Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Product Designer II
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Compass 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Design scalable CRM workflows and AI-powered features to help real estate agents manage relationships and automate tasks. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive multimodal experiences and maintain design system consistency.
Product Designer
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Witco 🇫🇷 Paris, France
The role involves leading the design of several product modules, covering the full spectrum from user research and behavioral data analysis to interface creation. You will be responsible for building a robust design system and collaborating closely with Product Managers and developers to enhance the B2B platform.
Sr. Product Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Spycloud 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design of high-quality user experiences and visual UI for data-rich cybersecurity products. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate complex technical workflows into intuitive dashboards and scalable design systems.
UI/UX designer
🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary
Otp Bank Nyrt. 🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary
The role involves end-to-end design of payment interfaces and merchant admin systems, from wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes. The designer will also build and maintain a comprehensive design system and conduct user research to improve the overall user experience.
Senior Product Designer
🇧🇬 Burgas, Bulgaria
Avenga 🇧🇬 Burgas, Bulgaria
The role involves designing intuitive end-to-end user flows and maintaining design systems for mobile and web applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver UX deliverables and present design recommendations to stakeholders.
Senior UX/ UI Designer - Trading Application (Sun-Thu work schedule) (She/He/They)
🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Capco 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Design intuitive and user-centric digital trading experiences for web and mobile applications using Figma. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex financial workflows into accessible digital journeys and maintain scalable design systems.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America
Mlabs 🇺🇸 Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America
The Product Designer will own the end-to-end user experience for complex product dashboards, developer interfaces, and external brand surfaces. This includes collaborating with cross-functional teams to frame problems, conduct research, and maintain a scalable design system.
Product Designer (m/f/d)
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Flatexdegiro Ag 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Create intuitive and consistent user experiences by developing high-fidelity UI designs and interactive prototypes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evolve the design system and validate solutions through user research.
Product Designer (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Flatexdegiro Ag 🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
The Product Designer is responsible for creating intuitive, high-fidelity UI designs and interactive prototypes to simplify complex user experiences. They will contribute to the scalable design system and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to validate design solutions through user research.
Senior Product Designer, Driver Experience
🇪🇪 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Bolt Technology 🇪🇪 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Lead end-to-end design initiatives for the Driver domain, from problem framing to shipping experiences. Partner with product managers, engineers, and researchers to improve driver-facing metrics and the overall design system.
Senior Product Designer
Own the end-to-end UX design process for a next-generation enterprise digital signage management platform. Architect and maintain a scalable design system while integrating AI-driven features to improve user productivity.
UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America
Niyamit 🇺🇸 Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America
The role involves designing intuitive, user-centered digital experiences for legacy and modernized systems within an Agile Scrum environment. Responsibilities include creating wireframes and prototypes, maintaining design systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align designs with business goals.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
Anduril Industries 🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
Design end-to-end user experiences for Forge applications to accelerate hardware production and delivery. This includes owning the full design lifecycle from discovery to implementation and developing a scalable design system for various devices.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Anduril Industries 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Design end-to-end user experiences for Forge applications to accelerate hardware production and delivery. This includes owning the full design lifecycle from discovery to implementation and developing a scalable design system for various devices.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Anduril Industries 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Design end-to-end user experiences for Forge applications to accelerate hardware production and delivery. This includes owning the full design lifecycle from discovery to implementation and developing a scalable design system across multiple 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.