Design Leadership Jobs

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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company

🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil

Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming complex workflows into intuitive user-centered experiences. Establish and evolve design systems while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.

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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company

🇲🇽 Mexico

Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming complex workflows into intuitive user-centered experiences. Establish and evolve design systems while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company

🇨🇴 Colombia

Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming complex workflows into intuitive user-centered experiences. Establish and evolve design systems while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming complex workflows into intuitive user-centered experiences. Establish and evolve design systems while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (UX Specialist) - Media Company

🇵🇦 Panama

Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, transforming complex workflows into intuitive user-centered experiences. Establish and evolve design systems while collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer - Engagement & Retention

🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Senior Product Designer will design the engagement and retention layer of the Brodie app, focusing on gamification elements such as XP, levels, badges, and challenges. This role involves working closely with the Product Design Director and engineering team to iterate on features based on player behavior.

$120,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Product designer senior - F/H

🇫🇷 59110 La Madeleine, France

The Senior Product Designer is responsible for leading the end-to-end design process, from strategic framing and user discovery to high-fidelity delivery and QA. They leverage AI tools to automate execution while focusing on empathy, strategy, and the creation of precise, trust-inducing interfaces.

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Senior/Staff Product Designer

Lead end-to-end design projects from ambiguous problem statements to polished, shipped product experiences. Collaborate with engineers and product managers to develop intuitive workflows for high-stakes military intelligence environments.

Full-timeSenior
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Senior Visual Designer (f/m/d)

🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany

The Senior Visual Designer will lead the visual design process for digital products, ensuring high-quality visual experiences across platforms. They will collaborate with product and development teams to maintain design fidelity and contribute to marketing collateral.

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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Framingham, Massachusetts, United States of America

As a member of the in-house creative team, you'll develop innovative concepts and translate them into finished products. You'll collaborate with project managers and the creative team to meet project objectives and deadlines.

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Associate Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America

The Associate Graphic Designer will execute on-brand design across various digital touchpoints and support the Senior Art Director in maintaining Pique’s visual identity. This role involves producing high-quality creative output and collaborating with different teams to meet campaign needs.

$70,000 - $80,000Full-time
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Senior Product Designer

🇪🇪 Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia

The Senior Product Designer will translate complex user needs and business goals into intuitive product experiences, while collaborating closely with various teams to ensure design intent is implemented effectively. They will also lead user research and usability testing to inform design strategies and improve product outcomes.

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Senior UX Researcher

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Own end-to-end user research across product pods to influence product decisions, roadmaps, and design direction. Collaborate with cross-functional partners and leverage AI tools to scale research capacity and advocate for member needs.

$148,000 - $203,500Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇱🇹 Vilnius, Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania

Own projects from concept to shipped product, including designing flows and writing UI copy. Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and data partners to ensure quality and user satisfaction.

$4,000 - $6,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇮🇪 Equinix, Dublin, Ireland

The Senior Product Designer will lead user and experience research, design end-to-end user journeys, and own the design system. They will engage closely with engineering to bring experiences to life and measure their impact.

Full-timeSenior
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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.