Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇸🇪 Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Matchi 🇸🇪 Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Collaborate with product managers and engineers to conduct user research and develop user-centered design solutions. Manage design systems and drive continuous improvement through usability testing and iterative design processes.
Motion Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 Horsham, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Sphere Digital Recruitment Group 🇬🇧 Horsham, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
The role involves creating static and motion-led creative assets for campaigns, social media, and web platforms. The designer will lead video storytelling and develop scalable design systems while utilizing AI tools to optimize workflows.
Product Designer
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lisk 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Own the end-to-end design process from research and problem framing to high-fidelity UI and iteration for a financial platform. Build and maintain a scalable design system across web and mobile while collaborating with product and engineering teams.
Product Designer
🇵🇱 Poland
Lisk 🇵🇱 Poland
Own the end-to-end design process from research and problem framing to high-fidelity UI and iteration for a financial platform. Build and maintain a scalable design system across web and mobile while collaborating with product and engineering teams.
Senior Product Designer🚗
🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway
Nettbil 🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway
You will own the visual and experiential identity of the product across all user interfaces while managing the design system. Additionally, you will facilitate cross-functional collaboration and integrate AI tools to enhance product development and user experience.
Brand & Product Designer (+ Equity) at Series B AI research lab
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role involves defining the visual identity of an AI research lab by creating cinematic marketing assets and evolving the brand. Additionally, the designer will collaborate with the product team to create high-visibility user experiences and core design system elements.
Interaction Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jobgether 🇺🇸 United States of America
The role involves transforming complex user challenges into intuitive digital experiences across Windows, web, and mobile platforms. Key duties include maintaining the product design system and conducting qualitative and quantitative research to inform design decisions.
Software Product Designer
🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
Techaviv 🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Software Product Designer will shape the UX/UI for embedded, desktop, and web products through collaboration with engineering and product management. Key duties include conducting user research, creating high-fidelity prototypes, and maintaining scalable design systems.
Software Product Designer
🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
Sosv Sf & Ny (fka Indiebio) 🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Software Product Designer will shape the UX/UI for embedded, desktop, and web products through collaboration with engineering and product management. Key duties include conducting user research, creating high-fidelity prototypes, and maintaining scalable design systems.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Gumi Cryptos Capital 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead design initiatives from concept to launch, focusing on the discovery and trading of digital assets. Evolve design systems and AI-enabled workflows to improve team effectiveness and product quality.
Product Designer at Series B backed AI startup
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Jack & Jill 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role involves architecting a scalable design system from the ground up, including tokens and components. The designer will also define the interaction layer for next-generation AI agents and lead specific product domains.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Carmel, Indiana, United States of America
Allied Solutions Llc 🇺🇸 Carmel, Indiana, United States of America
The Senior UX Designer creates intuitive, accessible user interfaces and manages the Affinity digital design system. They collaborate with research and engineering teams to translate user findings into scalable digital experiences while mentoring junior designers.
Graphic Designer (Figma | Production Design)
🇵🇭 Philippines
Kmc Solutions 🇵🇭 Philippines
The role focuses on producing high-volume brand assets for social media, web, and out-of-home advertising. The designer will ensure the visual identity is applied precisely across global touchpoints following existing design systems.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Canada
Jobgether 🇨🇦 Canada
Lead end-to-end design initiatives for B2B payment products, from journey mapping and wireframing to high-fidelity prototypes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to simplify complex financial workflows and evolve scalable design systems using AI-assisted tools.
Senior Product Designer (UX/UI)
🇨🇱 Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile
Datamart Spa 🇨🇱 Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile
You will design end-to-end digital experiences for a regional ecosystem of financial products, working directly with banking clients. The role involves both design and execution, leveraging generative AI to automate repetitive tasks and evolve the company's design system.
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.