Design Leadership Jobs
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Projekt-/Bachelorarbeit: Analyse und Konzeption eines Design Systems für unsere Softwareprodukte
🇩🇪 Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Jam Software Gmbh 🇩🇪 Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
The candidate will analyze existing software interfaces to create a structured UI inventory and define components for a unified design system. They will collaborate with product owners and developers to establish rules and guidelines for cross-project consistency.
Staff Visual Designer, Design Systems and Ecosystem Craft
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Drive the multi-year evolution of the Material Design system across Android surfaces while integrating AI technologies to scale creative output. Orchestrate executive-level storytelling and collaborate with engineering to bridge technical feasibility with creative execution.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Alt 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will lead product design initiatives to create seamless experiences for alternative asset management while driving user-centric thinking across the platform. Additionally, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI-first design principles and maintain the company's design system.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Alt 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will shape the core platform by designing seamless experiences for managing alternative-asset portfolios and lead design initiatives across the product. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive user-centric thinking and maintain the company's design system.
UI/UX Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Wipro 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Translate operational processes and requirements into intuitive information architecture, navigation models, and end-to-end user flows. Partner with engineering teams to implement designs, resolve technical constraints, and maintain a scalable design system.
UX and UI Designer Technical Solutions
🇮🇳 Noida, Dadri, India
Infosys 🇮🇳 Noida, Dadri, India
Lead end-to-end UX/UI design activities for complex enterprise applications and digital transformation initiatives. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into intuitive user experiences through research, prototyping, and design systems.
[Publishing Platform Div.] UI&UX Designer (3년 이상 / 계약직)
South Korea, Seoul
Krafton South Korea, Seoul
The UI/UX designer will design and expand the consistent user experience and brand identity for the KRAFTON publishing platform. Responsibilities include establishing design strategies, managing design systems, and collaborating with global teams to optimize user flows based on data.
Senior Design Engineer, Design Systems
Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
Clipboard Remote (🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America)
You will build and scale the design system from the ground up, serving as the connective tissue between design and engineering. This involves creating reusable components, establishing architecture, and developing AI tooling to streamline product development across the organization.
Senior Digital Product Designer (UX)
🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
Itsme® 🇧🇪 Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape new features from concept to launch while ensuring intuitive and accessible user experiences. Additionally, you will manage the design system, conduct user research, and advocate for user needs throughout the product development lifecycle.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇵🇰 Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Cognitive Healthcare International 🇵🇰 Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Design intuitive, HIPAA-compliant user interfaces and experiences for complex healthcare applications. Lead end-to-end design initiatives and maintain robust design systems while collaborating with cross-functional product teams.
Product Design Systems Designer (Remote, Monterrey)
Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
You will own the architecture and creation of client design systems, including tokens, variables, and core component libraries. Your work ensures that these systems are documented and executable by developers or automated pipelines without further clarification.
Web Design Systems Designer (Remote, Chihuahua)
Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)
The role involves building scalable design system architectures using tokens, variables, and core components in Figma. You will document these systems to ensure seamless execution by developers and automated pipelines across multiple client brands.
Visual Designer
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Bytedance 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Define the visual design language and lead the development of foundational design system elements for AI-powered products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between visual strategy, interaction logic, and motion behavior.
Campaign Visual Designer - TikTok Design
🇯🇵 Japan
Tiktok 🇯🇵 Japan
The role involves creating visually striking campaign pages and H5 projects while building scalable design systems and component libraries. The designer will collaborate with stakeholders to align visuals with business needs and track design performance through metrics.
Junior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Jeen.ai 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Build and maintain a modular design system to ensure product scalability and consistency. Lead end-to-end design processes from research and UX flows to high-precision UI for complex AI platforms.
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.