Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇬🇷 Athens, Central Athens, Greece
Novibet 🇬🇷 Athens, Central Athens, Greece
The Product Designer will lead the design lifecycle for product features, from initial discovery to quality assurance in production. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence strategy and advocate for the user.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Skilled Careers 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Design Manager will lead design coordination across various consultants and manage the design process on remediation projects. They will ensure compliance with relevant regulations and provide technical support to delivery teams.
Senior Creative Design Manager (12 month FTC)
🇬🇧 Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, England, United Kingdom
Propelis 🇬🇧 Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, England, United Kingdom
Set and direct the creative strategy for brand and packaging design while leading complex, high-profile design projects from concept to delivery. Influence senior stakeholders and evolve brand guidelines to champion creative excellence across all outputs.
Head of Design
🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Telefónica 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Set the vision and quality standards for design across the product pipeline while building a scalable design operations infrastructure. Lead and coach a team of over 40 designers, integrating AI tools and establishing career frameworks.
Manyone søker Senior UX designer / Produktdesigner
Lead design processes from user insight to implementation within multidisciplinary product teams for complex, society-critical projects. Act as a bridge between stakeholders, technology, and users while contributing to client development and strategy.
Design Engineering Specialist - Drivetrain NPI Project Execution
🇺🇸 Mossville, Peoria County, IL 61552, United States of America
Caterpillar Inc. 🇺🇸 Mossville, Peoria County, IL 61552, United States of America
Lead and execute New Product Introduction (NPI) software development activities for drivetrain mechatronics applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver drivetrain controls solutions from concept through production readiness.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Highfield Company 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead and manage all aspects of design delivery across a major design-build infrastructure project. Ensure successful coordination and integration of multidisciplinary engineering and design activities throughout the project lifecycle.
Senior UX Designer
🇵🇭 Makati, Southern Manila District, Philippines
Security Bank Corporation 🇵🇭 Makati, Southern Manila District, Philippines
As a Senior UX Designer, you will create better digital experiences through user research and usability testing. You will lead the design of intuitive digital products and collaborate with various stakeholders to co-create solutions.
International Visual Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore
Bilibili Group 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead visual design projects for overseas products and develop localized visual solutions tailored to various global markets. Contribute to visual identity upgrades and explore the application of AI within visual design workflows.
Design Manager - Landscape| Asset Development | Real Estate
🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
Al Futtaim Private Company Llc 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt
Lead and oversee the landscape design function for real estate developments to ensure high-quality, sustainable, and functional outdoor environments. Manage the full design lifecycle from concept through construction and handover while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams and consultants.
Product Designer
🇬🇷 Athens, Central Athens, Greece
Novibet 🇬🇷 Athens, Central Athens, Greece
Lead the end-to-end design lifecycle for product features from discovery to production quality assurance. Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering Leads to create scalable design solutions and contribute to the UXC library.
Senior UX Designer (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Pixum 🇩🇪 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
As a Senior UX Designer, you will develop user-centered UX concepts for the website and other touchpoints, focusing on strategic, visually appealing, and conversion-strong designs. You will lead UX projects independently, collaborate with various teams, and mentor junior designers.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇨🇦 London, Ontario, Canada)
Affirm Remote (🇨🇦 London, Ontario, Canada)
Lead end-to-end design for key initiatives within a product area, driving meaningful customer and business outcomes. Partner closely with product, engineering, and data to deliver intuitive, high-quality experiences.
Head of Design Services & Compliance Verification Engineer (d/f/m) (H/F) - AEROSTACK GMBH
🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
Aerocontact.com 🇩🇪 München, 04938 München, Germany
The jobholder will lead the Design Service Team, managing design services for projects and ensuring compliance with verification and validation strategies. They will also be responsible for data analysis, documentation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to resolve design conflicts.
Design Manager - Substation & Switchyard
🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Renew 🇮🇳 Gurgaon, Haryana, India
The Design Manager will lead the design and drawings for switchyards and substations, ensuring compliance with technical specifications. Responsibilities include progress tracking, maintaining documentation, and coordinating with other disciplines.
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.