Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇬🇧 Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Allwyn Uk 🇬🇧 Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
The Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for web, app, and digital retail channels, from research and wireframing to high-fidelity UI and motion design. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create player-centered experiences and maintain scalable design systems.
Senior Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Heymax 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead a growth and expansion design lab focused on increasing the global user base through activation and acquisition funnels. Develop an adaptive design system and repeatable expansion playbooks to scale the product across multiple international markets.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Provido Global 🇲🇾 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The role involves gathering user requirements to create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes for digital solutions. The designer will collaborate with product teams and developers to implement design systems and ensure high-quality user interfaces.
Product Designer | NordVPN Apps | Mid-Senior
🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania
Nord Security 🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania
Own the end-to-end design process for NordVPN apps across iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and browser extensions. Collaborate with product owners and engineers to challenge briefs, apply design systems, and ensure high-quality implementation through Design QA.
Senior Product Designer - Freelance
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Bsport 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The role involves designing end-to-end SaaS user journeys and complex, data-rich workflows to improve usability and efficiency for fitness and wellness studios. The designer will collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to translate business goals into elegant user experiences while maintaining a cohesive design system.
Senior Product Designer,Design System
🇸🇬 Singapore
Cartrack 🇸🇬 Singapore
Build and govern a comprehensive design system and AI-assisted prototyping workflow across web and mobile platforms. Partner with engineering to maintain production-ready components and improve the design-to-ship cycle time.
Product Designer
🇵🇹 Portugal
Remotepeople 🇵🇹 Portugal
Own the end-to-end design process, from discovery and user research to shipping polished UI for complex B2B workflows. Collaborate with engineers to ensure production quality and contribute to the evolution of the company's design system.
UI/UX Product Designer (SaaS Experience)
🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines
Avepoint 🇵🇭 Manila, Capital District, Philippines
The role involves architecting intuitive user experiences by translating complex business requirements into logical flows and high-fidelity prototypes. The designer will maintain the global design system and use data-driven insights to iterate on product usability.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Thatch 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Product Designer will craft end-to-end user experiences for businesses and brokers while developing and maintaining the company's design system and brand assets. They will collaborate cross-functionally from idea inception to production to improve the overall healthcare insurance experience.
[AI Frontier Div.] Senior UI/UX Designer (7년 이상)
South Korea, Seoul
Krafton Inc. South Korea, Seoul
Lead the end-to-end UX/UI design process from problem definition and strategy to final interface implementation for AI-driven services. Collaborate with PMs and engineers to build and operate design systems while optimizing user experience based on data.
Product Designer (Freelance)
Remote (🇪🇸 Spain)
Capitole Remote (🇪🇸 Spain)
Lead user research and end-to-end experience design for a GenAI-based web interface. Maintain and evolve the design system while collaborating with international business and product teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Heymax 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead a growth and expansion design lab to increase the global user base through optimized activation and acquisition funnels. Develop an adaptive design system and repeatable expansion playbooks to scale the product across multiple international markets.
Sr Product Designer - Digital Product Design and UX
🇺🇸 Lakeland, Florida, United States of America
Publix Super Markets 🇺🇸 Lakeland, Florida, United States of America
Own the end-to-end design process from problem framing to final delivery for e-commerce and internal associate tools. Partner with product managers and engineers to align technical constraints with user needs and contribute to the evolution of the design system.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Kai 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The Product Designer will drive end-to-end design for cybersecurity products, translating complex technical workflows into intuitive user experiences. This includes creating wireframes and prototypes in Figma while maintaining a scalable design system to ensure consistency and accessibility.
Senior Product Designer, Design System
🇸🇬 Singapore
Cartrack 🇸🇬 Singapore
Build and govern a comprehensive design system and AI-assisted prototyping workflow across web and mobile platforms. Partner with engineering to write production-ready front-end code and ensure the system scales to improve team shipping speed.
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.