simplify complex B2B workflows and conduct user research to ensure intuitive and elegant user experiences.
Senior Product Designer, Design Systems, Windows
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Microsoft 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
You will lead the visual design and systems work for Windows, defining scalable components and patterns to ensure consistency across products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user needs into high-quality, accessible, and durable design solutions.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Trustedhousesitters 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
You will shape the core user experience across iOS, Android, and web by designing mobile-first features and owning the discovery research process. You will collaborate with cross-functional squads to define problems, build AI-powered solutions, and contribute to the evolution of the design system.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇦🇺 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Cotton On Group 🇦🇺 Geelong, Victoria, Australia
The Senior Graphic Designer will create innovative textile prints and graphics that align with the brand's DNA and current fashion trends. You will collaborate with key stakeholders and the trend team to translate creative ideas into commercially-driven design solutions.
UX Designer, Amazon Delivery Customer Experience
🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will create innovative features and scalable design systems to improve the post-purchase delivery experience for millions of customers. They will collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to translate customer insights and data into intuitive user flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Sandboxaq 🇺🇸 United States of America
Drive product vision and direction by partnering with engineering to define intuitive UX for complex AI agentic platforms. Own visual and interaction design across multiple surfaces while establishing reusable patterns and design principles.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
Garmin 🇺🇸 Olathe, Kansas, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead design direction for multiple projects, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality user experiences. They are responsible for project planning, determining feature vision, and ensuring design solutions align with business needs and user-centric principles.
UX designer Senior (F/H/X)
🇫🇷 Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France
It Link 🇫🇷 Lyon, Métropole de Lyon, France
You will be responsible for the design and production of user journeys while working under the guidance of a Lead UX Designer. Your role involves operational tasks such as research, facilitation, conception, and testing to implement strategic design visions.
Senior Product Designer
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Payjoy 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
The Senior Product Designer will lead visual design, UX, and product strategy across iOS, Android, and web platforms. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to elevate visual quality, define design systems, and influence end-to-end product development.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Minnesota, United States of America
3m 🇺🇸 Minnesota, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer will define and drive the SIBG Design System while collaborating with global teams to create digital products and experiences. They will lead design objectives, conduct user testing, and partner with stakeholders to integrate user experiences across the product portfolio.
Senior Product Designer (Temporary)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Instride Health 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead design initiatives across active product streams to improve clinical efficiency and patient outcomes. They will partner with cross-functional teams to refine complex workflows and maintain scalable design systems within the digital platform.
Senior Product Designer (Contract)
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Ollie Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
The Senior Product Designer will own UX and UI execution for web and app initiatives, including landing pages, checkout, and subscription flows. They will collaborate with product, engineering, and growth teams to iterate on concepts and ensure high-quality, development-ready design delivery.
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.